Re: NDISwrapper and wlan0 under iwconfig
From: Aaron Bennett (aaron.bennett_at_olin.edu)
Date: 06/15/04
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 15:27:48 -0400 To: For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>
Timothy Wagner wrote:
> Ladies and Gentlemen!
>
> A friend of mine has a Belkin 802.11b wi-fi pci card in his desktop.
> The best and most reliable way to get this going that I've found so
> far is using NDISwrapper. First of all, if anyone else knows of a
> great driver for this card then I am completely all ears. However, I
> have had excellent performance with my Belkin 802.11g card using
> NDISwrapper so I think it will work for his too. His chipset (Realtek
> 8180) is supported by NDISwrapper. Anyway, the problem he is having is
> that when he gets "wlan0" created into iwconfig he can't edit it. He
> tries to edit settings like mode, or encryption key, or ESSID, or
> anything and nothing changes. None of the things he sets will be
> changed. Therefore, he is having significant trouble getting his wi-fi
> card to get onto any routers. Anyone have any ideas as to what could
> cause this? Thanks!
>
> -Tim
>
>
The problem is that Neat prefers eth_ devices over wlan_ devices.
assuming he's using FC 2, his /etc/modprobe.conf need to be changed like
this:
alias eth1 ndiswrapper
options eth1 if_name=eth1
HTH,
Aaron
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