Re: wireless card drivers
From: rowan[canspam] (_at_rownetco.com)
Date: 04/26/04
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Date: Mon, 26 Apr 2004 16:34:30 GMT
sam wrote:
> I am having problems. I am a linux novice. I know pc's pretty well. I am
> trying to install drivers for my pcmcia wireless card. I have the files
> from the manufacturer. They include: drivers for redhat 7.3 and 8.0 and
> the linux source code. the linux source code includes:
> adm8201.c
> adm8201.h
> ADM Prv.o
> lm.h
> Makefile
> README
> STA Module.h
> Wlan Mac.h
>
> In the README file, the following is where i get lost, and would
> appreciate help. i do have wireless-tool installed. Using uname i was
> able to determine the version of linux i'm using is linux
> 2.4.21-202-athlon. I don't really know what this means, and i don't know
> if i have the source code.
>
> 5. If you get the source code and you want to compile it by yourself.
> a. Install wireless-tool by yourself.
> (We recommand wireless-tools-25)
> b. Make sure you have the kernel 2.4.x source code.
> c. You can modify the Makefile to fit your enviroment. We recommad
> you make a soft link linux-2.4 of kernel source in /usr/src/
> eg. If you had kenrel source linux-2.4.20 in /usr/src/
> type "ln -s linux-2.4.20 linux-2.4"
> d. Type "make"
> e. The file 8211.o is the ADM8211 linux driver
> f. "insmod 8211.o" to test your linux driver
> (If you encounter some error messages, please try "insmod -f
> 8211.o")
>
> sam
>
Sam, what distribution and version of Linux are you working with? I have a
Fujitsu Lifebook 6631C running SuSE Pro 9.0. I had been struggling with
Netgear's HA501 where it would frequently lock up the access point. I purchased
a Proxim Harmony card and it works very well with my Netgear HE102 802.11a
access points. I did not have to compile anything to get running initially. I
did download later drivers to try using the card in turbo mode but no luck. I
opted to stay at the 54Mbps 802.11a provides.
Let me know details on your setup and I'll see if I can help.
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