Help with wireless adaptor setup in FC4
Knute Johnson
knute at frazmtn.com
Sun Jun 19 16:08:53 UTC 2005
Dan:
I'm a Linux blivet but I got my Linksys wireless card working with
ndiswrapper. Below are my notes on how to set it up. Skip the
wpa_supplicant part if you are using WEP.
knute...
Get packages required to compile and install software.
yum install gcc openssl-devel kernel-devel
Go to:
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/phpwiki/index.php/Installation
and follow instructions to extract, download, compile and install
ndiswrapper.
Get the Windows NDIS driver for your wireless card.
With ndiswrapper -i lsbcmnds.inf install the driver.
ndiswrapper -l to check installation.
With ndiswrapper -m install the line, 'alias wlan0 ndiswrapper' in
/etc/modprobe.conf.
Go to: http://hostap.epitest.fi/wpa_supplicant/ and get the latest
wpa_supplicant. Copy the defconfig file to .config. Edit it to
uncomment
the CONFIG_DRIVER_NDISWRAPPER=y line and comment out all the other
drivers. Compile wpa_supplicant and move the executables to
/usr/sbin.
Create the /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf file.
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant # for wpa_cli support
network={
ssid="LEUPOLD"
psk="somewhere over the rainbow"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
proto=WPA
pairwise=TKIP
group=TKIP
}
Add the following two lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local:
/usr/sbin/wpa_supplicant -B -Dndiswrapper -iwlan0
-c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
/sbin/dhclient wlan0
> Help with wireless adaptor setup in FC4
>
>I am having trouble geting my wireless adaptor ( DWL-G510 ) setup in
>Fedora Core 4 X86_64.
> It seems that I need a driver for it. I cant find a linux driver for
>that card. Once I get the driver what do I do with it?
>
>Is there any other way to do this? I have tried NdisWrapper but I
>couldnt figure out how to use it.
>
>Someone else told me to use NetworkManager.
>
>All help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks,
>Dan Rippon
>
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