SMC2662w v3 & RedHat 9 - Quick/Easy Setup

The SMC2662w v3 (USB) sells for about 30$ at CompUSA and with the 
following configuration gets around 350k/s sustained transfer without 
issues. I couldn't find any easy to follow instructions on setting it up 
so I took some notes while I worked through it tonight. This should take 
about 10mins to setup after you have all the files you need to build the 
package.

Here is how I set up SMC2662w v3 adapter under RedHat9(default setup) 
using the atmelwlandriver.2.1.2.2 from 
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=59001

1. su and Install kernel development Packages in RedHat9
2. Download and extract atmelwlandriver.2.1.2.2.tar.bz2 to /usr/src
3. cd into /usr/src/atmelwlandriver(created in step 2)
4. run make config and use these options

	Build all [y/N] : N
	Set extra module version information [y/N] : N
	Build Debug version [y/N] : N
	Build USB Drivers [y/N] : y
	Build USB 503A RFMD Driver [y/N] : y
	Build USB RFMD 505 Driver [y/N] : N
	Build USB RFMD 505 + 2958 Driver [y/N] : N
	Build PCMCIA Drivers [y/N] : N
	Build miniPCI Driver [y/N] : N
	Build applications [y/N] : N

5. run make clean
6. run make all
7. run make install
8. open /root/.vnetrc and fill in your network configuration

this is an example configuration to connect up to a access point with 
the smc2662w v3 as eth0

	interface=eth0
	essid=HOME
	mode=Managed
	encryption=on
	key=00440044004400440044004400
	value=1
	wep=restricted

9. now open /etc/modules.conf and change the following lines

	alias usb-controller1 usb-uhci
	
	to
	
	alias usb-controller1 uhci
	
	and uncomment

	#post-install usbvnetr /bin/fastvnet.sh

	to
	
	post-install usbvnetr /bin/fastvnet.sh

10. if you want to configure it on boot open up /etc/rc.d/rc.local and 
add your ifconfig or dhclient command. I use the following to grab dhcp 
for the configuration above

	dhclient eth0


go ahead and plug the smc2662w v3 in and reboot...


There is probably better ways to do some of this stuff but...
Hope this helps anyways :)