Re: how to configure it

Mark <deadmeat6000-FFYn/[email protected]> Tue, 17 Feb 2004 21:24:52 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.linux.drivers.atmel-wlan
Message-ID <[email protected]>
oh ok, cool, i thought u couldn't configure it in
yast... cause the tutorial says u have to manually
create a igcfg-wlan0 and that u cannot set it up
directly from yast?

 --- Arend von der Lieth <[email protected]> wrote:
> Mark wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> > i am using suse 9 professional, and i installed
> the
> > atmel
> >            wlan usb driver. the compile part was
> good,
> > and the
> >            installation part was good, but now i
> dun
> > know what to do.
> 
> I do not know if this aims at the correct direction,
> but if you use 
> SuSE, it should be the easiest way to use YaST for
> the correct 
> configuration.
> If you used the most modern drivers (0.11 worked
> great for me), and the 
> compile process finfished without any error
> messages, you just need to 
> configure your network adapter.
> 
> Using YaST increases the possibility that your
> settings are written into 
> the correct settings files. To do so, start YaST,
> choose "Network 
> devices" - "Network adapter".
> Then, for network type choose "Wireless", "device
> no" 0, and click onto 
> "settings for wireless connections" (or similar - I
> am using the German 
> version, so the English text might differ from
> this).
> Next, select the appropriate settings ("Moderated"
> if you have a 
> wireless access point, your WEP key, etc).
> 
> After finishing this procedure you should be able to
> find your network 
> adapter when you type (as root) "iwconfig". You
> should see it as 
> "WLAN0". Maybe you need to re-plug your WLAN adapter
> for this.
> 
> HTH. Kindest regards,
> Arend
> >            i read the tutorial serveral times but
> > still can't figure
> >            out. iam not connected to internet, and
> > when i type in
> >            iwconfig i can only device for eth1.
> the
> > rest such as eth0
> >            says no wireless extension detected.
> wlan0
> > is not even in
> >            the list. so what do i do now? what
> steps
> > do i take to get
> >            my internet connected? i have no idea.
> i
> > tried unplugging
> >            and replugging my wireless adaptor into
> the
> > usb socket, but
> >            i only hear a beep from suse 9, and
> nothing
> > else. still no
> >            internet. the wireless router i am
> using is belkin
> > 
> >
>
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