Re: Wireless network cards

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, JP Fielding wrote:

> as i said before, i think you need to create a hermes.conf file.  i
> think i found exactly what i used to do with those cards.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=hermes.conf+fedora+core+4&btnG=Search
> 
> specifiically,
> 
> http://www.linuxcompatible.org/thread193-1.html


I followed the instructions from the link above:
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OK i got it working just fine.
What I had to do was the following:
1. Boot PC with the card not fitted.
2. loaded modules orinoco, orinoco_cs, hermes
3. Fit card, PC should beep.
4. tail -10 /var/log/messages and write down the 2 addresses after manfid
5. create /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf with the following in it.
device "orinoco_cs"
class "network"
module "hermes", "orinoco", "orinoco_cs"
# LinkSys WPC11
card "Instant Wireless Network PC Card"
manfid 0x0274,0x1612 #Substitute your addresses here
bind "orinoco_cs"

6. restart pcmcia services - /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart 
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even though it seems it is for the LinkSys card.
The only thing I could not get is the addresses in manfid 0x0274,0x1612 
line above (any suggestions?). Here is what I've got:

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[root@hp andrei]# cat /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf
device "orinoco_cs"
class "network"
module "hermes", "orinoco", "orinoco_cs"
# LinkSys WPC11
card "Instant Wireless Network PC Card"
manfid 0x0274,0x1612 #Substitute your addresses here
bind "orinoco_cs"

[root@hp andrei]# /sbin/service pcmcia restart
Shutting down PCMCIA services: done.
Starting PCMCIA services: cardmgr[3561]: watching 2 sockets
done.
[root@hp andrei]# /sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

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Any suggestions?

> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
>  OK i got it working just fine.
> What I had to do was the following:
> 1. Boot PC with the card not fitted.
> 2. loaded modules orinoco, orinoco_cs, hermes
> 3. Fit card, PC should beep.
> 4. tail -10 /var/log/messages and write down the 2 addresses after manfid
> 5. create /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf with the following in it.
> device "orinoco_cs"
> class "network"
> module "hermes", "orinoco", "orinoco_cs"
> # LinkSys WPC11
> card "Instant Wireless Network PC Card"
> manfid 0x0274,0x1612 #Substitute your addresses here
> bind "orinoco_cs"
> 
> 6. restart pcmcia services - /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------
> 
> 
> On 6/15/05, Andrei Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > I've just installed Fedora Core 4 on my laptop, hoping that this will
> > resolve the issue with the wireless network card. However, I still can't
> > get the Orinoco Gold card (18g/b) recognized by the system. Is there any
> > standard procedure, gui-based or not, to get this card
> > recognized/configured?
> > 
> > The output of iwconfig showed:
> > [root@hp ~]# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > sit0      no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > Then I did modeprobe orinoco_cs as suggested before, and still
> > the result is the same:
> > 
> > [root@hp ~]# lsmod | grep orinoco
> > [root@hp ~]# modprobe orinoco_cs
> > [root@hp ~]# lsmod | grep orinoco
> > orinoco_cs             10825  0
> > orinoco                53965  1 orinoco_cs
> > hermes                  7233  2 orinoco_cs,orinoco
> > pcmcia                 29025  6 orinoco_cs,wavelan_cs
> > pcmcia_core            50909  5
> > orinoco_cs,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic,wavelan_cs,pcmcia
> > [root@hp ~]# iwconfig
> > lo        no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > eth0      no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > sit0      no wireless extensions.
> > 
> > 
> > Andrei
> > 
> > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Andrei Smirnov wrote:
> > 
> > > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, JP Fielding wrote:
> > >
> > > > i think the hermes.conf file is on the right track, i still see
> > > > references to it on some random forums.  you might try searching your
> > > > distros resources for any reference to that.
> > > >
> > > > for curiousity, which distro/version are you using?
> > >
> > > Fedora Core 3
> > >
> > > I am in the process of searching the web for "hermes.conf fedora orinoco"
> > > and I see some references to Kismet. Do I need that?
> > >
> > > Andrei
> > >
> > > >
> > > > On 6/7/05, JP Fielding <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > to be honest, it's been a long time since i had an orinocco card, but
> > > > > i remember that i had to do something odd and at the moment i can't
> > > > > remember what.  i'll look around and see if i see what i'm looking
> > > > > for.
> > > > >
> > > > > just for reference, i had an old linksys 802.11b pcmcia card on a dell
> > > > > 8200 laptop running redhat 8,9 and fedora 1,2 back when i used that
> > > > > card.  i was using the gui tools, but i had to create a hermes.conf or
> > > > > something and throw it in some wireless directory.  i'll get back to
> > > > > you and see if that is true/still valid/useful.
> > > > >
> > > > > On 6/7/05, Andrei Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Interestingly, when I tried the desktop tool (under Gnome):
> > > > > > Network Configuration -> Hardware -> Network Adapter
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I didn't see any Orinoco name present in the list of all the
> > > > > > adapters there. I tried some, like "PCMCIA wavelan_cs" and
> > > > > > "PCMCIA netwave_cs", but it did not configure anything -
> > > > > > and did not even show any error/warnings. It seem to finish
> > > > > > the configuration normally, but on subsequent restarts of the
> > > > > > "Network Configuration" tool it did not show any new hardware
> > > > > > profile added. I can't explain this behavior, and in fact I'd
> > > > > > prefer to have it done using command-line/shell scripts.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Any help will be greatly appreciated.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Andrei
> > > > > >
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Dr. Andrei Smirnov,  West Virginia University
Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Morgantown WV, 26506-6106
Tel:+1(304)293 3111 x2345, fax:+1(304)2936689
Email: [email protected]
http://smirnov.mae.wvu.edu     1024D/5CEDD3E2
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