Re: Wireless network cards

I checked some links found through google, like
http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/debian/laptop/2003/07/msg00230.html

and I used their manfid, with the same negative result.

And what actually am I expecting to see? I never had this card working, 
that's why I'm wondering if all I have to do is to put the right 
script in /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf, run "service pcmcia restart" and 
"iwconfig" should show something differnet than 

[root@hp andrei]# /sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

If that's what I am after, then so far it never worked.

At this point, desperate as I am, I am ready to radical moves, like
changing the whole distro. Can anybody, who has Orinoco card running under 
Linux, let me know what distro and what settings to use?

And frankly, no matter how much we can improve the structure of our 
organization, things like these will be the major obstacle for Linux 
acceptance. I am probabbly the only person in this group who's a 100% 
Linux user, and things that Window's users get for granted I am fighting 
to fix for weeks if not months! Isn't that the real issue here?

Andrei

On Wed, 15 Jun 2005, JP Fielding wrote:

> the modules are being loaded, i think that's a good indication that
> the card is functioning.  i wouldn't suspect that it's broken until
> you at least complete what you need to do to get it working correctly,
> ie, getting your manfid.
> 
> since the manfid is a manufacturer card model id, you should be able
> to search for your card's make/model manfid and get that off the web
> from someone else using it.  your other option is to search on how to
> find the manfid, something like the following ought to do.
> 
> http://www.google.com/search?q=manfid+how+to+get&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official
> 
> 
> 
> On 6/15/05, Andrei Smirnov <[email protected]> wrote:
> > 
> > I thought, maybe I have a mulfunctioning CardBus contrller?
> > According to the "Hardware Browser" GUI tool I have two:
> > 
> > "Texas Instruments PC17420 CardBus Controller"
> > 
> > Is there any way in Linux to see if they are working?
> > 
> > Andrei
> > 
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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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