Wireless and Linux?

[bscott at ntisys.com]

On Wed, 19 Mar 2003, at 3:49pm, pll at lanminds.com wrote:
> I was just issued a wireless card at work ... I want this thing to work
> under Linux.  Any ideas?

  The iwconfig(8) command lets you fiddle with the wireless parameters.  It
is part of the "wireless-tools" package on my Red Hat 7.3 system, if that
helps any.

  The "/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts" file is used by the PCMCIA automation
scripts to feed things to iwconfig(8) when a card is inserted.

  Ask your network dudes:

  - Are they using 802.11b, 802.11a, 802.11g, or Something Else(TM).  I'm
    pretty sure the card you describe is 11b only, but let's be sure.
  - What is the SSID?
  - Are you using WEP (Worthless Encryption Protocol, AKA Wireless 
    Equivalent Privacy)?  If so, what is the key?

  Make sure you don't have any routes via gateways that don't exist.  ;-)

-- 
Ben Scott <bscott at ntisys.com>
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