Debian Distribution. I find the 'testing' distribution to work well
go to Absolute Systems and download the 11Mbps linux-wlan(tm) Project
you need the pcmcia-cs. Get this by
apt-get install pcmcia-cs |
This is different from pcmcia-source which I also asked you apt-get. Thus also do
apt-get install pcmcia-source
|
You need the wireless tools so
apt-get install wireless-tools |
You will also need some way to setup you IP address on your wireless card, I recommend either
apt-get install DHCP-client |
to install the DHCP-client that will automatically configure your IP address, if you have a DHCP server. The WAP-11 hardware does provide DHCP server capabilities
Or at least have the pump application, which also will query a DHCP server and get you an IP address from the DHCP server. Note I tend to use pump when I am trying out new hardware to see if there is a connection, since to test a particular device, say eth0 I would type
where the option
-i tells
pump what device to try to get an IP address. In this particular case, when I could not get Debian to automatically set up my wireless card, which was device
wlan0, I would type
and
pump would try to set up the device. Anyway, the point is, that it is a good trouble shooting command, and you should know about it, and I talk more about it later.
I also recommend you use the "kernel-package" package when you want to build your new kernel, which I will get to. This tool is very good and you should be using it anyway when you are building new kernel for the Debian distribution. You can install it by typing
apt-get install kernel-package |
Also, be sure to read the documentation it comes with, in case I don't do a good job explaining how to use it, later in this document