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DATE | 2002-05-14 |
FROM | Ruben I Safir
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SUBJECT | Subject: [hangout] Re: [nycwireless] RH 7.3 and Orinoco
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Can we get Dustin to help?
That's who terry recommended.
This is turning into a virtual staff meeting....
Cool - who says free software has not collaberation software!
Ruben
On 2002.05.14 15:16 Bon sy wrote: > Just call Scott but he was not in. I left a message for him to call > back. For May 24, I assume you are all set, and presumably you are talking > about Graduate Center? In any event, our final will be over May 24. My > last final is on May 22 evening. If you need a backup location in Queens > College of CUNY, I can look into it. Let me know. > > Bon Sy > > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Ruben I Safir wrote: > > > Oh > > > > for a time line, the CUNY demo is from 10 to 4PM > > > > may 24th. > > > > Ruben > > > > On 2002.05.14 13:29 Ruben I Safir wrote: > > > Were not worried about their infrastrusture, this for demonstration purposes only > > > for businesses etc. > > > > > > Just plop in the room and connect from a variety of locations, run SAMBA on it. > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > On 2002.05.14 13:23 Bon sy wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Ruben I Safir wrote: > > > > > > > > > Call Scott Cotten > > > > > > > > > > 802-3759 > > > > > > > > Will do. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > We also need that wireless demo for CUNY > > > > > > > > Are you looking at how CUNY can set up wireless, or what CUNY wireless > > > > infrastructure has already been in place as a model for replication, or > > > > you mean wireless demo for the public but using CUNY facility? > > > > > > > > In all cases, what time line are you looking at? > > > > > > > > Bon > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > > On 2002.05.14 12:27 Bon sy wrote: > > > > > > Ruben, > > > > > > > > > > > > I apologize for missing your recent meeting. We are at the busiest > > > > > > time now towards the end of the term but it will be over tomorrow > > > > > > (followed by 1 week of exam period). > > > > > > > > > > > > I will be interested in helping out to setup borough hall during > > > > > > summer if I could be of any help to you. > > > > > > > > > > > > Best > > > > > > Bon Sy > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 14 May 2002, Ruben I Safir wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Are you working on May 24th, because we can use your help > > > > > > > setting up a demo for the CUNY/Free Software Demo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Dustin said he would help us with a Wireless Demo. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Actually, as a side note, I just got done speaking to > > > > > > > Borough Hall and their saying they can't create a wireless network > > > > > > > in Borohall without at least 5 access points. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How can this possibly be right. I'd like to get some volunteers and setup > > > > > > > access at Borough Hall on Free Software. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ruben > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On 2002.05.14 09:43 Kevin Milani wrote: > > > > > > > > With the help from the following article I was able to get a Lucent Gold > > > > > > > > card working on my Red Hat 7.3 Skipjack Beta a few days ago. I don't > > > > > > > > think steps 1 and 2 are all that important as Red Hat should have > > > > > > > > installed the wireless-related software when you installed the OS. But > > > > > > > > after changing the file mentioned in point 3 and rebooting my machine > > > > > > > > with my card in it, it "magically" started working. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Needless to say, I also spent a couple days hitting my head against a > > > > > > > > wall until I got it figured out. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will be installing Red Hat 7.3 Valhalla (the official release) today. > > > > > > > > Hopefully they will have the bugs ironed out, so the end user doesn't > > > > > > > > have to write shell scripts to make the card work. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Good luck, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Kevin > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >From http://jackal.dnsalias.com:8080/public/misc/wireless/wireless.html > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > How to set up 802.11b wireless connectivity under RH 7.2 > > > > > > > > Before I get into the How-To, I should note what hardware I set this up > > > > > > > > on. I have a Dell Latitude with a Dell TrueMobile 1150 Series PC > > > > > > > > Card. To find out what kinda card you have (or what RH thinks you > > > > > > > > have) run the command cardctl ident 0 . By default my card loaded up > > > > > > > > with the wvlan_cs driver (based on what it found in /etc/pcmcia/config) > > > > > > > > , but didn't dhcp an IP. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1- Install the rpm's > > > > > > > > You'll need two rpms to get started : > > > > > > > > wireless-tools and kernel-pcmcia-cs. Either download them from > > > > > > > > rpmfind.net or get them from the RH7.2 install cd. To install just, rpm > > > > > > > > -ivh . > > > > > > > > 2- Fix /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia > > > > > > > > The /etc/init.d/pcmcia rc script tries to source in > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia. The default pcmcia file on RH7.2 has some > > > > > > > > pretty funky options. I just backed mine up and changed the options to > > > > > > > > the following: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > PCMCIA=yes > > > > > > > > PCIC=i82365 > > > > > > > > PCIC_OPTS= > > > > > > > > CORE_OPTS= > > > > > > > > CARDMGR_OPTS= > > > > > > > > SCHEME=essidany > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Note: The default pcmcia file had pcmcia turned off, no PCIC setting, > > > > > > > > and did not include a line for SCHEME. > > > > > > > > 3- Fix /etc/pcmcia/network > > > > > > > > When the /etc/init.d/pcmcia script runs, you'll see in syslog it does a > > > > > > > > ./network start eth0 . That's not /etc/init.d/network start , but > > > > > > > > instead /etc/pcmcia/network start . The problem is by default > > > > > > > > /etc/pcmcia/network start does actually nothing. There's a comment > > > > > > > > there that reads, "We don't do *anything* here. We get a hotplug event > > > > > > > > when the ethX device is registered, and we bring the device up there". > > > > > > > > That has never worked for me, thus I changed it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To get around this bug in the script I have the /etc/pcmcia/network > > > > > > > > start actually start the network as one would expect it should. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > So I changed the "start" section to read: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 'start') > > > > > > > > [ -f /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-${device} ] && \ > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup ifcfg-${device} > > > > > > > > ;; > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 4- Configure the interface eth0 > > > > > > > > Since the /etc/pcmcia/network start $device script is going to try to up > > > > > > > > the device (default eth0) we need to make sure we have that interface > > > > > > > > configured for dhcp. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > You can configure eth0 however you want: netconf, netconfig, > > > > > > > > linuxconf, or good old vi. I prefer to just manually vi the file > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0. Here's what mine looks > > > > > > > > like: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > DEVICE="eth0" > > > > > > > > ONBOOT="yes" > > > > > > > > BOOTPROTO="dhcp" > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 5- Restart the pcmcia script > > > > > > > > >From here the configuration should be set for the wireless card to load > > > > > > > > the wvlan_cs driver (default setting), and use the "essidany" scheme. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > To test it /etc/init.d/pcmcia restart . > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, 2002-05-14 at 09:55, Seth Rothenberg wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Has anyone used RedHat 7.3 with the Orinoco cards ? > > > > > > > > I installed RH 7.3, configured 2 ethernet cards - one a Linksys 10/100 and > > > > > > > > the other a Dell-orinoco - I think it is gold. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The system booted fine on Friday. I was near a node but could not get a signal. > > > > > > > > I thought I would try again on Sunday - I have an RG at home, but it wouldn't boot. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Since Sunday, it has been hanging just after some messages > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Starting PCMCIA: Yenta IRQ list 0418, PCI Irg1 > > > > > > > > Socket status: 30000010 > > > > > > > > Yenta IRQ list 0418, PCI Irg1 > > > > > > > > Socket status: 30000010 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > It doesn't matter if the cards are in or out. > > > > > > > > This is a Dell Latitude CP 128MB. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Seth > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > > > > > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > __________________________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > > > > > > __________________________ > > > > > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > > > > > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > > > > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > > > > > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > > > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > NYCwireless - http://www.nycwireless.net/ > > > > > > > Un/Subscribe: http://lists.nycwireless.net/mailman/listinfo/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > Archives: http://lists.nycwireless.net/pipermail/nycwireless/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > __________________________ > > > > > > > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > > > > __________________________ > > > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > > > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > > > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > > > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > > > > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > __________________________ > > > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > > __________________________ > > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > __________________________ > > > > Brooklyn Linux Solutions > > __________________________ > > http://www.mrbrklyn.com - Consulting > > http://www.brooklynonline.com - For the love of Brooklyn > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software > > http://www.nyfairuse.org - The foundation of Democracy > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive or stories and articles from around the net > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/mp3/dr.mp3 - Imagine my surprise when I saw you... > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/downtown.html - See the New Downtown Brooklyn.... > > > > 1-718-382-5752 > > > > > > > > > -- __________________________
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