[Gllug] WIreless on a laptop

[Kim Hawtin]

On Wed, May 01, 2002 at 09:12:52AM +0000, Ian Baillie wrote:
> I am trying to set up wireless networking on my Toshiba Satellite Suse 7.2, 
> so I can use a wireless network card at work.  I want the card to get its 
> address via dhcp.  I have installed the wireless tools using Yast2.
> 
> Could someone please guide me to the next step.

i would recommend getting the most recent versions of;
 
 - wireless-tools
 - pcmcia-cs

compile them up and install them, the configuring the wireless and
network config files in /etc/pcmcia/(wireless.opts|network.opts)


example for wireless.opts;

case "$ADDRESS" in

# Lucent Wavelan IEEE for Consume Ad-Hoc network
*,*,*,*)
    INFO="Consume network member"
    NICK="doormat"  # also the hostname of the laptop
    ESSID="consume" # the network name
    MODE="Ad-Hoc"   # Ad-Hoc or Managed
    RATE="5.5M"     # 1M, 2M, 5.5M, 11M
    CHANNEL="1"     # 1-12
    KEY="off"
    ;;

and an example for network.opts

case "$ADDRESS" in
*,*,*,*)
    INFO="Lucent wireless card"
    # Transceiver selection, for some cards -- see 'man ifport'
    IF_PORT=""
    # Use BOOTP (via /sbin/bootpc, or /sbin/pump)? [y/n]
    BOOTP="n"
    # Use DHCP (via /sbin/dhcpcd, /sbin/dhclient, or /sbin/pump)?
    # [y/n]
    DHCP="y"
    # Extra stuff to do after setting up the interface
    start_fn () { return; }
    # Extra stuff to do before shutting down the interface
    stop_fn () { return; }
    # Card eject policy options
    NO_CHECK=n
    NO_FUSER=n
    ;;
esac

yours,

kim
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