[Gllug] joining a wireless LAN

[john gennard]

On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 Ian Norton wrote: On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 16:33, john 
gennard wrote:

>> Will someone please assist....., so a step by step explanation would, 
>> if possible be much appreciated.

 

>Relax, it is pretty easy 
>firstly, has your wifi card loaded its driver? , ie can you do
>'iwconfig' and see the device,

>second, you need to know the ESSID (wlan name) of your friend, and if
>they are using Ad-Hoc or Managed mode.

>if you have your card appearing fine in iwconfig, as say eth0, then this
>should associate you with the network.

># iwconfig eth0 mode Managed enc off essid MyFriend
># pump

>Ian

Sorry to revert to this, but I've been unable to get
anywhere by my own efforts.

The problem is that I cannot get either Sarge or Sid to see
my Belkin Adaptor. The nearest truly relevant reference I've
yet found is in the November 2002 edition of Linux Magazine,
and even this is specific to SuSE 7.3.

I have tried booting Knoppix 3.4 and loading what I believe
to be the correct driver, but even there I get nowhere.

How do I get the Adaptor to be recognised? 

Please help if possible.

John.


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