what else is needed to make wireless network work?

I have been trying for weeks to connect a Windows laptop to my Linux server
using wireless network cards without success. I do not quite understand how
everything fits together. I have read loads of documentation but none of it
seems to explain concepts. Please, can you help?

On the Linux 2.4.18 server I have a prism2-based ZoomAir 4105 PCMCIA card in
a
PCI adapter. I have downloaded the linux-wlan-ng 0.2.0 drivers.

I ran "modprobe yenta_socket; modprobe ds; cardmgr -o"
This finds the card and I can assign wlan0 an ip-address with ifconfig.

I gather the actual wireless parameters are contained in these two files,
but I don't understand a thing.

/etc/wlan/wlan.conf:
WLAN_DEVICES="wlan0"

ChannelList="01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:00:0 0:00"
ChannelMinTime=200
ChannelMaxTime=250
WLAN_SCAN=n
SSID_wlan0="grotjahn"
ENABLE_wlan0=y

/etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT:
lnxreq_hostWEPEncrypt=false # true|false
lnxreq_hostWEPDecrypt=false # true|false
dot11PrivacyInvoked=false # true|false
dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0 # 0|1|2|3
dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true # true|false, in AP this means WEP is
required.

# If PRIV_GENSTR is not empty, use PRIV_GENTSTR to generate
# keys (just a convenience)
PRIV_GENERATOR=/sbin/nwepgen # nwepgen, Neesus compatible
PRIV_KEY128=false # keylength to generate
PRIV_GENSTR=""

# or set them explicitly. Set genstr or keys, not both.
dot11WEPDefaultKey0= # format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx or
dot11WEPDefaultKey1= # xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dot11WEPDefaultKey2= # e.g. 01:20:03:40:05 or
dot11WEPDefaultKey3= # 01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d
#=======SELECT STATION MODE===================
IS_ADHOC=y # y|n, y - adhoc, n - infrastructure

#======= INFRASTRUCTURE STATION ===================
# What kind of authentication?
AuthType="opensystem" # opensystem | sharedkey (requires WEP)

#======= ADHOC STATION ============================
BCNINT=100 # Beacon interval (in Kus)
CHANNEL=6 # DS channel for BSS (1-14, depends
# on regulatory domain)
BASICRATES="2 4" # Rates for mgmt&ctl frames (in 500Kb/s)
OPRATES="2 4 11 22" # Supported rates in BSS (in 500Kb/s)


The Win2000 client has a 3COM Airconnect 3CRWE737A PCMCIA card. The driver
only offers very few configuration parameters (under Configure network
card):
I assume "Wireless LAN Service Area" is the same as SSID and entered
"grotjahn"
"Enable Mobile IP" is off.
"Encryption Algorithm" is no encryption.
"Diversity" is Primary only, the other choice being Diversity On.

What do I have to do for the two PCs to see each other?

Thank you.

-- Cornelius

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