New in Linux, please help me setup wireless card

I have airlink card, and hostap. I am having problem setting up the card.

can someone please help me with step by step instruction?

Thanks


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> I have airlink card, and hostap. I am having problem setting up the
> card.
>
> can someone please help me with step by step instruction?

This driver wrapper seems to work for many.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/

1) Download the archive. ndiswrapper-0.9.tar.gz as of this writing.

2) Extract the archive. tar -xzvpf ndiswrapper-0.9.tar.gz

3) Enter the archive. cd ndiswrapper-0.9

4) Follow the instructions. cat README INSTALL | more

The chipset database lists two matching entries.
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
On is USB, the other PCMCIA.
http://www.linux-usb.org/
http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/

You will need the wireless-tools package for your distro as well.

There's no linux-wlan-ng support listed for your card. But there's none
listed from my linksys wmp54g either.
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

The ndiswrapper supported chipset lists does not list your card, but it
doesn't list mine either. And I know it works.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/s..._chipsets.html

The ndiswrapper wiki list shows mine as functional, but does not list
yours. Which doesn't directly mean it doesn't work, just no-one with one
provided information indicating it's status.
http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/List

So far it looks like ndiswrapper is your only option. If it doesn't work,
then you're probably screwed on getting that device working. It might
help if you provide the lspci listing of that card. Or lsusb listing. Or
whatever /proc info that applies to it. This will help us better ID which
chipset it uses and direct you to an appropriate driver.

HTH,
Shadow_7

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> I have airlink card, and hostap. I am having problem setting up the card.
>
> can someone please help me with step by step instruction?

I would start by giving the command "cardctl ident"
to see what the card manager thinks the card is.
Then look in /etc/pcmcia/config to see if this card is listed,
and if so what driver is suggested.
Then try "modprobe <driver>" to see if the driver comes with your kernel.

If this doesn't work then you will have to follow a more complicated route,
as suggested.

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> I have airlink card, and hostap. I am having problem setting up the card.
>
> can someone please help me with step by step instruction?
>
> Thanks

Go to www.linuxant.com and download the trial driver. It provides a
wrapper around the windows driver for the card and allows it to
function as if it were running under windows. It is pretty easy to
install. If it works and you are happy with it, it only costs about
$20.00 for a license. I installed it last year and had no problems
with it so far.

: wrote:

> I have airlink card, and hostap. I am having problem setting up the card.
>
> can someone please help me with step by step instruction?
>
> Thanks

I think you should take a look at http://ndiswrapper.sf.net/. If you
card is supported it might do the trick.