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author | Cecil Hugh Watson <knoppmyth@gmail.com> | 2009-01-07 09:44:40 (GMT) |
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committer | Cecil Hugh Watson <knoppmyth@gmail.com> | 2009-01-07 09:44:40 (GMT) |
commit | 22cb9c31cde8a125c3b7d159d8b50941cb5c7714 (patch) | |
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Updated kernel to 2.6.27. Updated latest PKGBUILD for various packages and recompiled.
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diff --git a/abs/core-testing/wlan-ng26-utils/tmp/trunk/doc/rh71notes b/abs/core-testing/wlan-ng26-utils/tmp/trunk/doc/rh71notes new file mode 100644 index 0000000..399a2e4 --- /dev/null +++ b/abs/core-testing/wlan-ng26-utils/tmp/trunk/doc/rh71notes @@ -0,0 +1,61 @@ +[MSM]: Here's an old e-mail. I'm not sure if it's in the list archives +so I figured I'd save it here. + +It may be useful for those using RH71. + +Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2001 16:03:20 +0800 +From: Leonard Ye <leonardye@yahoo.com> +Reply-To: linux-wlan-user@absoval.com +To: linux-wlan-user@absoval.com +Subject: [lwlan-user]: REDHAT 7.1 + wlan-ng 0.1.18 HOWTO + +Hi all, + +Just get the wlan-ng 0.1.18pre11 working on my redhat 7.1 and I would like +to share the experiences with you. + +Assumption: + a default installation of redhat 7.1 with +kernel-pcmcia-cs-3.1.24-2.rpm installed + +Four steps as followings: + +1) Get kernel source ready +install kernel-source-2.4.2-2 if you don't have the kernel source ready on +the machine +copy a suitable configuration file from the configs directory to .config +make dep + +2) Get pcmcia-cs header files ready +download the pcmcia-cs-3.1.24.tar.gz package +unzip it at appropriate place +make config + when you were asked what kind of kernel configuration you want to +use, select "1" +make all +DON'T "make install" + +3) compile the wlan-ng-0.1.18pre11 code +download the linux-wlan-ng-0.1.18pre11.tar.gz +unzip it at appropriate place +make config + select build-in kernel support +make all +make install + +4) some minor configuration +edit /etc/pcmcia/config.opts to comment out the card definition for +"Intersil PRISM2 11 .." +edit /etc/wlan-ng.opts + change string p2RoamingMode to p2CnfRoamingMode + set appropriate SSID for variable DesiredSSID +create an ifcfg-wlan0 file in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts + +Ok, your machine should be able to work as a STA using +wlan-ng-0.1.18pre11. If you have experience with enabling AP mode, it +shouldn't be a problem for you enable it in redhat 7.1 + +Regards, +Leonard Ye + + |