[TriLUG] Wavelan wireless card

[Jason Tower]

i've had similar trouble getting my wireless card working with mandrake 
10.  so while this does nothing to help you out, at least you don't 
have to feel alone :-)

jason

On Thursday 26 August 2004 23:54, Thomas wrote:
> Greetings all!
>
> After a hiatus of several years, I have taken a deep breath and once
> again plunged into the world of Linux.  I installed Mandrake 10.0 on
> my Dell Inspiron 4100 laptop this week without too much trouble.  A
> few things need tweaking, hopefully simple issues that will help me
> up the learning curve.
>
> Anyhow, the first issue I need to address is turning out not to be so
> simple.  I can't get my Lucent/Orinoco/Agere/Proxim/Wavelan wireless
> LAN card to work.  The OS recognizes the card and correctly
> identifies it in the configuration panel.  When I use the config
> wizard to get it working, it asks for some parameters that I am
> unfamiliar with.  It wants to know "RTS/CTS" and "fragmentation".  So
> far I am leaving those blank.
>
> After several days of trying to figure it out on my own, I continue
> to be stumped.  I've run the network wizard several times with
> various permutations to no avail.  Sometimes it appears that the card
> is working, but the OS cannot see it.  I've played with the card
> manager config file, can't really figure that out.
>
> I have also been playing with Knoppix, running from CD-ROM.  It has
> no trouble using the wireless card, so I know it isn't a hardware
> compatibility problem.
>
> Kindly help this clueless tyro.  Thanks!
>
> TaB