pre-compiled linux-wlan-ng

[LinuxManMikeC]

Oh, the ifcfg-wlan0 config file can be created and managed through a nice friendly GUI. System->Administration->Network
But if you use the NetworkManager service you don't need it.

[blahboybang]

[root@localhost etc]# hostap_fw_load wlan0
Host AP driver data for device wlan0 not found in procfs.


I just need to know how to create the wlan0 device so that I can load the firmware to it. I'm very stupid, so please explain with EXCRUTIATING detail.

[blahboybang]

I would appreciate an answer sometime in my life, please. It's still not working, so what do I do?

Also, what happened to cardmgr? Why isn't it here?

[centos_x]

First off on my system it is FC3 not sure of yours or what card you have exactly, with mine a prism2.5 DLINK revision.E

I needed the following, do a search for the firmware

Firmware (there are two parts in tar.gz)
primary
and another which has several versions (I'm using 1.8.4)

hostap utilities (2 files needed)
hostap_fw_load (called something like this) this is a script points to the firmware
prism2_rec

after you placed the firmware (I placed mine in /etc/firmware)
need to modifiy hostap_fw_load to reflect where the 2 firmware hex files are located

then add a line to modprobe.conf
like this:

install wlan0 /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install hostap_pci && sleep 2 && /usr/sbin/hostap_fw_load wlan0

then in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts make a file ifcfg-wlan0 should look similar to the following change IP etc to reflect your setup

IPV6INIT=no
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.100.1
TYPE=Wireless
DEVICE=wlan0
HWADDR=
BOOTPROTO=none
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=192.168.100.5
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
MODE=Managed
ESSID=yours
DOMAIN=
RATE=Auto
CHANNEL=1


Then restart machine if using WEP(almost worthless) go back into network config if you like and set wep key close it and restart network as root

/sbin/service network restart



In fc5 if it is in the kernel tree already may just need firmware and the 2 utility files, blacklist orinoco drivers and hope it works