[wplug] setting up an old laptop

[Ben Beige]

to build it I'd have to have kernel source, and gcc both of wich aren't 
in  a base install :(


Ben

At 01:43 PM 1/21/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>It's easy to download and build.  You want to have pcmcia_cs and wlan_cs.  I
>actually found that if you go to Netgear's website and go to the product
>page for the MA401 and then go to support it has a link for linux drivers.
>These turn out to just be the wlan drivers but it has a good readme attached
>that will walk you through setting up really any prism2 device (netgear, old
>linksys, old dlink etc).
>
>-Pat
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Ben Beige" <b.beige at zoominternet.net>
>To: <wplug at wplug.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, January 21, 2004 10:23 AM
>Subject: Re: [wplug] setting up an old laptop
>
>
> > Anyone have the prism2_cs.o  file laying about on a debain box :)
> >
> > Ben
> >
> > At 08:10 PM 1/20/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> > >Hmmm no cdrom fir one, though I may try on a laptop at work tommrow and
> > >it's nota  pci based system (too old)
> > >
> > >
> > >At 01:21 AM 1/21/2004 +0200, you wrote:
> > >>On Wednesday 21 January 2004 00:16, Ben Beige wrote:
> > >> > Well I've gotten a base install of debian up and going I dunno how to
> > >> >  get the wireless card working though
> > >>
> > >>You might cheat and boot KNOPPIX and see if it recognizes the card, and
> > >>then build/load the module in Debian. Or you might do it the "proper"
> > >>way, which is lspci -vv and then trying to figure out what your card
> > >>is, if it has modules for Linux and where these are.
> > >>
> > >>I'd go with #1 :-)
> > >>
> > >>Usually finding out which driver is appropriate is the toughest part of
> > >>getting it to work.
> > >>
> > >>Cheers
> > >>
> > >>-A
> > >>
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