[olug] Wireless card for Dell 8100

[Scott Evans]

Thanks alot Jon!! :)



--- "Jon H. Larsen" <relayer at omahadirect.net> wrote:
> 
> I got a Siemens Speedstream SS1021 from Office Depot
> for $40.  The box 
> even has Linux listed on the side.  You need to make
> add entries to 
> /etc/pcmcia/config and /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf (if
> you have the wlan-ng 
> packages installed).  The card is an 802.11b type.
> 
> Here is what I added to my /etc/pcmcia/config file:
> 
> card "Siemens SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA"
>   version "Siemens", "SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA",
> "Version 01.02", ""
>   manfid 0x02ac, 0x0002
>   bind "orinoco_cs"
> 
> The version and manfid strings will appear in
> /var/log/messages when you 
> insert the card.  Just make sure what you enter into
> the 'config' matches 
> what appears in the message log.
> 
> Jon L.
> 
> On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Scott Evans wrote:
> 
> > Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 20:31:12 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Scott Evans <munkey1979 at yahoo.com>
> > Reply-To: Omaha Linux User Group <olug at olug.org>
> > To: olug at olug.org
> > Subject: [olug] Wireless card for Dell 8100
> > 
> > I finally got Red Hat working on my Dell inspiron
> 8100
> > after a day and a half of messing with XF86config.
> 
> > Now I want to get a wireless card for this baby. 
> Just
> > wanted to get some opinions on a good wireless
> card
> > for this type of laptop and that will work great
> with
> > Red Hat 8.0. 
> > 
> > Im thinking either 802.11a or g.  not sure yet
> > 
> > 
> > Thanks in advance
> > 
> > Scott
> > 
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