NewsGroup Browser wrote:

> 4. Steps to install and get working.
>
> - Insert Card
> - Extract RealTek Drivers
> - Install NDISWrapper (follow below instructions versus README because
> of problems listed further below)
> -- Extract NDISWrapper
> -- make install
> -- ndiswrapper -i /path to realtek driver's .inf
> -- modprobe ndiswrapper (card should be lit up now)
> -- ndiswrapper -m (to set ndiswrapper to boot as module at startup)
> - Copy /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 to
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
> - Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and set ONBOOT to "No"
> versus "Yes" (if you leave it yes it causes default gw problems with
> wlan0 and will cause wlan0 to loose connectivity upon ifup for wlan0
> also)
> - Edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 and change all the IP
> settings to what you want wlan0 to be, leave ONBOOT "Yes", make sure
> all other IP settings are correct. Change type to wireless versus
> ethernet , and ADD to the end of file the following:
>
> mode managed
> essid whateveryours is
> key "if you have WEP Key"
>
> - ifdown eth0
> - ifconfig wlan0 IPaddress, netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast
> 192.168.1.255 (or 10 if thats what you have)
> - route add default gw 192.168.?.? wlan0 (or 10. or whatever your gw is)
> - if config wlan0 up
> - iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
> - iwconfig wlan0 essid (whatever yours is)
> - iwconfig wlan0 key (whatever yours is if you have WEP)

Surely it is much easier to use a card supported by the Linux kernel
and the standard WiFi driver, orinoco_cs.
There are dozens of such cards.
Why make life difficult for yourself.

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Timothy Murphy
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