[ale] wireless cards

Christopher Fowler cfowler at outpostsentinel.com
Fri Sep 26 15:43:27 EDT 2003


Here is the problem with the WPC11.  It may not be Prism2.  I was
lucky and purchased one before they began using other chipsets.

I have my WPC11 acting in Managed, Master, and Monitor mode.  Sometimes
I use it toe bridge my wired and wireless network.

On Fri, Sep 26, 2003 at 03:26:33PM -0400, Geoffrey wrote:
> Just for fun, I picked up a pcmcia wireless card linksys wpc11 and a 
> desktop card blitzz bw1605.  I've found references to both indicating 
> they work with linux.   The blitzz card has RH drivers available from 
> blitzz.
> 
> Anyway, can't seem to get enough info on how to configure these things. 
>  Trying to use the YAST gui which looks for (with my values in the '<>'):
> 
> Operating mode: <ad-hoc>
> network name (ESSID): <wireless>
> network identifier (NWID): <>
> encryption key: <>
> nick name: <hplap>
> 
> Beyond that, I can't locate any docs on what modules might be required 
> by these toys.
> 
> Any pointers to such configuration info or modules would be appreciated.
> 
> -- 
> Until later, Geoffrey	esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> Building secure systems inspite of Microsoft
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