Networking :: wireless



Hi all,

does anyone uses wireless (802.11a/b/g) with DSL ??

Tks
yes i did
I have Syntax USB-400  (prism3)
It did not work with DSL default install but I got it work by compile the latest linux-wlan-ng on Knoppix 3.3 and copy the driver to DSL.

DSL supports a limited number of wlan adapter. So if you want new driver you have to add it by yourself
I think DSL supports alot of wireless cards. Version 0.6.x supports many more than the version 0.5.x. And usually I find that it works "too good". In other words, Upon boot up I usually connect immediately to my neighbor's un-protected wirelsss network. "Surf for free". So, to be an honest guy, I have to issue some iwconfigs for my wireless network, followed by pump -i eth0. Adding these commands to /opt/bootlocal.sh and I can boot right into my wireless network.
Quote (woverin @ April 28 2004,14:52)
yes i did
I have Syntax USB-400  (prism3)
It did not work with DSL default install but I got it work by compile the latest linux-wlan-ng on Knoppix 3.3 and copy the driver to DSL.

DSL supports a limited number of wlan adapter. So if you want new driver you have to add it by yourself

Can you briefly explain how you did this,  I know how to remaster DSL.   Just need some pointers on configuring a D-Link DWL-122 usb wireless for ad-hoc use.

I know it uses the p80211.o and prism2_usb.o and these exist on the latest DSL 0.6.3! but I can't get configure it to use the hardware,  do I still need linux-wlan-ng drivers on this version?
echo6,
Download linux-wlan-ng lastest version from
<a href="http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/Linux" target="_blank">http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-w....website
you need
Knoppix 3.3 (using 2.4.22-xfs kernel) - because it has gcc
get kernel source
wget -c http://developer.linuxtag.net/knoppix....all.deb
The next step installs the kernel sources to the right place (/usr/src) then extracts them to a new directory:
dpkg -i kernel-source-2.4.22-xfs_10.00.Custom_all.deb
cd /usr/src
tar xvjf kernel-source-2.4.22-xfs.tar.bz2
ln -s kernel-source-2.4.22-xfs linux
cd linux
cp /boot/config-2.4.22-xfs /usr/src/linux/.config
make oldconfig  
cp linux-wlan-ng.tar.gz /usr/src
tar -zxvf linux-wlan-ng.tar.gz
cd linux-wlan-ng
./Configure      
make all
then  all driver are compiled
copy linux-wlan-ng directory to DSL
then "make install" to install the driver
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