ZD1211 based USB WiFi dongles - helpForum: Networking Topic: ZD1211 based USB WiFi dongles - help started by: guiyoforward Posted by guiyoforward on Jan. 10 2006,20:26
Hi there, I am a Linux newbie. I have an old PII 300 Portege Laptop and DSL runs like a breeze in it. I tried a Prism usb wireless dongle and I managed to connect to the net - I was amazed. However, I have a wireless g dongle with a ZD1211 chipset and I can't figure out how to make it work. I know there is the wrapper thing (which doesn't seem to work, see other post) and the ZD guys actually have a proper linux driver, but this [the compilation of the driver] is beyond the newbie reach. Please help!These are the instructions on the linux driver readme: Building zd1211: ------------ 1) untar the package using the command: tar zxvf zd1211-XXXX.tar.gz 2) edit the Makefile to make sure the path of KERNEL_SOURCE is your are running, and the kernel version is correctly configure. 3) Under zd1211-XXXX/zdsta directory, use "make clean", "make", "make install" to make and install driver. Running: -------- - If you have hotplug installed, the drivers should now be loaded. If not, load them by hand: modprobe -v zd1211 (or Under zd1211-XXXX/zdsta directory use "insmod zd1211.o" for kernel 2.4.x, "insmod zd1211.ko" for kernel 2.6.x) - Check if the modules are loaded with lsmod. It should look like this: ... zd1211 183576 0 (unused) ... - Run 'ifconfig <iface> <your IP address>' - Run 'iwconfig <iface> ' to configure the wireless setting, here are some examples, more detail information please check with 'man iwconfig'. Example: iwconfig <iface> essid "My Network" //Set essid iwconfig <iface> channel 1 //Set channel iwconfig <iface> mode Managed (Station mode) //Set operation mode iwconfig <iface> mode Ad-Hoc (Ah-Hoc mode) iwconfig <iface> rts 512 //Set rts threshold iwconfig <iface> frag 512 //Set fragment threshold iwconfig <iface> key s:password [2] //Set encryption key iwconfig <iface> power on/off //Set power-save mode ...... These are the posts in this forum covering the same issue: < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....=zd1211 > < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....=zd1211 > < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....=zd1211 > < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....=zd1211 > |