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Topic: Wireless SMC Card (not working), SMC 2532w-b Doesn't work out of the box!

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Posted: Feb. 03 2006,07:43

Yes, the HotSpot provider will determine these settings.
There's probably no encryption, but you will need to know the SSID of the wifi access point you intend to connect to. So now you need a wifi scanner.
You could try AirSnort from http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/damnsmall/mydsl/net/
... but first you should try to connect to a wifi access point with known parameters, because we still don't know if the driver is working for you.

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Posted: Feb. 13 2006,03:16

I'll try AirSnort

I don't have a WiFi with known perimiters, Although I might beable to get some from one of these spots.

Thanks for your help.

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Posted: Feb. 13 2006,07:23

I, too, have a Prism2-based adaptor (USB D-Link DWL-122) and I just tried AirSnort. It works well ... once you get it setup;

1. It requires an active wifi network interface, so first do this -
modprobe prism2_cs (if this module is not already loaded)
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
ifconfig wlan0 up

2. If airsnort is launched as user "dsl", there is an error message - "Could not set promiscuous mode"
So it must be launched from an xterminal as "sudo airsnort"

3. In Settings > Preferences...
change Packet interface from "PF_NETLINK" to "PF_PACKET" before pressing the "Start" button

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Posted: Oct. 14 2006,16:58

Hi Im having trouble with airsnort and have DSL 2.blah and the SMC pcmcia card on a old armada 300 laptop. Am I supposed to use wlan-ng, Host AP/Ornico, or other in airsnort? I used the prism2 file addition earlier in this post and can connect to my schools router just fine when I activate the prism2 button in "MyDSL". I just can't see it in airsnort. I have gtk2. I got it too work with pentoo but dsl seems like its just missing something. Can airsnort see every wifi access point or is there really secure ones out there? Ive got both lights on the pcmcia card on and when it starts up it repeatadly blinks untill I work with the prism2 button. I really need to know the best wifi configuration on this as I have know idea what any of it means and usually just leave everything blank.

....as you might of guessed im a newbee at this but having fun trying to figure this out.

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