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that is a PrismII based PCMCIA card in the PLX9052 *PCI*-PCMCIA adapter.
follow the README of the hostap driver:
make
make install (as root)
remove the orinoco modules:
ifconfig eth1 down
rmmod orinoco_plx
rmmod orinoco
try the new one:
modprobe hostap_plx
check it:
ifconfig -a
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wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-90-D1-00-76-4E-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x3000

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:90:D1:00:76:4E
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x3000
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configure it as below:
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ifconfig wlan0 inet 10.170.254.37
ifconfig wlan0 netmask 255.255.255.0
ifconfig wlan0 broadcast 10.170.254.255

iwconfig wlan0 essid ATMEL
iwconfig wlan0 channel 1
iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
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ping wexpert doesn't work, why?

# posted by Jean-Frederic Clere @ 12:08 AM