? wireless 802.11b, D-Link DWL-520

? wireless 802.11b, D-Link DWL-520

[Chuck Gelm]

Howdy, Ladies and Gentlemen newbie guru's"

 I'd would like a wireless (802.11b) link between two hosts:
kernel-2.2.19 (Slackware-7.1) k6-266 
kernel-2.4.17 (Slackware-8.0) 80586x120

 I am installing D-Link DWL-520 PCI cards.

How do I configure the cards, /usr/src/linux/.config ?

How do I set them up for an 'ad-hoc' network?

How do I configure the cards to use one channel among 1 through 6?

Kindest regards, Chuck

Re: ? wireless 802.11b, D-Link DWL-520

[gel2256@dnaco]

11 megabit radio modem, $100USD

> > http://www.linux-wlan.org/ and linux driver
> > ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/ \
> > linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre2.tar.gz

I've gotten it working with a K6/266 MB and
a K6-2/500 MB:

 I edited wlan.conf (adhoc=y) and moved it to
/etc/wlan.conf
 and moved rc.wlan to
/etc/rc.d/rc.wlan
 The 'make install' didn't place them for me, as advertised. :-|

 Ran
#modprobe prism2_pci
#ifconfig wlan0 up
#/etc/rc.d/rc.wlan start
#ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.1
/* I'm not to sure of the order :-| */

 I pinged this host from a Win2kpro host:
c:\> ping -n 99 -l 32760 192.168.1.1
 and it indicated an 11 Megabit link with
 ~65k bytes/second.

 I'm wanting to create a community wireless LAN using a water tower
as a passive reflector and hoping for ~5 mile radius of the water
tower.  I am also wanting to use the minimum CPU horsepower for the
wireless<>internet gateway. This is why I'm trying to get a wireless
device working in my old 80586x120. ;-)

Chuck nc8q