Jeber Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 I just wanted to share three sites I came across recently that may help those of you who, like me, are interested in networking with Linux. If you have other suggestions, please list them. I can use all the information I can get. Drake 10.1 and D-Link productsLinux Wireless networkingAbsoluteValueSystems Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 3, 2005 Share Posted February 3, 2005 Not only have I bookmarked the first one, but I think I will have to print it out. I have one similar to the second virtually memorized but this is worth some detailed study as well. The last looks like an excellent reference.Thank you very much for sharing these finds. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
réjean Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Thanks from me too Jeber!!! Got some serious reading to do. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 On that first link. Is this only an issue with D-Link cards or was I just lucky. I've got Linksys cards that both are plug in play in Mandrake 10.1 on my laptop. Worked on first install once I downloaded all the patches. (The network worked without the patches but KDE didn't so I couldn't use MCC to configure it. Once KDE was patched it has worked flawlessly. Best running distro on my Satan HP laptop.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steel Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 thanks Jeber ... runs and steals the teachers notes now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 SteelThat is what copiers are for! I will share! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeber Posted February 4, 2005 Author Share Posted February 4, 2005 nlinecomputers, which Linksys card did you get that worked with Mandrake? I have a Orinoco PCMCIA card that has Linux drivers for my laptop, but I'm still trying to find a PCI NIC that I can use in the desktop. You were lucky, I suspect. D-Link only has a few products that come with Linux drivers, and they aren't very forthcoming with enough code to allow the community to develop open source ones.I also meant to mention that O'Reilly books has come out with "Linux Unwired", a great reference for those of us trying to go wireless in Linux. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlinecomputers Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 Jeber,This is a laptop and I have two Linksys cards one has a prisim chipset one orinoco. Both work just fine. I am trying to get WPA to work on them but I haven't had time to hunt down the firmware needed to flash them both upto the versions that support that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teacher Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 I have found success. I am connected to the Internet from my laptop with the wireless connection in Drake. I have no idea whether it is working with my USB or my internal card. I suspect it is my internal. I played with a connection labeled "firewire" and "IVp4 over ...." and then went to test connection and I was running. That has me baffled. Perhaps it is the internal. Anyway, it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
linuxdude32 Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Interesting links. I haven't tried wireless yet but with prices being at a nice point now, I might get around to doing it sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metho Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 i was thinking of makin a thread about networking but now i am gona try to do with the help of those three sites, and if i fail to do something which i know i will, lol, then i will start a new thread about networking or i am just gona steal ur thread, hope u dont mind Jeber!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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