Wireless configuration (bugs?)

[Peter]

Am Di, den 21.09.2004 schrieb Carl Gherardi um 7:41:
> > Of course it is possible to have more than one nic. 
> 
> :)
> 
> Should have mentioned that the two nics cant be in my laptop at the same
> time, they physically dont fit.

That doesn't matter. Nevertheless you should have it configured.


> > At first you should
> > use system-config-network to (re-)configure your Xircom Card in a proper
> > way (as eth0). Test it.
> 
> A proper way? Do you mean using profiles?

You don't necessarily need profiles. You can switch between the 2 card
by using systen-control-network or by if[up|down] [eth0|ath0]. 

You should first configure your eth0 adapter card, perhaps using
system-config-network or doing it manually. Make shure, that you see
eth0 in system-config-network and in system-control-network, and that
you can activate and deactivate it and it works.

Then you should add the files I mentioned in my post. After doing so you
should see a second device when you open system-control-network. And
when you insert your atheros card, it should be activated via hotplug or
at least you should be able to activate it via system-control-network
(or ifup ath0 on the command line as su - ). You can even configure it
using the redhat tools.

The problem is: anaconda / kudzu does not recognise the card. It doesn't
know that the driver wants to be ath0. And it doesn't insert the line
   TYPE=Wireless
into the configuration file. Therefore the redhat tools don't let you
configure the wireless features. If you correct these issues, you can
use the redhat tools as usual.


Peter