# Wireless LAN adapter configuration # # Theory of operation : # # The script attempts to match a block of settings to the specific wireless # card inserted, the *first* block matching the card is used. # The address format is "scheme,socket,instance,hwaddr", with * as a wildcard. # 'scheme' is the pcmcia scheme (set via 'cardctl scheme XXX'). # 'hwaddr' is the unique MAC address identifier of the wireless card. # The MAC address is usually printed on the card, or can be found via ifconfig. # Some examples here use only half of the MAC address with a wildcard to # match a whole family of cards... # # All the Wireless specific configuration is done through the Wireless # Extensions, so we will just call 'iwconfig' with the right parameters # defined below. # Of course, you need to have iwconfig installled on your system. # To download iwconfig, or for more info on Wireless Extensions : # http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html # # Note : you don't need to fill all parameters, leave them blank, in most # cases the driver will initialise itself with sane defaults values or # automatically figure out the value... And no drivers do support all # possible settings... # # If you make any mistakes, you'll get a cryptic message in the system # log. You'll need to figure out on your own which parameter was wrong: # cardmgr[310]: executing: './network start wvlan0' # cardmgr[310]: + SIOCSIWMODE: Invalid argument # I've tried to give more troubleshooting help at : # http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html#debug # In case of doubts, just check "/etc/pcmcia/wireless" for the gory details... # # Note also that this script will work only with the original Pcmcia scripts, # and not with the default Red Hat scripts. Send a bug report to Red Hat ;-) # # Finally, send comments and flames to me, Jean Tourrilhes # case "$ADDRESS" in *,*,*,*) INFO="Default Config" ESSID=any MODE=Managed RATE=auto ;; esac