Installing Proxim Orinoco on RedHat 9.0?
 

I was wondering if anyone could give me detailed instruction on installing Proxim Orinoco 802.11b silver on RH 9.0 or direct me to another post/site

Proxim Orinoco : Agere Systems 0110-PC

http://www.linux-wlan.org/

give that a try...if it dosen't work there is a "wrong" way that usually works lol. The above is the "right" set of tools and instructions. You have the easiest wifi card to set up in linux BTW.... :D

thanx much Col :)

i cant get the software they provide working :( i still need some help. i was wondering if anyone could explain why when i install it via the gui network configuration and it says orinoco_cs device eth1 does not seem to be present even tho the card is in. i have the same problem under windows but in windows i can get it to detect and install but none of the software detects it. Could the card be defective or is this a common problem:Pengy:

Sorry it took so long, couldn't connect to the forums yesterday:

Let's try the "dirty" way to do this. Don't worry yet, wavelan cards and linux are just a bit funky still.
open a term, su to root

/sbin/cardctl ident

jot down the manfid:0x <random>, 0x<random>

create or edit the file /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf like this:

device "orinoco_cs"
class "network"
module "hermes', "orinoco", "orinoco_cs"
# Proxim Orinoco 802.11b silver
card "Wireless Network PC Card"
manfid 0x0274, 0x1513 #substitute your addresses from above step here
bind "orinoco_cs"

now restart pcmcia:

/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart

hopefully you'll hear the system beep when it "sees" the card. If not check the modules like this:

/sbin/lsmod

look for:
orinoco_cs
orinoco hermes

if you don't see all 3 do this:

/sbin/modprobe orinoco_cs orinoco hermes

go back and restart pcmcia

/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart

then use the redhat gui wizard, delete any wireless cards listed and start new. You will still have to pick "Other wireless card" still. Don't use WEP yet. get it running first, and it helps if you can use dhcp. Make sure the box for activate at startup (device->edit) is UNCHECKED, and the box for all user control is CHECKED.

now try to activate the card. if everything worked it should activate. close the wizard and save the info.

now set the boot parameters from a term as root:

cd /etc/rc.d/rc5.d

ls

look for the S24pcmcia@ entry (might not be S24, but will be very close)
look for a number that isn't used around S09 (don't pick one higher than 11, lower than 9 is OK).

then move the boot order like this:

mv S24pcmcia S09(use your number here)pcmcia

now restart your machine, log in as user

from a term su to root

/usr/bin/neat

activate the device and see if it works. you have to /use/bin/neat as root each time you boot the machine, so you may want to use a shortcut or a script for this part.

try this and see what happens!


edit: this looks more confusing than it is. I tried it with all the commands in bold so it looks a bit better. just ask here or email me if you don't understand my silly syntax above.

the only thing i dont understand is this

mv S24pcmcia S09(use your number here)pcmcia

i did the command S24pcmcia S06(S24)pcmcia and when i reboot the machine with the card in it starts to load then fails saying it is out of range 21! then i have reboot with it unplugged.

when i plug it in while its booted now it makes 2 beeps instead of 1 like it did.

you instructions did help tho because there was some progression before i couldnt get it to detect the card period.

edit:
i got this message when i try to open the network gui so i edited modules.conf so it doesnt have wvlan_cs but has orinoco_cs

eth1 has an alias to module wvlan_cs in modules.conf,
instead of currently loaded module orinoco_cs!

when i try to activate it i get this message

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
invalid argument "s:".

Determining IP information for eth1...SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out
failed.

My silly rambling syntax got ya lol..try this

[B]mv S24pcmcia S6pcmcia{B}

without the (use your number here part) lol. That will let it boot with card in.

2 beeps is good. means RH sees your card and it's a config problem now.


Delete the GUI wizards recognized wireless card. This way all the settings and links are set up the way you enter them instead of remembering some old wvlan settings.

Red Hat's network configuration GUI creates a file named ifcfg-eth0 and saves it in three directories:

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
/etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/
/etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/

Try looking at these and setting the parameters.
You're almost there :)

i looked for the file ifcfg-eth0 and i found ifcfg-lo

does that mean i configured it incorrectly? oh and should i add it back via the gui or no

edit:
when i rebooted it said
orinoco_cs. Requesting IRQ, Resource in use or something similar to that

ifcfg-lo is the loopback device config. Don't edit that one.
Yes set it back up in the GUI. As long as you deleted the old one it should make an ifcfg-etho instead of ifcfg-wlan0.
As far as the resource conflict, lets see what happens after you reinsert it via the gui.
Make sure it's set NOT to activate at boot.

i added it back in the gui setup and now when i insert the card it freezes the computer til its unplugged it also makes a beeping sound repeatedly while plugged in.

i may just reinstall linux with it plugged in to see if it detects and sets it up properly do you think i should do that?

Edit: or i may install OpenBSD

you don't have to reinstall....it won't find it automatically most likely. As far as BSD, I've no opinion as I have never tried it.

Back to the current situation, Boot with the card out, pop it in after you get in X and try to activate it. See what happens.

Also if you know how, disable Plug and Play in your system BIOS. Thats likely the resource conflict.

Also having problems with Orinoco card on Redhat 9
 

I am having a similar problem, but when i try to activate, i get this message:

Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
invalid argument "s:".

Determining IP information for eth2... failed.

Anyone want to give it a try?

Typically that means that you used incorrect syntax entering the WEP key.
Post the output of iwconfig (edit anything you don't want to share) so that we can see what's happening.

Working
 

It was a simple matter of applying the appropriate AP settings - SSID, Channel, WEP. I was trying to activate in a place where i didn't have an AP so i could use Kismet. Took it back home to test the Wireless card (get Kismet working later) and it worked perfectly.

Thanks for you help.

Bill Marriott