Setup Wireless On Linux

Title: ipw2100-k2.4.31.dsl Description: Intel PRO/Wireless ipw2100 Driver for the IPW2100 Version: 1.1.0 Author: James Ketrenos Original-site: http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/ Copying-policy: GPL -----==[ Color = red Filesize: 1130K ]==----Extension by: tempestuous Comments: compiled for DSL kernel 2.4.31 - DSL ver2.0 up INSTRUCTIONS ## Install the driver. In EmelFM select ipw2100k2.4.31.dsl and press 'MYDSL' ## or the manual way - open an xterminal sudo /etc/init.d/mydsl-install/<mylocation>/ipw2100k2.4.31.dsl ## first we need to become superuser sudo su ## now we need to run 'depmod' which is no problem with a HD install ## but difficult with the liveCD (and frugal) because much of the filesystem is read-only. ## so for a liveCD we need to make certain files writeable ## by running /home/dsl/depmodscript.sh which is provided in this package. ## So run this next command only for liveCD not HDinstalls /home/dsl/depmodscript.sh ## map our new driver modules depmod ## load the driver modprobe ipw2100 ## if no error messages this should create a network interface eth0 (or eth1 etc) ## you can check this by running 'ifconfig -a' ## now set up the wireless network iwconfig eth0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode managed ## for automatic IP pump -i eth0 ## or for static IP ## modify /etc/resolv.conf to include your nameservers #ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.xx #route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0 # or whatever your router's IP is Obviously replace 'MY_ESSID' with your SSID and '123467890' with your WEP key. Instead of manually entering the commands each time to load the module and configure the network it's easier to run the the provided script /home/dsl/connect.sh Just modify this script to include your settings. MAKING IT PERMANENT with a liveCD or Frugal install. This driver package can be reinstalled at each boot with the boot parameter 'mydsl=hda1' (or sda1 or floppy etc) Of course the all-important 'depmod' process is still required.

A neat way to achieve this automatically is to list the files that depmod modifies in /home/dsl/.filetool.lst then run 'Backup' from DSLpanel > Backup/Restore. First set up the driver and make sure it's working. And modify your /home/dsl/connect.sh script. Now add the following entries to /home/dsl/.filetool.lst (don't dare delete the 'home/dsl/.filetool.lst' and '/home/dsl/.xfiletool.lst' entries) home/dsl/connect.sh lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.dep lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.generic_string lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.ieee1394map lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.isapnpmap lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.parportmap lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.pcimap lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.pnpbiosmap lib/modules/2.4.31/modules.usbmap Run 'Backup' from DSLpanel > Backup/Restore Boot with the boot parameters mydsl=hda1 restore=hda1 (or sda1 or floppy etc) Change-log: Current: 11/06/2005

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Contents I.

With

the

Detecting

your

Connecting

to

Network

Wizard

wireless

adapter

a

network

Troubleshooting II.

With

the

command

line

Wireless notes

This "how-to" explains how to connnect your computer to a wireless network (also known as WiFi or IEEE 802.11) with Puppy Linux. You can use the Network wizard or command line interface. Specifically it refers to Puppy 2.16 ((with screenshots from the

"EZPup"

package

from

http://dotpups.de/dotpups/WindowManagers/EZpup-

2.1.7.pet∞ )) but should work similarly on all newer Puppies aswell. For a brief textonly version see WirelessNetworkinginbrief.

I. With the Network Wizard

First

click

on

the

"Connect"

icon

(circled

here

in

red)

on

the

desktop:

The

following

screen

should

appear.

Detecting your wireless adapter 1. Does a wireless device (eth0, wlan0, rausb0,...) appear on the list under Driver Modules? In this example, the device appearing is the ethernet card. If yes, skip to step 7.

2.

Click

Choose

on

the

"Load

"Automatic"

driver"

from

button.

the

The

list

following

and

screen

click

appears:

OK.

If a new device is successfully found, skip to "Connecting to a Network" (below) 3. As Puppy didn't recognise automatically the linux driver for your card, you have to find manually which one you have to use.

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To do this you need the exact model of your card (WUSB54G V4,...). If it is PCMCIA, USB or PCI, just read it on the box or directly on the card. If you have a laptop then look at your computer model, which is written under your laptop. You'll find the card's model on the brand website.

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Check WirelessWorking for a list of adapters working with Puppy.

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To be sure no one had any problem in Puppy with this wireless card, search for your model with this search tool∞

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You might find threads with some posts by Tempestuous∞ (the wireless guru) who explains some particular cases.

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Then you just have to Google∞ the model of your card and after looking in every website you'll find the linux driver (RT2570, Orinoco,iw2200,ndiswrapper...) associated with your card.

4. Once you've found the linux driver you have to use, click on the "Load driver". The following screen appears, which allows you to choose the driver you want to use with your

card.

If on the internet you found that your card can only work with "ndiswrapper", continue to step 5. if not, go directly to step 6. 5. Using "Ndiswrapper" means you have to use the drivers designed for Microsoft Windows provided with your card. If you don't have them, just download them on the website of the brand (linksys, D-link,...). It consist of two files: a .sys and a .inf. Put them somewhere you can easily browse to. Then go back to the Network Wizard and click on ndiswrapper, browse to your .inf file and select it. 6. When you've chosen the right driver or browsed to the .inf file, the wizard will load the driver. Press the Ok button and you will go back to the following screen:

You should see a new device has appeared. Click save so you don't have to do all this each time you boot Puppy. Here you are! Your wireless device works with Puppy! Now, we are going to see how to connect to a network. If you have any encryption system on your wireless network, we advise to momentarily disable it when you first try to connect.

Connecting to a network

7.

Click

on

the

device

name,

in

this

case

eth0.

This

screen

appears:

8.

Click

on

the

"Wireless"

button.

the

following

screen

will

appear:

9. Click the "Scan" button at the bottom. If you get the message "no networks found" it is worth clicking on the "Scan" button a couple more times. After a few seconds,

a

list

of

the

wireless

networks

surrounding

you

will

appear:

Choose

one

and

click

OK.

You

go

back

to

this

screen:

You can see the name of the network you chose appeared automatically. According

to

-

no

-

WEP

the

encryption

encryption, encryption,

of

tour

procede

to

procede

to

network: step

12

step

10

- WPA/TKIP encryption, procede to step 11 10.

If

you

click

on

"WEP",

you

will

see

the

following

screen:

Just key in the WEP key of your network next to the "key" part, and then go to step 12.

11.

If

you

click

on

WPA/TKIP,

you

will

see

the

following

screen:

choose the options according to your network and type in the key. 12. Once you've selected all the appropriate options for your network, save the connection details by clicking on "Save". This enables Puppy to connect to this network when Puppy boots up. The network name will appear on the left side of the

screen:

13. Then click on "Use This Profile" to connect to the selected network. You

will

come

back

to

this

screen:

Rather than "Unable to connect to a wireless network" under "REPORT ON TEST OF ... CONNECTION" it will read "Puppy detected an alive network" (For the purposes of this

screenshot

I

didn't

have

a

wireless

network

around)

In this screen just click the "Auto DHCP" button so you have an address on the network if "connection successful" appears, you are connected! If it doesn't work, try the "static IP" and input the addresses manually.

Troubleshooting

and...

If

you

cannot

see

any

network

with

your

card:

- check that you have enabled wireless on your router if it is a new router -

you

may

have

used

the

wrong

driver

for

your

device

- some files are missing to make your device work. Search the forum∞ for more info.

II. With the command line http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_hostif.php∞ 1. Open an RXVT window and check that Puppy really sees your wireless card with the command iwconfig (no params). That should show your wireless connection with name - typically wlan0. 2. Assuming you have an access point or router to talk to, you will then need to customise

the

wireless

configuration

with

a

command

along

the

lines

of:

iwconfig wlan0 channel 7 essid pupppplaypen mode managed key s:puppy Of course you have to know the channel, SSID, mode and WEP key for this command to work. Italics used for the items you need to customise. 3. Once you are connected to the wireless network, you need to set the IP address (ignoring the use of DHCP for the time being) with a command looking like: ifconfig

wlan0

192.168.1.41

netmask

255.255.255.0

The above assumes that your local net has an address range of 192.168.1.xxx commonly the case. 4.

Now

for

route

a

add

route -net

command default

to

tell

gw

Puppy

the

way

192.168.1.254

to

other

kennels:

netmask

0.0.0.0

The gateway (gw) is the router gateway on your managed network. 5.

Now

Enter

the

open DNS

ROX name

and

find

server

/etc/resolv.conf; addresses

given

use by

Open your

as

Text

ISP,

e.g.

nameserver

202.63.39.130

nameserver

202.63.43.130

Save the file and exit ROX.

6.

Test

that

the

connection

works

via

ping

Ping,

e.g.

www.google.com

Use ctrl+c to exit from ping. 7. If that works, you can open your browser and sift the puppy litter on the internet. 8. The commands can be put into a script once they work.

Wireless notes For anyone wanting to add wireless support to Puppy, here's what I know. I see that many wireless drivers are present in Puppy 1.0.2, including ndiswrapper, the application that "wraps" Windows drivers into Linux, for otherwise unsupported wireless

adaptors

-

but

the

ndiswrapper

binary

is

missing.

So I suppose the utilities for the other wireless driver families are missing, too?? http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/∞ is a comprehensive listing of the various wireless chipsets and their associated Linux drivers. I know that the madwifi package http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/∞ is for Atheros chipsets. Orinoco is a brand name used by more than one manufacturer (because of ownership changes) and each has a different driver. And sadly for me, the drivers and utilities for Prism2-based adaptors - linux-wlan-ng (www.linux-wlan.org) are missing completely. This package includes a utility to load and configure the driver - wlanctl-ng, plus other utilities and quite a few configuration files.

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