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Wireless Networking with the Actiontec USB
What you need: The latest version of linux-wlan, courtesy of the Linux-WLAN guys. At least firmware v1.3.5; updates are available here, through the Actiontec website. USB support compiled into your kernel (modules suggested). CONFIG_USB (usbcore.o) CONFIG_USB_UHCI (usb-uhci.o) CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (uhci.o)
What you do: Compile and install the drivers. Edit /etc/wlan.conf to suit the needs of your network. Ad-hoc is best suited to a network made up of just wireless cards, and Infrastructure is designed around the idea of a base station. Edit /etc/modules.conf to add the following lines: alias wlan0 prism2_usb alias usb usb-uhci alias char-major-180 usb Run the following: /etc/init.d/wlan start /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 <ip> /sbin/route add default gw <gateway> Alternatively, you can set up some sort of ifup script, or /etc/network/interfaces entry.
Notes: PCMCIA support can be compiled in alongside USB support. It is strongly suggested that you use the latest version of the PCMCIA package, and do not have any kernel level support. This allows for some workarounds that the linux-wlan package must perform to accurately install the wireless card. The PCMCIA wlan.conf file may be found in "/etc/pcmcia/wlan.conf". Alternatively, alias whichever wireless driver you need to to wlan0; prism2_cs, etc..

Wireless Networking with the Actiontec USB

What you need:
The latest version of linux-wlan, courtesy of the Linux-WLAN guys.
At least firmware v1.3.5; updates are available here, through the Actiontec website.
USB support compiled into your kernel (modules suggested).

CONFIG_USB (usbcore.o)
CONFIG_USB_UHCI (usb-uhci.o)
CONFIG_USB_UHCI_ALT (uhci.o)

What you do:
Compile and install the drivers.
Edit /etc/wlan.conf to suit the needs of your network. Ad-hoc is best suited to a network made up of just wireless cards, and Infrastructure is designed around the idea of a base station.
Edit /etc/modules.conf to add the following lines:

alias wlan0 prism2_usb
alias usb usb-uhci
alias char-major-180 usb

Run the following:

/etc/init.d/wlan start
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 <ip>
/sbin/route add default gw <gateway>

Alternatively, you can set up some sort of ifup script, or /etc/network/interfaces entry.

Notes:
PCMCIA support can be compiled in alongside USB support. It is strongly suggested that you use the latest version of the PCMCIA package, and do not have any kernel level support. This allows for some workarounds that the linux-wlan package must perform to accurately install the wireless card. The PCMCIA wlan.conf file may be found in "/etc/pcmcia/wlan.conf". Alternatively, alias whichever wireless driver you need to to wlan0; prism2_cs, etc..