Hi, On Mon, 2003-01-13 at 09:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been trying to use my new Wifi card for my laptop with limited > success. I have a Siemens(PRISM2 chipset) card that I cant seem to get running. > The card is recognised by the hardware and the last time I recompiled the > kernel I included the right device driver. I also installed the appropiate wlan > software. When I run iwconfig with iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-hoc I get the same > error message "device not found." I have tried other devices with likewise > no success(including different eth, tty, ttyS). When I attempt to MAKEDEV I > get the reply "MAKEDEV does not know how to make the following device." So > this leaves me with the question of- what the hell? I reinstalled the wlan > software(twice) and still get the same results. If anyone else has any ideas > about this your reply would be greatly appreciated.
if you type 'ifconfig -a' it will tell you what network devices are available to you. if you are using the linux-wlan-ng stuff than it will be wlan?, whereas w/ the kernel drivers you will have eth?. Good luck, Cam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
