[ale] Gentoo and 802.11b

[Randy Janinda]

Check the /etc/pcmcia/config for your card. You may need/want to change
the module from orinoco_cs to wvlan_cs. I ended doing this for my SMC
card under Gentoo.

Randy Janinda

On Fri, 2002-08-09 at 12:21, Joseph A Knapka wrote:
> Hey folks,
> 
> I'm trying to get my Compaq laptop running Gentoo. I
> can boot fine, and bring up PCMCIA services and
> cardmgr. But it insists on using the orinoco_cs
> driver for my LAN card instead of the wvlan_cs
> driver that I use under Slack. That would be fine,
> except that I need to set the ESSID, and I have
> no man page for the orinoco_cs driver that would
> tell me how to do that. With wvlan_cs, the
> module parm "network_name" does it, but orinoco_cs
> won't recognize that parm. Anyone know how to
> set the ESSID for the orinoco driver?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -- Joe
> 
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