Proper Wireless PC Card Setup

[Net Llama!]

Sounds like Joel might be onto something.  First, *forget* YAST.  Its 
obscuring what you need to accomplish.  You should first look at 
/etc/modules.conf to see if there is an entry for eth1.  If not, add it 
like this:
alias eth1 orinoco_cs

Next, look at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and verify that 
ONBOOT=YES, and all the other info listed is correct.

Report your progress.

Joel Hammer wrote:
> Don't know nuthin' about wireless, laptops, or PCMCIA, but: This sounds
> like the drivers aren't loading at boot up. What modules are present after
> YAST sets up your card and  what modules are loaded after reboot (lsmod) ?
> 
> You might look at your bootup messages (/var/log/messages, dmesg) and
> see if your card is being detected at bootup.
> 
> Does ifconfig show this type of card?
> 
> Joel
> 
> On Sun, May 19, 2002 at 01:35:55PM -0400, kbb0927 at cs.com wrote:
> 
>>Hello Lists,
>>
>>I have set up my Siemens Wireless PCMCIA card using the orinoco_cs drivers
>>and according to the manufacturer, I have altered the following files:
>>
>>1.  /etc/pcmcia/config  - put the info about the card and told it to
>>                          bind to orinoco_cs here.
>>2.  /etc/wireless.opts  - put the INFO aabout INFO, ESSID, MODE here.
>>
>>3.  Setup the card under yast as eth-pcmcia-0 which gets put up as eth1.
>>4.  When I finish the set up it runs like a charm. 
>>
>>When I shutdown the laptop when I'm done and later reboot it, nothings
>>works until I go back to yast and reset the card up again. What am I
>>missing?
>>
>>HARDWARE INFO:   Compaq M700 (PIII-850, 256M RAM, Two Type II PCMCIA slots
>>                 Linksys Access Point
>>                 Siemens PCMCIA Wireless NIC in Slot 1 (2nd slot)
>>
>>SOFTWARE INFO:   SuSE 8.0 Pro, KDE3, Basically out of box install with
>>                 YOU updates. Uses yenta_socket drivers.
>>
>>Thanks in advance for help.  BTW, Can't get it to run at all under WinXP.
>>Go figure!!!

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