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 * [http://www.sabi.co.uk/Notes/linuxWiFi.html Linux and WiFi]
 * [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wifilinux/ WiFiLinux] LiveCD.
 * [http://intellinuxwireless.org/ Intel Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux].

Translation(s): [:French/Wifi:Français]

(!) [:/Discussion:Discussion]

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inline:Portal/IDB/logo_portal.png Welcome on ["Debian"] Wireless Fidelity


inline:Portal/IDB/icon-wifi-32x32.png This portal deals with the hardware installation of Wi-Fi cards in general. The installation of a card is essentially two steps that are installing the driver (also called the driver or module), and setting up your WiFi network.

Be aware that a WiFi base are operating on an electronic chip called Chipset. We can find the same chip in several different cards. Consequently, the pilot manages this chipset will be the same for all these cards Wifi.

A Wi-Fi interface is an Ethernet interface that also gives access to the configuration parameters peculiar to the Wi-Fi. These parameters are controlled using the ["iwconfig"] program.

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[http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.en.html debian.org] - Debian Reference Networking Chapter

  • ?TableOfContents(3)

Tools prerequisites

Install Driver

This section presents a list of WiFi cards sorted by manufacturer. It will show you the documentation page of the chip and thus its pilot. We recommend that you retrieve information identifying material.

This list consists of two elements: the device name and the hardware ID. The list is categorized alphabetically by the manufacturer's name and the name of your card.

PCI Cards

This information is derived from command:

lspci -nn

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

help page

non-free 1

airo

["airo"]

?

arlan

["arlan"]

?

ath_pci

Atheros AR5212 802.11abg NIC ?BR Netgear WG311T

[:DebFrWifi/ath_pci:ath_pci](fr)

?

atmel

["atmel"]

?

atmel_pci

["atmel_pci"]

?

bcm43xx

["bcm43xx"]

?

hermes

["hermes"]

?

hostap

["hostap"]

?

hostap_pci

["hostap_pci"]

?

hostap_plx

["hostap_plx"]

?

ipw2100

Intel Pro wireless 2100

["ipw2100"]

?

ipw2200

Intel Pro wireless 2200 ?BRIntel Pro wireless 2915

["ipw2200"]

X-(

ipw3945

Intel Pro wireless

["ipw3945"]

X-(

iwl3945 ?BR iwl4965

Intel Pro wireless 3945 ?BR Intel wireless 4965

["iwlwifi"]

X-(

orinoco

["orinoco"]

:-)

orinoco_nortel

["orinoco"]

?

orinoco_pci

["orinoco"]

?

orinoco_plx

["orinoco"]

?

orinoco_tmd

["orinoco"]

?

rt2500

?RaLink RT2500

[:DebFrWiFi/rt2500:rt2500]

?

strip

["strip"]

?

wavelan

["wavelan"]

?

legend: X-( requires non-free stuff (proprietary software, etc). (./) doesn't requires no proprietary stuffs.

USB Cards

This information is derived from command:

lsusb

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/USB"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

help page

non-free 1

??

Netgear MA111

usb8xxx

["libertas/usb8xxx"]

?

rtl8187

["rtl8187"]

?

zd1201

["zd1201"]

?

zd1211rw

["zd1211rw"]

?

PCMCIA Cards

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/PCMCIA"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

help page

non-free 1

airo_cs

[:airo#cs:airo_cs]

?

atmel_cs

["atmel_cs"]

?

hostap_cs

["hostap_cs"]

?

netwave_cs

["netwave_cs"]

?

orinoco_cs

Compac WL110

["orinoco"]

?

ray_cs

["ray_cs"]

?

spectrum_cs

["spectrum/cs"]

?

wavelan_cs

["wavelan/cs"]

?

wl3501_cs

["wl3501/cs"]

?

prism54

Prism GT ?BR Netgear WG511 ?BR D-Links DWL-g650

[:DebFrWifi/prism54:prism54]

?

Setting your WiFi device

Identify your network

  • Network Name
    • Parameter security
    • [:DebFrWPA:WPA] (in french)

Configure Interface

["NetworkManager"] is a user-friendly program to control Network interfaces. It's especially useful for WiFi. (it's available for ["Gnome"] and ["KDE"]).

Otherwise, you can use /etc/network/interfaces. here's a sample fragment of :

  • # WiFi card section
    auto eth0
    iface eth0 inet dhcp
    pre-up ifconfig eth0 up
    pre-up iwpriv eth0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
    pre-up iwpriv eth0 set EncrypType=TKIP
    pre-up iwconfig eth0 essid "WANADOO-1418"
    pre-up iwpriv eth0 set WPAPSK="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

Check the proper functioning

Resources

  • ?DebFrWifiTopo (in french)

  • ["iproute"].
  • ["iwconfig"]
  • NdisWrapper - use Windows drivers under Debian/Linux.

External Links


CategoryPortal CategoryNetwork