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


attachment: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 WiFi 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 www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway] - Debian Reference Networking Chapter

Tools prerequisites

Install Driver

Before you buy, you would check the list of hardware with Linux driver (or check for the Linux logo in the box of the WiFi card).

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.

See [http://cateee.net/lkddb/ the Linux Kernel Driver DataBase] for hardware and protocols know by the Linux ["Kernel"]

PCI Cards

This information is derived from command:

lspci -nn

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

ID

help page

free ([#legend ?])

airo

["airo"]

?

arlan

["arlan"]

?

ath_pci

Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

168c:0013

[:WiFi/ath_pci:ath_pci]

X-(

ath_pci

Netgear WG311T

[:WiFi/ath_pci:ath_pci]

X-(

atmel

["atmel"]

?

atmel_pci

["atmel pci"]

?

b43

Broadcom Wireless (kernels >= 2.6.24)

["bcm43xx"]

X-(

bcm43xx

Broadcom Wireless (4311,4312,4318)

["bcm43xx"]

X-(

hermes

["orinoco"]

?

hostap

[http://w1.fi/ hostap]

?

hostap_pci

[http://w1.fi/ hostap pci]

?

hostap_plx

[http://w1.fi/ hostap plx]

?

ipw2100

Intel Pro wireless 2100

similar to ["ipw2200"]

X-(

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-(

iwlagn

Intel Wireless WiFi Link 5100 ?BR Intel PRO/Wireless 5300 AGN ?BR Intel PRO/Wireless 5350 AGN

["iwlagn"]

X-(

orinoco

[http://orinoco.nongnu.org/ orinoco]

(./)

orinoco_nortel

[http://orinoco.nongnu.org/ orinoco]

?

orinoco_pci

[http://orinoco.nongnu.org/ orinoco]

?

orinoco_plx

[http://orinoco.nongnu.org/ orinoco]

?

orinoco_tmd

[http://orinoco.nongnu.org/ orinoco]

?

rt2500

RaLink RT2500 chipsets

["rt2500"]

?

strip

["strip"]

?

wavelan

["wavelan"]

?

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USB Cards

This information is derived from command:

lsusb

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/USB"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

ID

help page

free ([#legend ?])

at76_usb

Atmel chipsets (at76c503, at76c505, at76c505a)

?

["at76_usb"]

X-(

prism2_usb

Netgear MA111

?

?

?

rndis_wlan

Broadcom 4320 chipset

?

["bcm43xx"]

{OK}

rt73

Asus WL-167g v2

0b05:1723

["WiFi/rt73"]

X-(

rtl8187

["rtl8187"]

?

?

?

usb8xxx

["libertas/usb8xxx"]

?

?

?

zd1201

ZyDAS ZD1201 chipset

?

["zd1201"]

X-(

zd1211rw

ZyDAS ZD1211/1211B and Atheros AR5007UG chipsets

?

["zd1211rw"]

X-(

PCMCIA Cards

See ["HowToIdentifyADevice/PCMCIA"] for more information

module name

Device name(s)

help page

free ([#legend ?])

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"]

?

Routers

module name

Device name(s)

help page

free ([#legend ?])

[http://www.airlink101.com/support/files/AR525W_GPL_v1.0.38_20051222.tgz source code]

["Linksys WRT54GC"]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys_WRT54G_series Wikipedia]; [http://www.wrtrouters.com/router/wrt54gc/ it isn't similar to the WRT54G]; The WRT54GC is based on the Sercomm IP806SM reference design [http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2005/12/10/the-linksys-54gc-dead-on-arrival-twice/ the same chipset as the current Linksys WTY54G] the [http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS7186776945.html Airlink101 AR315W], Alloy WRT2454AP, and Hawking HWR54G. You also can use NdisWrapper

X-(

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Setting your WiFi device

Identify your network

Configure Interface: Managed mode

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 :

See also /usr/share/doc/wireless-tools/README.Debian and [http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/pkg-wpa/wpasupplicant/trunk/debian/README.modes?op=file&rev=0&sc=0 README.Modes] (["WPA"]) for other examples.

Configure Interface: Ad-hoc mode

You have no Access Point and want to connect 2 PCs directly. Image 2 PC: calling hostA et hostB.

Wifi: Configure Wifi on your 2 PC:

Control on your 2 PC:

IP: Configure IP on your hostA

Configure IP on your hostB

Control on your hostB:

Using Network Manager

You can also configure wifi using Network Manager. To invoke Network Manager use nm-applet

Check the proper functioning

Resources

External Links


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