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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 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.html www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-gateway.html] - 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.

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 1

airo

["airo"]

?

arlan

["arlan"]

?

ath_pci

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

168c:0013

["DebFrWifi/ath pci"](fr)

(./)

ath_pci

Netgear WG311T

["DebFrWifi/ath pci"](fr)

X-(

atmel

["atmel"]

?

atmel_pci

["atmel pci"]

?

bcm43xx

Broadcom Wireless (4311,4312,,4318,1390)

["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"]

?

strip

["strip"]

?

wavelan

["wavelan"]

?

legend: (./) free type drivers (no proprietary software), and is working; X-( requires non-free (proprietary software, etc).

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"]

?

??

Linksys WUSB54GC

?

?

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"]

?

Routers

module name

Device name(s)

help page

non-free 1

??

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linksys Lnksys] WRT54GC

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Setting your WiFi device

Identify your network

Configure Interface: AP 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 :

Configure Interface: Ad-hoc mode

You haven't Acces Point, and you want connect 2 PC 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:

Check the proper functioning

Resources

External Links


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