[gentoo-dev] calling all orinoco users!

[gentoo-dev] calling all orinoco users!

[Peter Johanson]

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calling all orinoco users!

i've been hacking away on the orinoco drivers, and i finally have things
jiving between the orinoco patch to bring the drivers up to wireless
extension v14 (and add scan support) and the monitor mode patch we all
know and love from shmoo.com

here's what i need: testers!

there's an ebuild up at
http://cvs.gentoo.org/~latexer/files/pcmcia-cs-3.2.4-r1.ebuild 

which includes the latest orinoco-0.13d driver (as well as using cvs to
get the latest airo-linux drivers) along with these patches. please
test this by putting this in /usr/portage/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/ (if you
put it in your portage overlay, you need to move some stuff from the
files/ directory to there) and install it. the two things you can now do
are:

gonzo root # iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported

eth1      Scan completed :
	  Cell 01 - Address: 00:40:96:32:CD:05
		    ESSID:"SternOntheMove"
		    Mode:Managed
		    Frequency:2.462GHz
		    Quality:192/92 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm
		    Encryption key:on
													                     Cell 02 - Address: 00:40:96:41:63:22 ESSID:"SternOntheMove"
		    Mode:Managed
		    Frequency:2.437GHz
		    Quality:32/92
		    Signal level:-83 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm
		    Encryption key:on

gonzo root # iwpriv eth1 monitor 1 6

</snip>

the scanning ability is the way things really should be, so that we can
have *easy* configure scripts for wireless. e.g. do a scan, see what's
available from a preconfigured list of APs and keys, and pick the
strongest one. how nice would that be? 

give this a whack and send me feedback/problems (need to test different
firmwares, etc.)

-latexer

-- 
Peter Johanson
<latexer@gentoo.org>

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Re: [gentoo-dev] calling all orinoco users!

[Peter Johanson]

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sorry about that... fixed the ebuild and added that pcmcia-cs configure
patch to my files on the cvs.gentoo.org server.

grab the updated ebuild off that link and try it again. 

thanks a bunch.

as for the cvs stuff, just make sure you have cvs emerged. the ebuild
will do the rest.

-latexer

On Mon, Apr 28, 2003 at 06:38:13PM -0700, Jim Bowlin wrote:
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> On Monday 28 April 2003 05:59 pm, Peter Johanson wrote:
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> > ... (as well as using cvs to get the latest airo-linux drivers)
> 
> I have an orinoco card and a wireless hub.  I'd be glad to help test
> but I don't know how to get the latest airo-linux drivers.
> 
> I looked in the CVS documentation page and also tried here:
> http://cvs.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/gentoo-x86/sys-apps/
> but no luck.
> 
> Right now pcmcia-cs-3.2.4-r1.ebuild exits with:
> 
> !!! Couldn't download pcmcia-cs-configure-fix.diff. Aborting.
> 
> after searching the servers.
> 
> Peace, Jim Bowlin
> 
> 
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-- 
Peter Johanson
<latexer@gentoo.org>

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