Notes on configuring the prism2 based pcmcia wireless lan cards.

This is a packaging of the wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre13 drivers for
the compaq ipaq runing familiar linux v 0.4 with kernel 2.4.3-rmk2-np1.
by Steve Redler IV,  steve@sr-tech.com 5-19-2001

If you are reading this, then you have successfully installed the prism2cs.ipk

Edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts and set an ip address, netmask, gateway  and at least
one dns entry for the ipaq.

Edit the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts to set the DesiredSSID to one approriate for
your wireless lan. I use "WLAN" personally.

Edit the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf to add an entry for your particular prism2 pcmcia
card if one does not already exist. To determine the correct parameters for your card,
at a console run

	 cardctl ident

which will return a few lines of text describing your pcmcia card. 
Running that on my ipaq output the following:

	ipaq:$ cardctl ident
	Socket 0:
	  product info: "SMC", "SMC2632W", "Version 01.02", ""
	  manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
	  function: 6 (network)

Cut and paste those lines into the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf  and format them just
like the other entries. Save the file, then restart pcmcia services with the command:

	/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart

Look for error messages which usually will let you know if theres a typo in one of the files.

Best regards to everyone!  Email me if you find any errors with my docs.

-Steve



