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calling all orinoco users! |
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i've been hacking away on the orinoco drivers, and i finally have things |
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jiving between the orinoco patch to bring the drivers up to wireless |
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extension v14 (and add scan support) and the monitor mode patch we all |
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know and love from shmoo.com |
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here's what i need: testers! |
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there's an ebuild up at |
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http://cvs.gentoo.org/~latexer/files/pcmcia-cs-3.2.4-r1.ebuild |
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which includes the latest orinoco-0.13d driver (as well as using cvs to |
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get the latest airo-linux drivers) along with these patches. please |
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test this by putting this in /usr/portage/sys-apps/pcmcia-cs/ (if you |
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put it in your portage overlay, you need to move some stuff from the |
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files/ directory to there) and install it. the two things you can now do |
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are: |
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gonzo root # iwlist scan |
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lo Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported |
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eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported |
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eth1 Scan completed : |
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Cell 01 - Address: 00:40:96:32:CD:05 |
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ESSID:"SternOntheMove" |
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Mode:Managed |
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Frequency:2.462GHz |
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Quality:192/92 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-92 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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Cell 02 - Address: 00:40:96:41:63:22 ESSID:"SternOntheMove" |
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Mode:Managed |
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Frequency:2.437GHz |
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Quality:32/92 |
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Signal level:-83 dBm Noise level:-95 dBm |
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Encryption key:on |
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gonzo root # iwpriv eth1 monitor 1 6 |
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</snip> |
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the scanning ability is the way things really should be, so that we can |
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have *easy* configure scripts for wireless. e.g. do a scan, see what's |
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available from a preconfigured list of APs and keys, and pick the |
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strongest one. how nice would that be? |
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give this a whack and send me feedback/problems (need to test different |
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firmwares, etc.) |
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-latexer |
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Peter Johanson |
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<latexer@g.o> |
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