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Configuring a Linksys WPC11 Wireless with Red Hat 8.0
 

by R.M. Schneider
Last Update: 15 Nov 2009

You should use the Use Red Hat 8.0 Network Device Control program, located on the menus.

Missing Information

The key missing guidance is:

  • The manfid id is apparently not automatically recognized by Red Hat 8.0 .  The manfid (Manufacturers ID) for this device apparently is 0x0156, 0x0002.  This information was obtained from http://www.practicallynetworked.com/support/wpc11_linux.htm.  This information needs to be entered in the file located in /etc/pcmcia  which launches when the machine is booted.
  • The WEP encryption key must be in all UPPER case with no punctuation or spaces between the individual key elements.  For example, it could be 09A2B5FFA9013456A33471D43A.

No Need to Recompile Kernel

On on-line forums, it is often recommended to recompile the kernel. It does not appear to be necessary to recompile the kernel, nor install any binaries or drivers.

Use DHCP

To confirm connectivity with the Wireless Access Point (WAP), use DHCP to get an IP address from the WAP and then check from the WAP's configuration screens that an IP address was issued.  If yes, then you can be assured that the WAP and the WPC11 wireless card are communicating.

Once connection from the machine to the Linksys WPC11 card is is achieved,  then ensure you have setup the right gateway's, DNS names, routes, etc. using the Red Hat 8.0 Network Device Control program.  For more information about this, see the Red Hat documentation.

Also see Configuring the Linksys BEFW11S3 Wireless Access Point Router with 4-Port Switch.

Follow-up References

The following links have been found subsequent to the first version of this document (published in 3Q02):

 

R.M. Schneider