Multiple cards/drivers in linux?

Eyecannon · 01-21-2004

I want to have the orinoco_cs drivers for my ORiNOCO and the host AP drivers for my new Senao. How can I have both of these coexist so that if I plug in the ORiNOCO, I get the orinoco_cs drivers, and if I plug in the Senao, I get the host AP ones? Is this possible? I read somewhere that you can select which drivers to use in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts but I don't see exactly how that works.

As it stands right now, I have the orinoco_cs drivers coming up for both cards. The Senao is performing substantially worse than the ORiNOCO, so I suspect it needs the proper drivers.

Thanks for any help!

King_Ice_Flash · 01-21-2004

What OS do you have? I have fedora core 1 and it can detect the difference between my buffalo wli-cb-g54a and my dell 1150 if you put them in on boot. You may have to try typing "service pcmcia reload," and the same for your network service to detect the second card. I don't know if you can use 3 primary network interfaces. I don't have my integrated ethernet card configured, so you might have to setup the two cards as eth0 and eth1.

Eyecannon · 01-21-2004

I'm using Fedora as well, and although the Senao card sort of works with the orinoco_cs drivers, it cannot do monitor mode properly and always crashes and doesn't perform well. Also, the hostAP drivers have some extra goodies that I'd like to play with.

King_Ice_Flash · 01-21-2004

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Originally posted by Eyecannon
I'm using Fedora as well, and although the Senao card sort of works with the orinoco_cs drivers, it cannot do monitor mode properly and always crashes and doesn't perform well. Also, the hostAP drivers have some extra goodies that I'd like to play with.

I know, I set up my a linksys card with the host AP drivers just for the heck of it, and go figure, in about 5 minutes, someone tried to connect to my laptop while I was at school... Needless to say they couldn't get an internet connection.

JimmyPopAli · 01-24-2004

They work just fine together, look in /etc/pcmcia/ for config, hermes.conf and host_ap.conf, one of these files should contain the description for your card and tell it which driver to use.

Eyecannon · 01-24-2004

Thanks... now only if I could get the touchpad working right with 2.6.1....

khel · 01-24-2004

Just a good little proggy that I find very useful on linux laptop for changing network profiles

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Quickswitch

khel

gmiller220 · 01-24-2004

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Originally posted by khel
Just a good little proggy that I find very useful on linux laptop for changing network profiles .

Quickswitch

khel

Nice!! This will work great for me cause I switch networks a lot.

01-21-2004	#1 (permalink)
Eyecannon Ward River Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Santa Monix Posts: 679	Multiple cards/drivers in linux? I want to have the orinoco_cs drivers for my ORiNOCO and the host AP drivers for my new Senao. How can I have both of these coexist so that if I plug in the ORiNOCO, I get the orinoco_cs drivers, and if I plug in the Senao, I get the host AP ones? Is this possible? I read somewhere that you can select which drivers to use in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts but I don't see exactly how that works. As it stands right now, I have the orinoco_cs drivers coming up for both cards. The Senao is performing substantially worse than the ORiNOCO, so I suspect it needs the proper drivers. Thanks for any help! __________________ No, officer, YOU are under arrest! http://eyecannon.com/wardrive.html

01-21-2004	#2 (permalink)
King_Ice_Flash Alien Paranoid Stumbler Join Date: May 2003 Location: WI Posts: 2,629	What OS do you have? I have fedora core 1 and it can detect the difference between my buffalo wli-cb-g54a and my dell 1150 if you put them in on boot. You may have to try typing "service pcmcia reload," and the same for your network service to detect the second card. I don't know if you can use 3 primary network interfaces. I don't have my integrated ethernet card configured, so you might have to setup the two cards as eth0 and eth1. __________________ "Yeah," said a voice from under the table, "you go to pieces so fast people get hit by the shrapnel."

01-21-2004	#3 (permalink)
Eyecannon Ward River Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Santa Monix Posts: 679	I'm using Fedora as well, and although the Senao card sort of works with the orinoco_cs drivers, it cannot do monitor mode properly and always crashes and doesn't perform well. Also, the hostAP drivers have some extra goodies that I'd like to play with. __________________ No, officer, YOU are under arrest! http://eyecannon.com/wardrive.html

01-24-2004	#6 (permalink)
Eyecannon Ward River Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Santa Monix Posts: 679	Thanks... now only if I could get the touchpad working right with 2.6.1.... __________________ No, officer, YOU are under arrest! http://eyecannon.com/wardrive.html

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01-24-2004	#5 (permalink)
JimmyPopAli Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Washington the state Posts: 242	They work just fine together, look in /etc/pcmcia/ for config, hermes.conf and host_ap.conf, one of these files should contain the description for your card and tell it which driver to use.

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khel Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 107	Just a good little proggy that I find very useful on linux laptop for changing network profiles . Quickswitch khel