RE: Kernel Updates and Orinoco's wireless card

Use the wvlan modules. The orinoco modules did not work for me.

If you have to transfer via serial port, use zmodem when transferring to
Linux on the iPAQ. Faster, better error checking.

Jamey

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mika.Laitio@sysline.com [mailto:Mika.Laitio@sysline.com]
> Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 2:47 PM
> To: familiar@handhelds.org
> Subject: [Familiar] Kernel Updates and Orinoco's wireless card
>
>
> I haven't stil got my wireless access installed to my IPaq
> with standard
> 0.4 Familiar,
> so I am wondering would it help if I update my kernel to 2.4.7?
>
> I noticed that in addition to 2.4.7 kernel in the URL
>
> ftp://lorien.handhelds.org/pub/linux/feeds/demo/
>
> is available also things like
>
> task-bootstrap-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs-hh1.jffs2
> task-bootstrap-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs_hh1_arm.ipk
> orinoco-modules-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs_hh1_arm.ipk
> wvlan-modules-2.4.7-rmk3-np1-devfs_hh1_arm.ipk
>
> Should I transfer them after kernel-update to my IPaq via XModem and
> install them with IPKG?
> Especially I would like to know what is the relations between
> orinoco-modules and wvlan-modules, will I need them both for
> my ORINOCO
> card?
>
> regards,
> Mika
>
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Received on Thu Aug 16 12:17:53 2001