Comtrol DM ATS-LNX - Manual (Page 19)

PCMCIA Network Cards 19
PCMCIA Network Cards
The ATS-LNX includes drivers for a variety of ethernet cards, and a driver for modem and
serial port cards. All modems should work with the supplied driver.
For overall PCMCIA information, refer to: http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ .
Network Card Installation and Configuration
1. Configure IP address information as describe below.
2. For 802.11 wireless cards, configure ESSID and Key as described below.
3. Insert PCMCIA network card.
4. Examine /var/log/daemon.log to see if card was recognized.
5. Use ifconfig and iwconfig (802.11 only) commands to see if card was configured
properly.
ESSID and
Encryption Key
(802.11) Settings used for PCMCIA 802.11 wireless networking cards are stored in the
/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file. Two values will usually have to be placed in this file,
the ESSID and encryption key.
There are multiple configurations in the wireless.opts file. The first configuration
that matches the PCMCIA card's MAC address is used. If the same configuration
is to be used for any PCMCIA wireless card, then the section starting with *,*,*,*)
may be used.
1. Remove the following four lines from the wireless.opts file.
# --------- START SECTION TO REMOVE -----------
*,*,*,*)
;;
# ---------- END SECTION TO REMOVE ------------
2. Add the following lines in the wireless.opt file for the ESSID and encryption
key for your device.
*,*,*,*)
ESSID=" your_ESSID"
KEY=" your_key_number"
;;
IP Configuration
(802.11 and
Ethernet) IP configuration information for PCMCIA network interface cards is stored in the
/etc/pcmcia/network.opts file. The layout of this file is similar to that of wireless.opts:
there is a case statement which can contain multiple configurations. The system
uses the first configuration that matches the card's mode and MAC address
information. If you want the same network configuration used for all PCMCIA
network cards, put the configuration in the *,*,*,*) section at the top of the file.