TQM8xxLAndPCMCIAWLANCard < DULG

%SECTION0{name=TQM8xxLAndPCMCIAWLANCard}% Using a <nop>PCMCIA WLAN Card with a TQM8xxL Board

   Question:: What is needed to get a PCMCIA WLAN card running on a TQM8xxL system?

   Answer:: You need ELDK version 2.0.2 or later; this includes (1) the Linux
    kernel source with the required extensions, the PCMCIA Card Service
    package with extensions for MPC8xx systems, and the wireless tools
    package to control the PCMCIA devices.
    <p></p>
    To bring up the WLAN card for network operations, the following
    actions should be performed (the example output shows card
    configuration for a WLAN network controlled by the Access Point
    ("managed" mode):
      1 Starting !CardServices on the target:
       <verbatim>
bash# /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
       </verbatim>
      1 Assign the IP address of the WLAN network segment to the WLAN interface:
       <verbatim>
bash# ifconfig eth1 192.168.2.3
       </verbatim>
      1 Assign the Network (or Domain) Name to the WLAN interface:
       <verbatim>
bash# iwconfig eth1 essid "DENX"
       </verbatim>
      1 At this point the Acess Point station MAC address should appear on
       the =iwconfig= output:
       <verbatim>
bash# iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"DENX"  Nickname:"Prism  I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462GHz  Access Point: 00:02:2D:03:A5:15
          Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3
          Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:28/92  Signal level:151/153  Noise level:107/153
          Rx invalid nwid:0  invalid crypt:0  invalid misc:0
       </verbatim>

   &nbsp;: The card is now ready for normal network operations.