allnet all0271 wlan-pci-card doesn't work with warty final

[Matt Zimmerman]

On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 07:12:44PM +0200, Martin Reiche wrote:

> i use ubuntu since ca. 3 to 4 weeks and have a little problem with my 
> wlan-card.
> in the past i ever had to download the firmware from prism54.org and 
> copy it to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware to get the card working...sofar no 
> problem. yesterday a friend of mine told me that the final release from 
> yesterday does support the card without copying the firmware first to 
> the firmware directory. so i downloaded the final iso (my old 
> installation was damaged anyway :-/) and tried to install it new with 
> the new iso. at some point you will be asked for the essid and the 
> wep-key. that means that at least the card is known by the kernel... 
> fine... but when i write my essid and the wep-key i get a message that 
> no dhcp-server has send me an ip or anything else.
> 
> so my question is: is that the normal way it works or should i get an ip 
> from the dhcp-server during installation-time?
> my friend told me that with his card everything works during 
> installation... nothing to configure about wlan after reboot. he uses a 
> different card but we both have the same chip on it... so im wondering 
> what i'm doing wrong?!?

It is possible that not all cards are supported during installation.  If it
doesn't work for you during installation, try configuring it after the
installation is complete.

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 - mdz