configuring PCMCIA Wireless card Ubuntu 5.04

[Derek Broughton]

David wrote:

> For reasons I could never figure out, it turned out that I needed to
> activate ethernet before wireless would work. I have no idea why, and I
> don't actually ever use the ethernet.

That's why.  You _do_ use the ethernet.  802.11 (wifi) is merely a protocol
for using ethernet (802.3) over wireless.  You can't have wifi until you
have ethernet.
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derek