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installing wireless adaptersI am new to Linux and I have just finished installing Debian 4.0 via the 3DVD's. I used my ethernet through the install but I would like to have wireless. I have a Lynksys wireless B notebook adapter WPC11 v4 also a usb Belkin wireless N adapter. My question is which would be the easiest to install and how do I do it? I have the install cd's I used with windows. The router is also a Lynksys WRT150N. Bookmark/Search this post with: 
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Re: installing wireless adapters
The router shouldn't matter so much - as long as it supports WPA-PSK.
What version of WPC11 do you have (different 'versions' have different chipsets). If the version isn't written on the Gizmo, you can plug it in and see if 'lspci' gives you the version. lspci will list the PCI Bus ID and the vendor string for whatever device is on it - with any luck that includes the model and revision number.
How will you use the laptop - will it only be connecting at home or will you have it roaming and connecting to other available networks?
Re: installing wireless adapters
The version is 4 nothing happens when I plug it into the machine. I plan on using it mostly at home but there could be a possibility of taking it somewhere and let it roam for a network.
Re: installing wireless adapters
Version 4 has a Realtek 8180 chip and the Linux drivers are fairly new. What kernel do you have? It is important to know since the wireless stuff in Linux has changed an awful lot from 2.6.16 to 2.6.23.
You might try these instructions to get started:
http://patchlog.com/linux/realtek-8180-on-kernel-2623
(meant to work for kernel 2.6.12 .. 2.6.22)
If you want the gizmo to work out of the box, install kernel 2.6.25 or later (I think 2.6.25 will do - I hear too many complaints about 2.6.26).
For info on the driver: http://rtl-wifi.sourceforge.net/wiki/Main_Page
Install the 'wireless-tools' and 'wpasupplicant' packages:
apt-get install wireless-tools wpasupplicant
The 'wireless-tools' should give you the 'iwlist' tool:
iwlist scan wlan0
If that shows you your WLAN then that's a good start - the driver is working properly and you're ready to configure to connect to the wlan. (I'm saving the instructions for that for another post)