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>10. RedHat Installation</H1
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>10.1. Drivers</H2
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>The stock kernel driver to use with the WPC11 is the orinoco_cs. Make sure that it's loaded.</P
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>If you get some error messages after executing modprobe, insure that the wavelan_cs and wvlan_cs drivers are unloaded. By doing</P
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>card&nbsp;"Instant&nbsp;Wireless&nbsp;Network&nbsp;PC&nbsp;Card"<br>
manfid&nbsp;0x0274,0x1613<br>
bind&nbsp;"orinoco_cs"<br>
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>10.4. Redhat System Tools</H2
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>Go to the Redhat System Tools and hit Configure. Then add a wireless device in Managed mode if you have an access point.</P
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> Setup dhcp, and the WEP key. The channel autoconfigures to 6 in managed mode.</P
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