Hey all .........

Please don't bite my head off if this issue has been previously dealt with.
I am running BT5 through VMware

I have downloaded the drivers for my RTL8187B w/lan adapter.
I am a total Linux Noob and having problems installing my drivers.

Here is a copy of the "ReadMe.txt" Installation instructions:
[ I have added *'s next to stuff I need Simplified. ]

< Installation >

Runing the scripts can finish all operations of building up modules

from the source code and start the nic.

1. Build up the drivers from the source code

./makedrv
* How is this done in BT5? Terminal commands?


2. load the driver module to kernel and start up nic

./wlan0up

Note: when "insmod: error inserting 'xxxx.ko': -1 File exists" comes out

after run ./wlan0up, please run ./wlan0down first, then it should

be ok.



< Set wireless lan MIBs >

This driver uses Wireless Extension as an interface allowing you to set

Wireless LAN specific parameters.



Current driver supports "iwlist" to show the device status of nic

iwlist wlan0 [parameters]

where

parameter explaination [parameters]

----------------------- -------------

Show available chan and freq freq / channel

Show and Scan BSS and IBSS scan[ning]

Show supported bit-rate rate / bit[rate]

Show Power Management mode power



For example:

iwlist wlan0 channel

iwlist wlan0 scan

iwlist wlan0 rate

iwlist wlan0 power



Driver also supports "iwconfig", manipulate driver private ioctls, to set

MIBs.



iwconfig wlan0 [parameters] [val]

where

parameter explaination [parameters] [val] constraints

----------------------- ------------- ------------------

Connect to AP by address ap [mac_addr]

Set the essid, join (I)BSS essid [essid]

Set operation mode mode {Managed|Ad-hoc}

Set keys and security mode key/enc[ryption] {N|open|restricted|off}



For example:

iwconfig wlan0 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

iwconfig wlan0 essid "ap_name"

iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-hoc

iwconfig wlan0 mode essid "name" mode Ad-hoc

iwconfig wlan0 key 0123456789 [2] open

iwconfig wlan0 key off

iwconfig wlan0 key restricted [3] 0123456789



< Getting IP address >

After start up the nic, the network needs to obtain an IP address before

transmit/receive data.

This can be done by setting the static IP via "ifconfig wlan0 IP_ADDRESS"

command, or using DHCP.



If using DHCP, setting steps is as below:

(1)connect to an AP via "iwconfig" settings

iwconfig wlan0 essid [name] or

iwconfig wlan0 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX



(2)run the script which run the dhclient

./wlan0dhcp

or

dhcpcd wlan0

(Some network admins require that you use the

hostname and domainname provided by the DHCP server.

In that case, use

dhcpcd -HD wlan0)



< WPAPSK/WPA2PSK >

WPA_SUPPLICANT help the network to communicate under the protection of WPAPSK/WPA2PSK

mechanism



(1)Unpack source code of WPA supplicant:

tar -zxvf wpa_supplicant-0.5.3.tar.gz

cd wpa_supplicant-0.5.3



(2)Create .config file:

cp defconfig .config



(3)Edit .config file, uncomment the following line:

#CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW=y.



(4)Build WPA supplicant:

make

If make error for lack of <include/md5.h>, install the openssl lib(two ways):

1. Install the openssl lib from corresponding installation disc:

Fedora Core 2/3/4/5/6/7(openssl-0.9.71x-xx),

Mandrake10.2/Mandriva10.2(openssl-0.9.7x-xmdk),

Debian 3.1(libssl-dev), Suse 9.3/10.0/10.1(openssl_devl),

Gentoo(dev-libs/openssl), etc.

2. Download the openssl open source package from www.openssl.org, build and install it.



(5)Edit wpa_supplicant.conf to set up SSID and its passphrase.

For example, the following setting in "wpa1.conf" means SSID

to join is "BufAG54_Ch6" and its passphrase is "87654321".

network={

ssid="BufAG54_Ch6"

proto=WPA

key_mgmt=WPA-PSK

pairwise=CCMP TKIP

group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40

psk="87654321"

priority=2

}

Note: 1. proto=WPA for WPA, proto=RSN for WPA2.

2. If you want to connect an AP which works under WPA2 mixed mode, you'd better

use Realtek customed wpa_supplicant package.



(6)Execute WPA supplicant (Assume 8187B and related modules had been

loaded):

./wpa_supplicant -D ipw -c wpa1.conf -i wlan0 &




To the point I am a Windows user and need to be spoon fed by a Linux
Expert who can help simplify my driver installation within BT5

Many Thanks