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Tiny Core Extensions => TCE Q&A Forum => Topic started by: rokky on August 08, 2010, 12:12:39 PM

Title: iwconfig missing from TC 3.0
Post by: rokky on August 08, 2010, 12:12:39 PM

I just installed TC 3.0 on a Fujitsu Lifebook P1120.   When I tried to check for the Prism2 Wifi NIC (need a module for that, too, it seems) with iwconfig per the wifi installation how-to doc, the command was not found, even when I tried it with sudo.

TIA,
rokky

Title: Re: iwconfig missing from TC 3.0
Post by: ixbrian on August 08, 2010, 12:58:55 PM

Hi,
iwconfig is in the wireless_tools.tcz extension.   If there are any other commands that you are looking for, you can use http://www.tinycorelinux.com/cgi-bin/whatprovides3x.cgi (http://www.tinycorelinux.com/cgi-bin/whatprovides3x.cgi) Type in the command name and it will tell you which extension provides it. 

Brian

Title: Re: iwconfig missing from TC 3.0
Post by: roberts on August 08, 2010, 01:05:18 PM

Please use appsbrowser's Provides to seek such information.
Simply click on Search to toggle between Search and Provides

Title: Re: iwconfig missing from TC 3.0
Post by: tinypoodle on August 08, 2010, 01:10:19 PM

wireless modules should be automatically downloaded as a dependency with wireless_tools.tcz.
The orinoco or hostap driver should both work for a Prism2.

Title: Re: iwconfig missing from TC 3.0
Post by: rokky on August 08, 2010, 02:03:57 PM

Thanks, all.  I should have seen that bit about iwconfig being included with the wireless tools extension - was jumping around in the doc too much (getting ADD as I get older ;-)

Robert, where is "appsbrowser"? [Never mind - finding/reading more docs, I see it is available within TC, but that is a sort of Catch-22 in needing TC running to see how to modify it (at least for networking that is  pre-req to everything that is obtained over the network).  Guess I should look around to see if its equivalent function is on these TC-related websites?]

TIA,
Rory