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Unix/Linux with Airport support
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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I was thinking that I wanted to give some other flavor or *nix a try for a change. I had OpenBSD in mind until I started poking around in some install docs and realized that my Airport card would be an issue.
Is there any *nix besides Mac OS X that support Apple-branded Airport cards (802.11b)?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Yeah, I tried a little google action, but the thing is, Mac OS X has a lot of hits on those sites, as it's "Unix" with "Airport"... hehe.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
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Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
Yeah, I tried a little google action, but the thing is, Mac OS X has a lot of hits on those sites, as it's "Unix" with "Airport"... hehe.
When I first read your question I quickly got interested in what I found to read there, but then though after 15 minutes I wouldn't have much use for it and let you do the job 
You can exclude words or phrases in Google if you preceed them with a -, so something like
http://www.google.com/search?q=unix+airport+-%22os+x%22
might keep you more busy then.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Originally posted by Moonray:
When I first read your question I quickly got interested in what I found to read there, but then though after 15 minutes I wouldn't have much use for it and let you do the job
Understood. Sometimes there are just questions that you gotta ask, though. I'll pull a little bit more of my own weight.
Thanks for the help so far, though.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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It seems as if some dude got Debian to work with his Apple-branded Airport card. Works for me.
/etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
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# Wireless interface
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# this might be eth1 for you since I have not the module for
# wired networking (sungem) loaded.
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# just use "ifup eth0" and "ifdown eth0" the modules get loaded
# and unloaded automatically for you.
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auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
pre-up modprobe airport
post-down rmmod airport
post-down rmmod orinoco
post-down rmmod hermes
wireless_essid any
wireless_mode Managed
wireless_ap any
wireless_nick DebianPC
wireless_key off
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Mac Elite
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I always thought the smarter guys would be with Debian. The only drawback I see is that the Debian guys do their stuff that thoroughly that they're sometimes a bit behind with actual versions.
Fine if it works for you
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2000
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I know Yellow Dog is real easy about Airport.
I installed Gentoo and while reading the instructions I saw they had Airport support. I dont think its that hard to work with.
Most distros should have it.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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Originally posted by Moonray:
I always thought the smarter guys would be with Debian.
Then I guess I'm not with Debian.
Fine if it works for you
I can't, for the life of me, get Debian to install correctly. It's a pain in the butt trying to find boot CDs, so I settled with just using a basic yaboot configuration and plugging into Ethernet for a net install. I have problems with the installer not wanting to see the swap partition I created and then after I tell it to skip it and the install completes, the system gives some error over and over after rebooting. Meh.
I think I shall look into Yellowdog, though. I played around with it a few years ago, but that was before I knew much about the nature of *nix OSes.
Also, what is it these days about people not posting ISOs for installs. It was so much easier in the old days when you could download an ISO and burn it to use over and over again. I guess that was when *nix was't so popular. Heh.
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Mac Elite
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Originally posted by [APi]TheMan:
I can't, for the life of me, get Debian to install correctly...
The first steps are always the hardests.
Launch the IRC client of your choice, connect to irc.freenode.net, /join #debianppc or #debian, and enjoy the helpfulness of the people there.
A big plus of Linux has always been the community willing to help everyone anytime.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Louisiana, US
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I strongly suggest Mandrake Linux. I have used thier x86 distro for almost 3 years now exclusively and love it. I have also used thier ppc distro at work enough to want to go out and buy myself a 12" TI PB!
I also help moderate
www.mandrakusers.org
not much ppc action thier, but we're willing to help with anything.
Distro is always kept stably on the bleading edge of what Open Source has to offer. It also has great driver support,to include wireless and bluetooth.
my $0.02
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Chico, CA and Carlsbad, CA.
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I repartitioned my drive and installed Panther for now. I left room for some *nix, though. I'll try downloading either Yellowdog or Mandrake sometime at work, my DSL here dies on crap like that.
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