This package provides the userland programs for a full support of the wlan-ng drivers.

This package requires wireless.lrp.

wlan-ng.lrp provides a set of drivers and utilities that is intended to provide the full range of IEEE 802.11 MAC management capabilities for use in user-mode utilities and scripts. The package currently supports the Intersil 802.11b Prism2, Prism2.5, and Prism3 reference designs for PCMCIA, PCI, and USB. Additionally, the package includes support for the PLX9052 based PCI to PCMCIA adapter with a few different PCMCIA cards.

This package is useless without the appropriate linux-wlan-ng modules available in the Bering modules download area.

This package provides the nwepgen, wlancfg, and wlanctl-ng userland programs and a linux-wlan-ng-pre-up script in the /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/ directory that will initialize the wireless interface(s) through the /etc/interfaces file. A valid interface file section for an wlan0 wireless interface could look like:

iface wlan0 inet static
	address 192.168.1.200
	masklen 24
	wireless_mode ad_hoc
	wireless_essid jacques
	wireless_channel 12
	wlan_ng_bcint 100
	wlan_ng_oprates 2 4 11 22

The detailed list of available parameters is available here. A FAQ is also available.

Current "Bering" version: 0.2.0