notes for wifi setup

just bought a cf wifi card (pretec wlan) such that i can surf internet w/o using the bt + 3G phone. here is the quick note for the setup:

• the wifi card should be plug-n-play
• add a new wlan network connection => SSID "ANY" is not working and there should be no space for the SSID
• set appropriate SSID and WEP and other settings if required
• click connect and it should fire!

btw, since correct SSID is required, a wlan scanning program is required. i'm using Wellenreiter from http://cacko.biz/cacko/feed. or alternatively, there is a slightly different version at ZUG download page. to use Wellenreiter, here is the step:

• create a dummy network connection (e.g. Wellenreiter) with any ESSID (but not "ANY") and using 802.11 ad-hoc
• set IP addr = 1.1.1.1, subnet mask = 255.255.255.0 and default gateway = 1.1.1.0
• launch Wellenreiter as root
• set the interface to "eth0" and driver to "hostap" in configuration tab

** a problem happened when i reboot the z w/ wifi card plugged. it cannot resume power (one can force power on by using cardctl scheme CardResume but this is no use as I've found that normally it is in suspended state => I guess it's to save battery) and the network connection application could not recognized it. it resumed automatically ???? still a mystery.