Dec
14
2009
Dynamips and dynagen let you create a virtual Cisco router on a Linux box. It would be even better if that router was reachable from the LAN, wouldn’t it? Going further, that same router could lead us to another couple of virtual routers running in a lab.
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Tags: brctl, bridge, Cisco, debian, dynagen, dynamips, fedora, linux, redhat, router, tap, ubuntu, virtualization
Dec
09
2009
I was surprised ifconfig wouldn’t return an interface for my Atheros chipset based Netgear wireless card. Unlike Redhat, Madwifi does not seem to compile on Ubuntu, no matter what version is used. Kernel headers installed, I keep getting the same error:
/root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:
In function ‘ieee80211_pwrsave’:
/root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.c:240:
error: implicit declaration of function ‘__skb_append’
make[3]: *** [/root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211/ieee80211_power.o]
Error 1
make[2]: *** [/root/madwifi-0.9.4/net80211] Error 2
make[1]: [...]
Tags: Atheros, driver, linux, madwifi, Netgear, network, ubuntu, WEP, wifi, wireless, WPA