Cisco Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless LAN Client Adapter

Follow the steps below to assign an IP address to your computer.

Perform one of the following:

If you want your computer’s IP address to be assigned by DHCP and your network has a DHCP 
server, you must use linuxconf or run a DHCP client utility. The two most popular client utilities are 
DHCP CD and Pump. Most Linux distributions should have one of them. If you have neither, you 
must install it from your distribution CD-ROM or download one from the Internet. Refer to your 
distribution's home page for more information.

If your computer is not connected to a DHCP server, follow the steps below to enter the IP address, 
subnet mask, and default gateway address of your computer.

Perform one of the following:

If you want to set the IP address and have the system determine the broadcast address and 
subnet mask, type ifconfig ethx IP address (where x is the number of your client adapter and 
IP address is your computer’s IP address) and press Enter.

If you want to set the IP address and manually set the broadcast address and subnet mask, 
type ifconfig ethx IP address broadcast broadcast address netmask netmask (where x is 
the number of your client adapter, IP address is your computer’s IP address, broadcast 
address is the corresponding broadcast address, and netmask is your subnet mask) and press 
Enter.

Your client adapter’s number is zero (0) if it is the only Ethernet adapter card 
installed. The Device field of the Status screen in the Aironet Client Utility 
(ACU) indicates the number of the adapter being used.

To enter the default gateway address, type route add default gw IP address of gateway 
netmask 0.0.0.0 metric 1 (where IP address of gateway is your default gateway address) and 
press Enter.

Reboot your computer.

Linux allows you to install the drivers for more than one client adapter and to then select between the 
adapters. Up to two PC cards and up to five PCI client adapters can be supported.

To install the driver for another client adapter, repeat the instructions in the “Upgrade Procedure” section 
on page 2; however, the process will be abbreviated now that some files are already installed.

After the drivers and the client utilities are installed, you can switch back and forth between the client 
adapters using the Select Radio parameter in ACU. See the Cisco Aironet Wireless LAN Adapters 
Software Configuration Guide for information on using this parameter.