Here's what I did and my wifi connection seems to be working now, and works with WPA.
The wifi icon on the taskbar only shows one yellow square, (but it may be lying to me)
I commented out all entries in /etc/pcmcia/config that have matching manfid numbers to my card.
Then uncommented my Ambicom card, (if it was commented out).
I got hostap loading by doing the following:
I edited /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf. I added these lines near the top of the file:
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device "hostap_cs"
class "hermes"
module "hostap", "hostap_cs"
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Then find the definition for your card (further down in that file) and change the "orinoco_cs" reference to "hostap_cs". The definition for my card nows looks like this:
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card "AmbiCom WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card"
version "AmbiCom", "WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card", "2.2"
manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
bind "hostap_cs"
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After editing /etc/pcmcia/hermes.conf, eject your card and restart the PCMCIA services:
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cardctl eject 0
<remove card>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
<insert card>
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At this point my connection was flaky when connecting with wifi-radar, so I did more tweaking.
1. I'm not sure if this action helped. I opened up /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf
I commented out all entries that matched my card, and then added my card info near the top.
My card info was NOT originally in this file.
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card "AmbiCom WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card"
version "AmbiCom", "WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card", "2.2"
manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
bind "hostap_cs"
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2. This may be what helped to stabilize my connection. I now use the "Network Settings" app to connect, that is only accessable through meanie's pdaxii13.config. It is located here:
/usr/bin/network.cfg (not network.py).
This app allows you to setup WPA and also has a connect button. I placed a shortcut on my desktop and just connect with this network Settings app. All seems to be working fine now with my wifi connection.
I have been surfing for about an hour and have not been disconnected.
Jon J you are da man!!!! I noticed that my card would not respond at all until i added
card "AmbiCom WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card"
version "AmbiCom", "WL1100C 802.11b CF-Card", "2.2"
manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
bind "hostap_cs"
to the /etc/pcmcia/host_cs.conf file. Once that was entered all was working well with the card now. Thanks buddy...