Distribution list/Archlinux

From ACX100/ACX111 wireless network driver project

There exists a Archlinux package for the acx100/111 driver. This simplifies the installation and maintenance of the driver. To get and install it do the following sequence (as root):

# pacman -yS tiacx
# modprobe acx

Firmware gets installed automatically, as the tiacx-firmware package is a dependency for the tiacx package. The module will automatically be loaded on boot.

Now you need to edit your /etc/rc.conf file to add the new device.. My rc.conf file looks like this:

wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 ap 00:90:D0:F3:FC:52 key 21533b6820317a7e635d797e5b channel 11" 
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)
INTERFACES=(lo wlan0)

Officially the wlan_wlan0 and WLAN_INTERFACES options should be placed in /etc/conf.d/wireless, but since that file sources our rc.conf, we can also place it in there..

Basically the wlan_wlan0 line is executed using iwconfig, so you can execute

# man iwconfig

if you need more info about that. the wlan0="dhcp" line is standard archlinux, and will be executed using ifconfig, more info about it on the ArchWiki