Sorry for the top post, but I neglected to mention I'm using kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686.
Pete On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:34:37 +1000 "Peter A. Cole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm now completely confused by hotplug, pcmcia-cs, and how on earth to get my > WG511 up automatically by either plugging it in while my laptop is running or > when it is booting if it's already plugged in. > > I have successfully gotten my docking station's 3Com card working in this > fashion as well as my Xircom 10/100 + 56K modem. > > However, all attempts at getting my Netgear WG511 to load automatically have > failed. > > The only way I can get it to go is manually ifconfig eth0 up, then ifconfig > eth0 down, then ifrename to give it the correct logical if name (ethwg5110), > then ifconfig ethwg5110 up followed by iwconfig ethwg5110 essid mode enc and > then, finally dhclient ethwg5110. > > Once I do this, it works like a charm. > > I have Googled, read the Debian reference, found what I could in > /usr/share/doc, and am now even more confused than I was to begin with... > > Anyway, here's what I've done: > > Created /etc/iftab and added the following lines (using my real MAC addresses > of course which I've triple checked): > > eth3com0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > ethxirc0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > ethwg5110 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > > Edited /etc/network/interfaces and made it look like this (once again I've > triple checked my essid and key are correct): > > mapping hotplug > script echo > > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > iface eth3com0 inet dhcp > > iface ethxirc0 inet dhcp > > iface ethwg5110 inet dhcp > wireless-essid MY_ESSID > wireless-mode Managed > wireless-channel 11 > wireless-key XXXXXXXXXX > > I've also added the following three lines to the top of my > /etc/modprobe.d/aliases file: > > alias eth3com0 3c59x > alias ethxirc0 xirc2ps_cs > alias ethwg5110 prism54 > > When I boot with my laptop in the docking station, my 3Com card appears as > eth3com0 with a DHCP allocated address. > > If I plug in my Xircom card, it appears as ethxirc0 with a DHCP allocated > address. > > If I plug in my Netgear WG511 card, the modules prism54 and firmware_class > get loaded, and that's it. If I run iwconfig, it shows up as eth0, not > ethwg5110 as it should do when ifrename has been run. > > I also can't seem to find how to enable hotplug logging so I can see what's > going on. > > This is all on a Dell Latitude CPi (old but works ok) with Debian Sarge. I > try to keep Sarge as up to date as I can, and I think my last update was only > a day or two ago at the most. > > I have the packages "hotplug", "wireless-tools", "ifupdown", "ifrename", and > "pcmcia-cs" installed. I tried removing pcmcia-cs in case it was conflicting > or something, but all that did was stop the Xircom from working. > > Does anyone have any pointers where I can go from here? > > Pete > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
