I finally got my dlink dwl g520 card working by using the v1.0 drivers like this,
wificonfig -i ath0 connect 2WIRE432 and then dhcp started like this: ifconfig ath0 dhcp but now, I can visit sites by using their IP address, but I can't visit sites using their qualified domain name. What am I missing? when I ping it looks like this: ping yahoo.com ping: unknown host yahoo.com ping 216.109.112.135 (<- a yahoo.com ip address) 216.109.112.135 is alive and in the web browser I can get to google by typing 72.14.207.99 (a google ip) but I cannot get to google by typing in google.com This has been a huge learning adventure On 9/25/07, Matt Day <matthew.scott.day at gmail.com> wrote: > > Awesome! That worked. Now to keep figuring out how to get the wifi card > installed. > > Thanks for your help > > > On 9/25/07, James Cornell <sparcdr at sparcdr.com> wrote: > > > > Matt Day wrote: > > > The version 6 driver package seems to install fine. When I echo $PATH > > > I get sbin as well now. Still no ath0 device or any ath devices for > > > that matter. > > > > > > When I tail dmesg I get > > > > > > WARNING: mod_load: cannot load module 'ath' > > > WARNING: ath: > > > unable to resolve dependency, module 'misc/net80211' not found > > > > > > Also as a total n00b question, I still don't seem to understand how to > > > install a package. I'm inside the directory that contains the install > > > directory, and the reloc directory, and the pkginfo file and the > > > pkgmap file, and I type this: pkgadd -d . SUNWatheros and I get this > > > message: > > > > > > pkgadd: ERROR: no packages were found in > > > </dlink_drivers/20070925_125628/ath-0.1-pkg/SUNWatheros> > > > > > > How do I install a package when I have those files? I haven't been > > > able to figure that out yet, either that or the packages for the > > > dlink g520 driver aren't good? Or I'm a total retard? > > > > > > Please help > > > > > > On 9/25/07, *James Cornell* <sparcdr at sparcdr.com > > > <mailto:sparcdr at sparcdr.com>> wrote: > > > > > > Default install of Solaris does not set PATH to see sbin or > > > non-core bin directories. You also need to be root by using the > > > 'su' command as network control needs access to the device. You > > > also need to put the plumb argument at the end of the ifconfig > > > command, eg: ifconfig ath0 plumb. You should also check dmesg for > > > the device by using 'grep' to find "ath". > > > > > > > > > James > > > On Sep 24, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Matt Day wrote: > > > > > >> > > >> > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > >> From: *Matt Day* < matthew.scott.day at gmail.com > > >> <mailto:matthew.scott.day at gmail.com>> > > >> Date: Sep 24, 2007 6:51 PM > > >> Subject: dlink dwl g520 card and ath > > >> To: laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > >> <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org> > > >> > > >> Using the version 6 driver, I get as far as ifconfig ath0 plumb > > >> and then get this message: > > >> > > >> ifconfig: plumb: ath0: No such file or directory > > >> > > >> I'm a total n00b at this stuff but really want to learn what's > > >> going on. > > >> > > >> Using the version 5 driver, I can't seem to install the package. > > >> It's not just one file like the version 6 is, it's a directory > > >> with a few files in it, and I can't seem to install the package > > >> at all. Please help. > > >> > > >> Matt > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> laptop-discuss mailing list > > >> laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > >> <mailto:laptop-discuss at opensolaris.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > A package is installed from /var/spool/pkg with no arguments to pkgadd, > > or it can be installed from the current working directory by using > > 'pkgadd -d .' Using the package name as an argument will not work. > > Simply try 'pkgadd -d' . instead. > > > > James > > > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mail.opensolaris.org/pipermail/laptop-discuss/attachments/20070925/14442901/attachment.html>
