On Monday 12 Jan 2004 5:21 pm, Marc Resnick wrote: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Marc Resnick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 11:15 AM > Subject: Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Derek Jennings" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2004 10:56 PM > > Subject: Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card > > > > > On Monday 12 Jan 2004 1:57 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > SNIP > > > > > > > Derek, > > > > I've located the Prism2_cs module, exactly where you said it was. > > > > That means I definitely have it. But when I launch the wizard to > > > > setup the > > > > LAN, > > > > > > therefore detecting network cards also, this module does not show up > > on > > > the > > > > > > list. This probably has to do with the problem. > > > > > > > > When I do modprobe prism2_cs, nothing happens. This card definitely > > > > works, > > > > > > because, as I said, it works fine on Windows XP. > > > > > > > > I also checked Force No APIC in the CC, and nothing changed. > > > > > > > > /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia contains PCMCIA = yes > > > > > > > > I added the card to the config file also. > > > > > > > > There must be something one of us is forgetting or doing wrong, > > because > > > the > > > > > > card works fine. > > > > > > > > Thanks for all your help so far, > > > > Marc > > > > > > I am not surprised you do not see prism2_cs appear in the driver list. > > > > Drivers > > > > > for pcmcia cards are always autodetected. > > > > > > > > > When you say nothing happens when you do a modprobe, that is actually > > > > quite > > > > > positive. It implies the driver is loading, and is not being rejected. > > > What do you see if you do > > > > > > lsmod | grep prism > > > > > > after the modprobe? That will tell us if the driver is loading. > > > > > > And what do you see if you do > > > > > > tail -n 30 /var/log/syslog ? Any entries about pcmcia or prism? > > > > > > And > > > iwconfig ? > > > > > > There is one other thing I forgot to check. > > > The pcmcia service has to be started. In a root terminal enter > > > service pcmcia restart > > > You should hear two beeps as it restarts, then do > > > tail -n 30 /var/log/syslog again to see what it says. > > > > > > derek > > > > > > -- > > > ---------------------------------- > > > www.jennings.homelinux.net > > > http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > > > Derek, > > To make it easier for you, I've posted some screenshots here(because the > > files are too big to send through the mailing group): > > http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss1.png > > http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss2.png > > http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss3.png > > http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss4.png > > http://www.freewebs.com/linuxss/ss5.png > > > > I gather from those that we got part of the name of the network card > > wrong when inserting it in the config file. > > > > Thanks, > > Marc > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >- > > -- > > > ---- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > Derek and all that have been following, > Linux now detects my WLAN card after who know's what I did as wlan0. The > only step remaining is to configure it to my network. I entered the > Mandrake Control Center, and went to the Network settings to configure it. > It still does not appear on the list, and is not detected when I run the > wizard. The lights on the card illuminate when I do 'service pcmcia > restart', and I recieve information about wlan0 when I enter 'iwconfig'. It > also now appears on the hardware list. There must be some command that I > don't know. > > Just a little more help, > Marc >
Great. I was just thinking you might end up compiling the driver after all. Setting up the driver is simply a matter of creating a text file called /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 containing something like :- DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=static IPADDR=192.168.1.43 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.0 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=yes WIRELESS_MODE=Managed WIRELESS_ESSID=8848DBjennings WIRELESS_RATE=11M WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=s:my_key If you need to get an IP address from DHCP then put BOOTPROTO=dhcp and then you do not need an IPADDR WIRELESS_MODE=Managed is for use with a wireless access point. If you are running peer to peer (no wireless access point) use Ad-Hoc The WIRELESS_ENC_KEY is what catches everyone out. It can be ASCII like mine in which case it must be oreced3ed by 's:' or a Hex number in the format 3456-789a-bc See 'man iwconfig' for a full description of the parameters. service network restart will apply the parameters. (so will ifup wlan0 / ifdown wlan0 ) Nearly there! derek ---------------------------------- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org
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