Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card -- FIXED --Just one new problem
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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card -- FIXED --Just one new problem
SNIP 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 Oh and if there is also an eth0 on this box you will have to let Linux know which Interface to reach the Internet through. In /etc/sysconfig/network enter the line GATEWAYDEV=wlan0 Then 'service network restart' derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card -- FIXED --Just one new problem
- Original Message - From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 12, 2004 12:49 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card -- FIXED --Just one new problem 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 Well I think we both
Re: [newbie] Detecting WLAN Card -- FIXED --Just one new problem
Well I think we both saw this coming, Derek. I got 5 errors after trying to restart the network. Error for wireless request Set Encode, Set ESSID, Set Mod, Set Bit Rate, Set ESSID. Then it say Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device. Here is the ifcfg-wlan0 exactly how it up, and I believe it goes according to my network settings: DEVICE=wlan0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.1.1 BROADCAST=192.168.1.255 ONBOOT=yes WIRELESS_MODE=Managed WIRELESS_ESSID=linksys WIRELESS_RATE=11M I removed the encyption key because I'm positive that I don't have one. If all of these values are defined, why am I receiving these errors? --Marc Bear in mind Marc that I do not have one of these cards myself, so we are both learning as we go. I have downloaded the source code for wlan-ng and see this text in the README file NOTE: linux-wlan-ng does not fully implement the wireless extensions interface. This means that you can't use iwconfig and its kin to set things up. Instead, read on! As of linux-wlan-ng 0.1.16-pre5, the configuration and launch scripts have been largely re-written. pcmcia/rc/hotplug now all use a common library of routines and use the same set of configuration files. Now, everything relevant exists in /etc/wlan/* /etc/wlan/wlan.conf: This file maps between wlan devices and network IDs, and contains the names of all devices that should be initialized by the hotplug and rc scripts. /etc/wlan/wlancfg-* These files are per-network configurations. This makes it easy to switch between different SSIDs and the various settings they may require, like WEP keys and whatnot. The bare minimum you need to do to configure your system after a fresh driver install: 0) Nothing whatsoever. out-of-the-box, the driver will attempt to associate with any access point within range. However, we highly recommend setting up a configuration specifically for your network, using the following method: 0) This example assumes your network name/SSID is MyHomeNetwork 1) cp /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork 2) edit /etc/wlan/wlan.conf and change the SSID_wlan0 line to: SSID_wlan0=MyHomeNetwork 3) edit /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork, and make any necessary changes necessary to support your network, such as WEP and whatnot. -- FOR PCMCIA USERS: A) Edit /etc/pcmcia/network.opts file to set up your IP settings. Note: for a station, the SSID you're connecting to will be appended to the current pcmcia scheme name. You can use this to have different IP setups for different wireless LANs you connect to (e.g. home vs. work). Note2: This only applies if you are using a stock pcmcia-cs package. Most (if not all) distros use their own mechanisms for configuring pcmcia network interfaces, and thus /etc/pcmcia/network.opts may not even be present. B) Restart pcmcia-cs with the command: /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart C) Insert the card. For most cards, a solid LED indicates that the SSID you specified was found, a bss was joined, and the firmware completed the authenticate and associate processes. D) Run ifconfig and route to determine if your IP and route settings are listed as you wanted them. It's also a good idea to look at the file /etc/resolv.conf to see if your nameserver address has been set up correctly. It looks like although Mandrake supplies the prism2_cs driver, the scripts to configure it are not supplied. I will send the scripts direct to you. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
