I was initially following the instructions at http://www.houseofcraig.net/belkin_howto.php which worked fine for Mandrake 9.0 and 9.1, but not 9.2. For some reason, the module that comes with Mandrake, pcmf502_revd, does not recognize the card any more. Starting up the networking gives the following error message:
pcmf502_revd device eth0 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.
even though pcmf502_revd shows up in lsmod. Another module, pcmf502_reve, gives the same problem. So I went the alternate route as suggested in the above URL, and downloaded and compiled the drivers myself from http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net, which also includes a few other modules... more on that later...
Problem is, pcmf502rd.o (as suggested) was giving me that "Signal level:0" problem. Just on a couple of hunches, I updated my kernel (2.4.22-28mdk now) and recompiled the modules AND used the pcmf502re.o module instead. Hey hey, works like a charm, one of those things must have worked.
Lars Olson wrote:
Jason Holt wrote:
On Sun, 15 Feb 2004, Lars Olson wrote:
"iwconfig" shows an entry for eth0 with the correct router ESSID name and (I think) all the other correct parameters, but "Link Quality:40" and "Signal level:0" even though the router is all of 5 ft away... "iwconfig eth0 essid any" comes up with the same info.
If you set essid "any", does it find the correct one, or did you set it
manually? If the latter, make sure you're on the right channel/frequency.
-J
I tried both-- using "any" gives the same essid/channel pair as when I set it manually. The "Access point" field also picks up the correct hardware address of the router, which I'm sure it didn't get from me...
Incidentally, when I move to another room of the apartment, "iwconfig eth0 essid any" picks up a different wireless router (from another apartment) but it still says "Signal level:0". Sounds like the card is actually working, but something is missing in the network-setup portion.
Lars
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