 R121 & Smc2624w Wireless Cf Card Not Working |
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 Feb 19 2007, 03:24 AM
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Hi all. I can't seem to get my SMC2624W wifi card working on my C860 under r121. pccardctl recognizes it (exactly as the topic description), but the light just comes on (no blinking) & I get neither eth0 nor wlan0.
CODE $ ifconfig -a irda0 Link encap:IrLAP HWaddr 00:00:00:00 NOARP MTU:2048 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:8 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:16 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1216 (1.1 Kb) TX bytes:1216 (1.1 Kb) sit0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) Output of dmesg doesn't have much either CODE pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 pccard: card ejected from slot 0 pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Is all I get. |
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Feb 19 2007, 04:05 AM
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I have assumed that mine is a hardware problem, but mine does not work either. It is intermittently recognized correctly or as a memory device.
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Feb 19 2007, 06:48 AM
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What happens if you insert into kernel the required modules manually ?
I've no idea though what the modules should be for your card, but if it's prism/orinoco based you could try with the hostap stuff. |
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Feb 19 2007, 08:05 AM
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QUOTE(louigi600 @ Feb 19 2007, 08:48 AM) What happens if you insert into kernel the required modules manually ? I've no idea though what the modules should be for your card, but if it's prism/orinoco based you could try with the hostap stuff.  Good suggestion. I loaded both hostap & hostap_cs & now we're getting somewhere. I now have both a wifi0 & wlan0 interface & the light on the card is flashing. kewl. But I can't seem to activate it after that. I installed wifi-radar & changed the conf file to point use wlan0 instead of eth0, but it still won't associate. Then I noticed that I can't get eth0 back up for my nic card until I reboot. mmmmm 
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Feb 19 2007, 08:06 AM
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Have you tried the scripts on the pdaXrom website?
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Feb 19 2007, 08:24 AM
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QUOTE(grog @ Feb 19 2007, 06:05 PM) Good suggestion. I loaded both hostap & hostap_cs & now we're getting somewhere. I now have both a wifi0 & wlan0 interface & the light on the card is flashing. kewl. But I can't seem to activate it after that. I installed wifi-radar & changed the conf file to point use wlan0 instead of eth0, but it still won't associate. Then I noticed that I can't get eth0 back up for my nic card until I reboot. mmmmm You may need to do a ifconfig wlan0 up before issuing any iwconfig commands. |
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Feb 20 2007, 03:06 AM
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QUOTE(louigi600 @ Feb 19 2007, 10:24 AM) You may need to do a ifconfig wlan0 up before issuing any iwconfig commands. Here's a copy of the script I've been tweaking to get this working (rename net.txt to net). It works for my lan card (eth0), but I can't seem to get the wifi working yet. For one thing, the hostap modules aren't re-loaded on reboot, but even after I load them again manually, it still doesn't want to come up.
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Feb 20 2007, 06:45 AM
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QUOTE(grog @ Feb 20 2007, 06:06 AM) QUOTE(louigi600 @ Feb 19 2007, 10:24 AM) You may need to do a ifconfig wlan0 up before issuing any iwconfig commands. Here's a copy of the script I've been tweaking to get this working (rename net.txt to net). It works for my lan card (eth0), but I can't seem to get the wifi working yet. For one thing, the hostap modules aren't re-loaded on reboot, but even after I load them again manually, it still doesn't want to come up. Pull the card and reinsert.... Let me know if that works... Late |
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Feb 20 2007, 08:05 AM
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QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Feb 20 2007, 08:45 AM) Pull the card and reinsert.... Let me know if that works... Ok, here's what I did. reboot without any card in slot insert wifi card - light on steady, no wlan0/wifi0 pccardctl eject modprobe hostap_cs insert card - light blinks, wifi0/wlan0 now present tried my script, all seems to come up, but fails to try to associate pccardctl eject inserted ethernet card, no eth0, have to reboot to get that back ?? |
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Feb 20 2007, 09:56 AM
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QUOTE(grog @ Feb 20 2007, 10:05 AM) Ok, here's what I did. reboot without any card in slot insert wifi card - light on steady, no wlan0/wifi0 pccardctl eject modprobe hostap_cs insert card - light blinks, wifi0/wlan0 now present tried my script, all seems to come up, but fails to try to associate pccardctl eject inserted ethernet card, no eth0, have to reboot to get that back I managed to figure that I had to add both pcnet_cs & hostap_cs to /etc/modules to have them load automatically on bootup. Now my script will actually connect if I have the symlink /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/net.eth0 -> /etc/rc.d/init.d/net with my ethernet card plugged in. kewl Anyway, back to wlan0. What series of commands do I have to enter to have wlan0 associate with the first AP it finds using dhcp? CODE ifconfig wlan0 up iwconfig wlan0 power on dhcpcd -i wlan0 doesn't do it. What am I missing. And what's the proper command to associate with a specific AP using a WEP key? WPA? thks |
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Feb 20 2007, 12:25 PM
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do this....
ifconfig interface down iwconfig interface essid name enc encryptkey power on ifconfig interface up dhcpcd interface Late |
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Feb 20 2007, 12:47 PM
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QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Feb 20 2007, 02:25 PM) do this.... ifconfig interface down iwconfig interface essid name enc encryptkey power on ifconfig interface up dhcpcd interface There's an open AP I'm testing on now, but this doesn't seem to work with it. Then again, all I know is the essid. Should I have to specify the channel? The first three commands work (without errors, anyway) but it just hangs on the fourth (the light remains at a steady blink, if that means anything). I've heard a lot of mention of wpa-supplicant. I see that's it's in the base image. Would that be better to try? I'll try your suggestion when I get home on my own router & report back. thks |
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Feb 20 2007, 04:02 PM
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QUOTE(grog @ Feb 20 2007, 03:47 PM) QUOTE(InSearchOf @ Feb 20 2007, 02:25 PM) do this.... ifconfig interface down iwconfig interface essid name enc encryptkey power on ifconfig interface up dhcpcd interface There's an open AP I'm testing on now, but this doesn't seem to work with it. Then again, all I know is the essid. Should I have to specify the channel? The first three commands work (without errors, anyway) but it just hangs on the fourth (the light remains at a steady blink, if that means anything). I've heard a lot of mention of wpa-supplicant. I see that's it's in the base image. Would that be better to try? I'll try your suggestion when I get home on my own router & report back. thks If it hangs on the last... command dhcpcd... the ap you are trying to connect to in most cases doesnt have a running DHCP Server... Late PS. And do worry about the channel. |
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Feb 20 2007, 05:24 PM
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Now this is getting frustrating. I get home after making NO further changes, and now no matter what I do I can't get the wlan0 interface to come back up at all. And the light on the card just stays on steady. I've tried ejecting & reinserting it, even a reboot doesn't help. And the modules are still loaded.
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Feb 20 2007, 07:09 PM
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QUOTE(grog @ Feb 20 2007, 07:24 PM) Now this is getting frustrating. I get home after making NO further changes, and now no matter what I do I can't get the wlan0 interface to come back up at all. And the light on the card just stays on steady. I've tried ejecting & reinserting it, even a reboot doesn't help. And the modules are still loaded. I wish I had an extra WiFi CF to loan ya. |
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