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 Oct 29 2007, 03:53 AM
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Hi,
I just recently picked up a USB LAN NIC which according to blurb on the site I brought it from was a rtl8150 what do I find when I get it. It is a ST268 instead. Has anyone managed to compile the drivers for this with for use with the R198? From what I have read it should also work with the dm9601 drivers but of course those aren't in R198 either. |
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Oct 29 2007, 10:25 AM
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I compiled the dm9601 driver for r198 a while back, but it didn't work with my NIC
 I think the driver is just bad, but YMMV. Search the forums for it (I'm fairly sure I posted it).I'll post it later if you can't find it. |
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Oct 30 2007, 03:39 AM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Oct 29 2007, 06:25 PM)  I compiled the dm9601 driver for r198 a while back, but it didn't work with my NIC I think the driver is just bad, but YMMV. Search the forums for it (I'm fairly sure I posted it).I'll post it later if you can't find it. I found it thanks. It doesn't seem to work though so I guess I will have to figure out how to get the kernel headers into my zaurus so I can compile the ST268 drivers. |
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Oct 30 2007, 04:17 AM
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I have just found a post elsewhere (http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18500) that suggests the following lines added to the dm9601 source sould fix the problem.
DM9601_DEV( "Davicom USB-100", 0x0a46, 0x0268, DEFAULT_GPIO_RESET ) |
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Oct 30 2007, 10:21 AM
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The problem of dhcpcd not working?
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Oct 30 2007, 12:06 PM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Oct 30 2007, 06:21 PM) The problem of dhcpcd not working? The problem is that when the dm9601 module is modprobed it doesn't detect my interface as it is a ST268 so it doesn't create eth0. |
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Oct 31 2007, 05:46 AM
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I have managed to compile the module and install it and it now detects my USB device and creates eth0. But now dhcpcd doesn't pick up a ip address.
If I bring up the interface by setting the IP manually it fails to ping other devices I know are on the network. |
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Oct 31 2007, 10:45 AM
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Which module? If it's DM9601, it doesn't work for me either
If not, maybe there's some trick to using USB to ethernet adapters we're not aware of? |
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Nov 1 2007, 12:54 AM
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I got it working last night at home. I am wondering if it is a power issue. I will try it closer to one of our switches at work and if it works then I will try it through a powered USB hub.
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Nov 1 2007, 01:43 AM
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I have tried it now connecting directly to the switch and with a powered hub and I get the same result. I have also tried it on XP machine with the drivers installed and that said that the cable wasn't connected. I am wondering if I have a faulty USB NIC. I have contacted the manufacturers tech support and hopefully they will have a suggest or at least replace it with a one they know to be working.
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Nov 1 2007, 04:04 AM
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I have created a package for the patched dm9601 kernel module for the 2.6.16 kernel in r198 which I have attached. If anyone tries it and finds some problems with it or finds that it works fine for them then please let me know.
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Nov 1 2007, 10:17 AM
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What's the ipk name supposed to be? It should follow the NAME_VERSION_armv5tel.ipk, with no other underscores in the filename or in the control file (that messes up the installation/removal of packages). To make things worse, the forum changes - to _, which really messes up some package names.
Thanks. |
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Nov 2 2007, 01:20 AM
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QUOTE(Capn_Fish @ Nov 1 2007, 06:17 PM) What's the ipk name supposed to be? It should follow the NAME_VERSION_armv5tel.ipk, with no other underscores in the filename or in the control file (that messes up the installation/removal of packages). To make things worse, the forum changes - to _, which really messes up some package names. Thanks. The name is supposed to be dm9601-st268_2.6.18_armv5tel.ipk as it is the 2.6.18 version of the dm9601 module patched to support the ST268. Of course the forum has changed the - to _ which I didn't realise it does. |
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