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Everything Else => General Support and Discussion => Zaurus General Forums => Archived Forums => Security and Networking => Topic started by: chachkee on January 26, 2005, 10:14:47 am
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Hello all,
Great site, first post, any help is is appreciated.
I thought I did my research before I went out and bought a wireless card but apparently I didn't do enough ;-(
I have been trying to get a Zonet ZCF 1100 CF 802.11b 11 Mbps card to work on the newest Sharp ROM 3.10, Linux Kernel 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix. This is on a Zaurus 5500-SL
I followed this article: http://www.zaurususergroup.org/ProdReviews...ent-id-23.phtml (http://www.zaurususergroup.org/ProdReviews-showcontent-id-23.phtml)
and this
http://www.zaurususergroup.org/ProdReviews...ent-id-24.phtml (http://www.zaurususergroup.org/ProdReviews-showcontent-id-24.phtml)
Sorry for all the output in advance, I thought It would help.....
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When I restart pcmcia services with: /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart
and remove the card here is the last bit of output from dmesg:
This function is not support 411c
sa1100_pcmcia_init(0)
eth0: Station identity 001f:0000:0001:0008
eth0: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.8.0
eth0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth0: MAC address 00:02:6F:09:C2:11
eth0: Station name "Prism I"
eth0: ready
eth0: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 35, io 0xc5670000-0xc567003f
sa1100_pcmcia_suspend(0)
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cardctl ident gives the following output:
Socket 0:
product info: "WLAN", "11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0", "ISL37100P", "Eval-RevA"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7100
function: 6 (network)
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lsmod:
Module Size Used by
sa1100_bi 23088 0 (unused)
net_fd 16688 1
usbdcore 22592 0 [sa1100_bi net_fd]
usbdmonitor 5488 0
sharp_mmcsd_m 27408 2
devinfo 2912 0 (unused)
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/etc/pcmcia/config file has this added under wireless network adapters section:
card "Zonet CF WLAN"
manfid 0x000b, 0x7100
bind "orinoco_cs"
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ifconfig -a output:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:6F:09:C2:11
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 TX bytes:0 (0.0
Interrupt:35
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 TX bytes:0 (0.0
Interrupt:16
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:225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:225 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:23759 (23.2 Kb) TX bytes:23759 (23.2 Kb)
usbd0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 40:00:01:00:00:01
inet addr:192.168.129.201 Bcast:192.168.129.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1063 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1117 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:195678 (191.0 Kb) TX bytes:116194 (113.4 Kb)
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iwconfig eth0:
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
RTS thr:off
Encryption key:off
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What I know:
The only thing I know is that if I modify anything but the pcmcia config I don't get the card detected. I have read articles that say to modify the wlan-ng.conf file, when I do this I don't get positive results. The orinoco_cs is the only thing that has given me detection in Qtopia.
I don't know what the orinoco_cs is or how to obtain it if I need it. Some websites say that the Prism devices need the hostap_cs driver, I know this card is a Prism I device so I don't know.
In Qtopia's network app, under the "current" tab it shows my MAC address when the card is plugged in but says "No connection defined"
when I pull it out it displays: No available service.
My accesspoint is an Apple Graphite original 802.11b router, I use Freebase to configure it for my IBM laptop. I have encryption turned off for the 5500. Where I sit I get a good signal from the AP via the laptop
The only modules that I have seen on the Zaurus under:
/home/root/modules/2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix/pcmcia are
memory_cs.o prism2_cs.o sharpzdc_cs.o
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I appreciate any help that you can give-thanks in advance
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When I add a standard LAN - TCP/IP connection, it says "offline" in Qtopia when I remove the LAN connection and the Wireless LAN TCP/IP connection remains the status changes to "No connection defined".
It seems that my Zaurus is treating this Wifi card as if it were a LAN card. I have heard of this happening to someone who then reordered things in his spectrum.conf file but mine looks like this:
device "spectrum_cs"
# class "network" module "hermes", "orinoco", "spectrum_cs"
class "spectrum" module "hermes", "orinoco", "spectrum_cs"
card "LA4100 Spectrum24 CF WLAN Card"
manfid 0x026c, 0x0001
bind "spectrum_cs"
card "Socket Communications CF+ LP WLAN Card"
manfid 0x0104, 0x0001
bind "spectrum_cs"
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cardctl ident gives the following output:
Socket 0:
product info: "WLAN", "11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0", "ISL37100P", "Eval-RevA"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7100
function: 6 (network)
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/etc/pcmcia/config file has this added under wireless network adapters section:
card "Zonet CF WLAN"
manfid 0x000b, 0x7100
bind "orinoco_cs"
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Cardctl ident is telling you the problem:
your Zonet WLAN card shares the same manfid as the network card it is being recognized as.
This happens frequently among the low cost manufacturers, who, rather than applying to the CF Association for their own ID, simply invent or borrow what they think is a non- or seldom-used ID. I experienced the same problem with my TrendNet Ethernet card, which was being recognized as a memory card.
The solution is to edit /etc/pcmcia/config (as root) and either move the entry for your card above the other one, or comment out the entry for the wrong card. After editing the config file, you either need to reboot, or run this command as root:
kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cardmgr.pid`(notice those are backticks)
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I truely wished that worked for me. I searched /etc/pcmcia/config and wlan-ng.conf for entries that looked like the cardctl ident output I couldn't find any. The only info I found was the info I had put in there to begin with. In wlan-ng.conf a commented out line that I put there:
#card "Zonet ZCF 1100 CF WLAN Card"
# version "WLAN", "11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0", "ISL37100P", "Eval-RevA"
# bind "prism2_cs"
and in the config (which i tried to move above other entries)
card "Zonet CF WLAN"
manfid 0x000b, 0x7100
bind "orinoco_cs"
Is there some config file that cardmanager is referencing? I have no idea.
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although I have a love for tinkering with linux and its many forms I just opted to RMA the thing back to newegg and get a linksys wcf12. I hope I have better luck with this card as it shows that it is supported here:
http://www.zaurususergroup.org/modules.php...lessCardSupport (http://www.zaurususergroup.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=phpWiki&file=index&pagename=WirelessCardSupport)