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Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: Moreno on October 19, 2005, 07:00:18 am

I bought a Socket WiFi card cause I've read good reviews about it.
Unfortunately, it wasn't recognized by my Zaurus (3.2.3 with orinoco modules installed). It seems that it's a new model of the card, and that model it's not supported by the Orinoco modules.
Is there a chance that it will be supported anytime soon or should I return this item?

Thanks in advance.

Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: lardman on October 21, 2005, 04:23:48 am

The chances are that it is supported, just not recognised.

I don't know what chipset your card uses, but this will decide whether or not to use hostap etc (or you could just try the possibilities).

See what 'cardctl ident' produces, then see if this card description & MANFID combo is in /etc/pcmcia/config or /etc/pcmcia/hostal_cs.conf (I think all the files in this dir are searched to identify the card when it's plugged in - sorry, bit rust here, not had to do with for a long while).

If it's not, or if it's different, try adding it and see what happens.

If it works please add the info as a bug to the bug-tracker.


Si

Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: Hrw on October 21, 2005, 07:30:32 am

Or look exactly what card it is and use Search option - there was many threads about getting WiFi cards working under OZ.

Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: Moreno on October 21, 2005, 08:33:20 am

Socket identifies this card simply as CF Wireless LAN Card "new version", and, according to its web site, only the "previous version" (sic) is supported.
I posted a question to the technical support team in order to confirm this, but It hasn't been yet answered. I'll let you know the answer as soon as I receive it.

I did some basic tests manually loading the orinoco and hostap modules without success. I'm sorry but I'll not be able to do more extensive tests, since I have a time limit to return this item to the shop.

Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: Hrw on October 21, 2005, 09:30:31 am

install "prism3-support" package and retry

Title: Socket Wifi Card (new Version)
Post by: Moreno on October 23, 2005, 11:00:15 am

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install "prism3-support" package and retry
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No luck.
Log messages after inserting the card:

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Oct 21 00:10:00 collie daemon.notice cardmgr[863]: unsupported card in socket 0
Oct 21 00:10:01 collie daemon.info cardmgr[863]:   product info: "Socket", "CF+ LP WLAN Card Rev B", "", ""
Oct 21 00:10:01 collie daemon.info cardmgr[863]:   manfid: 0x0156, 0x0003  function: 6 (network)
lsmod output:

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Module                  Size  Used by    Tainted: P
sharp_mmcsd_m          25792   2
sa1100_bi              22924   0 (unused)
net_fd                 16636   1
usbdcore               22504   0 [sa1100_bi net_fd]
ipv6                  152344  -1
ipsec                 280008   0 (unused)
By the way, it seems that the chipset is Hermes II.

Finally, this is the Socket's answer to my question about supporting linux:
"you are correct we do not support Linux, our previous card was working with Linux because there was a third party developer who made it work.
Best regards,"