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Accessories / Socket 10/100 Ethernet CF Card not quite working - ideas?

« on: February 21, 2004, 02:18:44 am »

Gidday,
Thanks for your comments.  I have been doing a little more research into why I can\'t get this card going.
I bought the card from Dick Smith, ie with Dick Smith packaging and branding.  The Zaurus incorrectly assumed it was an Ambicom 8110 and tried to install the axnet_cs module.  So the Ambicom lead was a red herring.

The card. like the original documentation said, required the pcnet_cs driver.  So I commented out the Ambicom entry and put in something that matched the cardctl ident said.  Still no improvement.  I am running the tkc rom and now realise that pcnet_cs isn\'t even in the /lib/modules...directory, in fact it is nowhere on the tke rom.

Now I do not know if have accidently deleted it but that explains why nothing gets loaded as a module into the kernel.

So I am know off to try and find out how to get that modules for the tkc rom.

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5x00 General discussions / Networking connection Sharp Rom 2.35

« on: December 12, 2003, 04:28:03 pm »

Thanks for the comments, gee its a while since I visited this forum.
USB networking using usbnet is working fine now that I am using the tkcROM 1.0
I am tempted to flash to the Sharp 3.10 just to see if i can still get this damn network card working.  WiFI works fine but not all networks are wireless

Chris

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Linux Issues / Replace usbdnet with usbnet

« on: December 12, 2003, 04:21:02 pm »

Perhaps I was a bit quick

make sure
CDEther
acm
usbdnet

are not loaded
rmmod CDEther
rmmod acm
rmmoc usbdnet

BTW what kernel does RH 8 run? I am using Suse8.2 2.4.20 so no kernel patching is required.
Your Slackware kernel sounds fine.

Chris

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Linux Issues / Replace usbdnet with usbnet

« on: December 12, 2003, 04:17:05 pm »

Hello,

As root just modprobe usbnet
This little script should get you going. run as root

#!/bin/bash
modprobe usbnet
ifconfig usb0 192.168.129.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add -host 192.168.129.201 usb0

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Accessories / Socket 10/100 Ethernet CF Card not quite working - ideas?

« on: December 12, 2003, 04:08:20 pm »

Hello,

I am sorry that I might not be able to help you on this one but I am also experiencing problems with my pcmcia ethernet card.  The card is recognised when the card is inserted but no eth0 interface appears when I type ifconfig -a

I have tried playing around with the /etc/pcmcia/config file and restarting the pcmcia services.  However no module ever seems to load in the kernel to run the Ambicom 8110 card.  The correct modules are loaded and the interface configured when I insert my WiFi Sandisk card..

[root@zaurus ~]# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  product info: \"CF\", \"100Base-Ethernet\", \"V\", \"1.0\"
  manfid: 0x021b, 0x0202
  function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
  no product info available
[root@zaurus ~]#

The install documentation suggests the following.

If you can\'t perform the PING function, please follow the steps below:
 1. In /etc/pcmcia/config file modify following lines

   Existing lines in document-]

       device \"pcnet_cs\"
       class \"network\" module \"net/8390, \"pcnet_cs\"

   Add three lines-]
       card \"PCMCIA FastEthernet\"
       version \"PCMCIA\", \"FastEthernet\"
       bind \"pcnet_cs\"

I was just wondering if you know perhaps what I should be putting in my

/etc/pcmcia/config file that would get the driver loaded.

Incidentally dmesg is not showing anything when the ethernet card is installed
Both lights are up on the card whenever it is inserted.

I am running the tkcROM 1.0.

Do you think OZ or the like may offer some possbilities

Chris

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Linux Issues / Network idProduct refuses 8004

« on: December 12, 2003, 03:52:21 pm »

Hello,
I run Suse 8.2 Pro and use the zaurus with it.  Suse Linux provide some help on this and one of the things that they suggest is to make sure that acm and CDEther are on your usbblacklist.  Loading these modules will prevent the usbnet module from correctly loading, well..this is if you are using hotplug.

Chris

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5x00 General discussions / Networking connection Sharp Rom 2.35

« on: August 29, 2003, 11:53:04 pm »

Hello,

Reading around some of the forums I have picked up quite a few tips but I seem to have a problem trying to establish a network connection with my Zaurus 5500 running the Sharp 2.35 ROM.

I have a CF network card that is recognised as
cat /var/lib/pcmcia/stab
Socket 0: AmbiCom AMB8110 Fast Ethernet
Socket 1: Empty

I have tried setting the ethernet address as 192.168.1.20 in the network and sync menu with little success.  I have tried using ifconfig to set the address, again with little success.

Whenever the network card is plugged into the zaurus, a network card icon comes up on the taskbar and whenever I plug the CAT5 cable into the card, the transmit and receive lights come up.

I have edited the /etc/hosts file to include both my zaurus and desktop as hosts.

however whenever I ping the card, it says the network is not reachable.

Typing in ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 up I get the error

SIOSCIFADDR: No such device
eht0: No interface: No such device.

What am I doing wrong?

I realise I could update the ROM and I would love to know how.

I can get USBDnetworking going intermittently on my Suse 8.2 Linux.
Ie that connection is a bit shaky and I thought maybe network connections might be more reliable.

Any comments gratfully appreciated

Thanks