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« on: February 17, 2006, 11:38:44 am »
Attempting to connect to my WAP, I time out before the connection is established.  

I see in Maslovsky's FAQ for the 1.22 ROM that I should edit the etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file to only show my card (an AmbiCom WL1100C-CF).

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Q: How to I get my wireless card to be recognised?
A: Check entry for your card in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file. Get details of your card with cardctl ident command. You can remove entries for all other cards so they don't get in your way. Also remember that you need to restart pcmcia after editing config file (/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart)

Question is, should I comment out the others or remove them from the list entirely?
« Last Edit: February 17, 2006, 11:40:04 am by brashley46 »
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Handheld: C860 running CACkO 1.23, with a Panasonic Class 2 1G SD card and a GXT 1G CF card; AmbiCom WL1100C-CF wifi card, and a CE-AG06 camera card.

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« Reply #1 on: February 20, 2006, 02:41:07 pm »
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Attempting to connect to my WAP, I time out before the connection is established.   

I see in Maslovsky's FAQ for the 1.22 ROM that I should edit the etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file to only show my card (an AmbiCom WL1100C-CF).

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Q: How to I get my wireless card to be recognised?
A: Check entry for your card in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file. Get details of your card with cardctl ident command. You can remove entries for all other cards so they don't get in your way. Also remember that you need to restart pcmcia after editing config file (/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart)

Question is, should I comment out the others or remove them from the list entirely?
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... And what utility should I use to edit this file? I tried vi on the console, used it to remove all the other cards, and nothing happened. The entries all reappeared after I restarted. Detailed instructions would be appreciated ...  
« Last Edit: February 20, 2006, 02:41:39 pm by brashley46 »
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Handheld: C860 running CACkO 1.23, with a Panasonic Class 2 1G SD card and a GXT 1G CF card; AmbiCom WL1100C-CF wifi card, and a CE-AG06 camera card.

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« Reply #2 on: February 24, 2006, 12:54:07 am »
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Attempting to connect to my WAP, I time out before the connection is established.   

I see in Maslovsky's FAQ for the 1.22 ROM that I should edit the etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file to only show my card (an AmbiCom WL1100C-CF).

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Q: How to I get my wireless card to be recognised?
A: Check entry for your card in /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file. Get details of your card with cardctl ident command. You can remove entries for all other cards so they don't get in your way. Also remember that you need to restart pcmcia after editing config file (/etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia restart)

Question is, should I comment out the others or remove them from the list entirely?
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=115168\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]
... And what utility should I use to edit this file? I tried vi on the console, used it to remove all the other cards, and nothing happened. The entries all reappeared after I restarted. Detailed instructions would be appreciated ...  
[div align=\"right\"][a href=\"index.php?act=findpost&pid=115469\"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a][/div]

Okay, I figured out how to use Midnight Commander on the file. I've removed every card description but the Ambicom, and restarted pcmcia as root (because doing it as user didn't work). I still can't detect my home WAP.

I guess I'll be posting my settings here this weekend and hoping somebody can make sense of 'em ...
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Handheld: C860 running CACkO 1.23, with a Panasonic Class 2 1G SD card and a GXT 1G CF card; AmbiCom WL1100C-CF wifi card, and a CE-AG06 camera card.

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« Reply #3 on: February 24, 2006, 07:10:31 pm »
So: My /home/etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf file looks like this:
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device"hostap_cs"
 Â  class "hostap" module "hostap", "hostap_cs", "hostap_crypt_wep"

card "Ambicon WL1100C 802.11b CF--card"
 Â  version "AmbiCom", "W1100C 802.11b CF--Card", "2.2"
#   manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
 Â  bind "Hostap_cs"

# Optional configuration parameters for hostap_cs.o
# module "hostap_cs" opts "channel=3 iw_mode=3 essid=test ignore_cis_vcc=0"
# module "hostap_cs" opts "dev_template+eth%d"
 Â                                                                        /..

cardctl ident yields:
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Socket 0:
 Â product info:"AmbiCom", "WL1100C 802.11b CF--Card", "2.2"
 Â manfid: 0xd601, 0x0002
 Â function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
 Â no product info available

And I'm still not connecting.
« Last Edit: February 24, 2006, 07:11:43 pm by brashley46 »
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Handheld: C860 running CACkO 1.23, with a Panasonic Class 2 1G SD card and a GXT 1G CF card; AmbiCom WL1100C-CF wifi card, and a CE-AG06 camera card.