Author Topic: New kernel for Orinico/Symbol/Socket users (Read 30750 times)

Laze · « **Reply #75 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:10:31 am »

jerrybme & Richjn - it all i need the kernel and the ipk from the link http://www.vanille.de/feed/sharp/ ?

Does your interfaces show up as eth0 or wlan0? I will try to install the Richjn kernel and try again - but i have tried many different version and each time i didn\'t get any wireless extensions until i installed the prism2.ipk drivers :-(

But i will try again.

Richjn · « **Reply #76 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:17:49 am »

Laze

eth0 for me.

Richard

Laze · « **Reply #77 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:21:22 am »

Okay - will try it now..

Im gonna be using the javab0y kernel - couldn\'t find a rar packager at work and don\'t want to install any thing on my brand new sparkling asus laptop yet :-)

jerrybme · « **Reply #78 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:37:08 am »

Laze-
eth0 for me too. Last week, when I was testing Sash\'s kernel against Richjn\'s, I was getting wireless extensions with Sash\'s kernel (iwconfig) that comes with the Qtopia ROM, but the monitoring mode wasn\'t available. I don\'t understand why you\'d need to install the prism2.ipk, weird. I\'ll try iwconfig on a clean install of Sash\'s ROM to see I can recreate that.
Cheers,
Jerry

Laze · « **Reply #79 on:** January 12, 2004, 08:39:18 am »

Just installed javab0y kernel and did a format of flash - iwconfig shows no wireless extensions and it shows up as eth0.

jerrybme · « **Reply #80 on:** January 12, 2004, 01:45:23 pm »

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Just installed javab0y kernel and did a format of flash - iwconfig shows no wireless extensions and it shows up as eth0.

Weird indeed, if I remember correctly (a BIG if) I was getting wireless extensions on with the default kernel even before I replaced it with Richjn\'s kernel and before I restored the backup of all the ipks I use on Qtopia.

Also remembered that I had to install an opie-ipkg package to allow opie ipks to install properly (not that it will help your current problem).

I\'ll try the fresh install tonight when I get home.

Jerry

Anonymous · « **Reply #81 on:** January 12, 2004, 02:42:07 pm »

According to http://www.kismetwireless.net/cards.shtml, the D-Link 660W should be usable through wlan-ng or requires the hostap drivers. I have a new kernel that will be released shortly with the hostap drivers compiled in...so this ultimately should work.

I would do a cardctl ident on your card and verify that its in your wlan-ng.conf file. That may make all the difference in the world. There are alot of threads on being sure the cardctl ident info is in your conf files, just do a search.

If this still does not work, I can try to get you the hostap version of my kernel.

Anonymous · « **Reply #82 on:** January 12, 2004, 02:49:46 pm »

Oh yeah...this link might help people identify what drivers are required for thier respective card.

http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html

Also...the link in the last posting I made at Kismet will show which cards have major problems running under Linux.

Finally, yes the stock kernel of C760 has wireless extensions on, but is very limited in which cards have modues that are compiled into the kernel. The specrtum/orinoco drivers in the stock kernel are very old and did not have the Snax monitor patches compiled in, and thus the reason I updated them. Also keep in mind they did not activate the Aironet or Wavelan drivers, which may hinder some users. Also, they did not include the hostap driver, which my new kernel will include.

Laze · « **Reply #83 on:** January 12, 2004, 05:52:15 pm »

Okay this i what i get when doing a cardctl ident:
Socket 0:
product info: \"INTERSIL\", \"HFA384x/IEEE\", \"Version 01.02\", \"\"
manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)

And the the card it \"popups\" as, take from the wlan-ng.conf:
card \"Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s 802.11b WLAN Card\"
version \"INTERSIL\", \"HFA384x/IEEE\"
bind \"prism2_cs\"

I still have no luck getting wireless extensions working - is that prism2_cs ok?

yzord · « **Reply #84 on:** January 12, 2004, 07:54:55 pm »

I\'ll throw in my two bits here - Wellenreiter is not working for me either (Linksys WCF12, Prism2_cs). iwconfig shows no wireless extensions. Unfortunately, while javab0y was kind enough to let me try out the new hostap compiled kernel, it still did not work.
I\'d love to know if _anyone_ has been able to get Wellenreiter working with a prism2 chipset wifi card.

Yz

Anonymous · « **Reply #85 on:** January 13, 2004, 12:43:19 am »

Laze,

You need to put that information in the wlanng.conf file, especially the part about:

manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002

yzord,

Did you do the same thing with the cardctl ident and be sure you try the values in wlanng.conf and if it doesn\'t work there, try it in the hostap.conf file?

Laze · « **Reply #86 on:** January 13, 2004, 06:09:19 am »

Okay inserted the manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002 on a new line after

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card "Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s 802.11b WLAN Card"

Still no wireless extensions :-( Any good suggenstions?

Laze · « **Reply #87 on:** January 14, 2004, 09:28:58 am »

Which drivers do your prism2 cards use - my uses \"prism2_cs\" but according to mike it has to use \"hostap_cs\" in order to work with Wellenreiter!

Anonymous · « **Reply #88 on:** January 14, 2004, 04:26:41 pm »

Laze,

PM me your email address and I will email you my kernel with hostap built into it.

yzord · « **Reply #89 on:** January 15, 2004, 12:00:46 am »

I put identical entries in both wlan-ng.conf and hostap.conf file, but it didnt work (values I got out of \"cardctl ident\"). I also tried changing the WCF12 entry in wlan-ng.conf (bind \"hostap_cs\") but this just made it such that the card wouldnt even get recognized.

Hope you have more luck than I have Laze...
Yz

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