Senao CF Wireless cards - NL-2511CF Mercury + SL5500

[craiggc]

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Senao

Has anyone got this card to work ?

i have a 5500 with a sharp 3.10 Rom

the card isnt recognised at all when its connected - no lights etc.

cardctl status gives :-

\"WLAN\", \"11Mbps_PC_Card_3.0\", \"ISL37100P\", \"Eval-RevA\"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7100
function: 6 (network)

i have tried adding this to the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf files but with no joy.

can anyone give me detailed instructions on getting this working ??
(if not its going back on ebay)

cheers

[craiggc]

I found the following on the site :- dushka.co.uk - many thanks to the site author Icewing for posting the solution.

repeated here as its a registration only article on the site
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Getting the Senao NL-2511CF 802.11b wireless card working on the Zaurus

Sharp Zaurus ROM 3.1

   1. Plug in the card, type cardctl ident
   2. You should get a bit of info for Socket 0. Copy down the \"product info:\" text (\"WLAN\", \"11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0\", \"ISL37100P\", \"Eval-RevA\" for my card)
   3. Edit the file /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf and add the following...
         1. card \"Some description\"
         2. version the product info text you copied above
         3. bind \"prism2_cs\"
   4. Save the file unplug the card and reboot. The card should be recognised when you plug it in. You will then be able to set up networking as normal.

OpenZaurus

   1. Plug in the card, type cardctl ident
   2. You should get a bit of info for Socket 0. Copy this down as before
   3. Copy down the manfid field as well
   4. Edit the file /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf and add the following...
         1. card \"Some description\"
         2. version the product info text you copied above
         3. manfid the two hex numbers plus the comma
         4. bind \"hostap_cs\"
   5. Save the file and restart.
   6. If you have trouble getting WEP working, you will need to add hostap_crypt_wep to /etc/modules
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works fine for me

cheers Icewing !!

[missyvortex]

Just a note.
I tried for ages to get my Origo card (basically exactly the same) working with the information above and I have to say i was so frustrated until i spotted the tree mistakes in my file

i had manifid instead of manfid
and had manfid: instead of just manfid
the last mistake that took ages to find was  a _ where a - should have been in "11Mbps_PC-Card_3.0"

So if you can't get it to work then persevere and check for spelling mistakes, so easy to make and just one spoils it.

[pwilson]

Hi,

I was directed to this thread from Shirtpocket (.co.uk); just bought an Orego card from them ffor my SL5500.  

It all works fine on OZ, but not on any of the Sharp based ROMs that I've tried (Sharp 3.13, TKC, Cacko).  

Cardctl status gives me:

Socket 0:
  3.3V 16-bit PC Card [suspended]

After a cardctl insert dmesg gives

init_module: prism2_cs.o: 0.1.12-shp Loaded
init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs
prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 35, io 0xc5670000-0xc567003f
hfa384x_corereset: hfa384x_corereset not supported on pcmcia. Use driver services COR access function instead
ident: nic h/w: id=0x801b 1.0.0
ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.1
ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.8.0
MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=4/4
STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/14
PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x02:b/t=1/1
STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
Prism2 card SN: SN023027001\x0a
sa1100_pcmcia_suspend(0)

cardctl resume gives the same result.

Any ideas?  Thanks,

Paul

[cwaig]

Origo/Senao changed their cards a while ago (the mark 1 card worked out of the box with the Sharp ROM).

To make the current one work, add the following lines to /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf:

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card "Origo"
 manfid 0x000b,0x7100
 bind "prism2_cs"
Now reboot the Zaurus or restart the PCMCIA card services, insert your card and all will be peachy (tested on SharpROM v3.08).

the dmesg output that pwilson is seeing is fine - that's the output my working card gives on insertion...

[pwilson]

Duh!!!

I've  just realised that you have to actually "connect".  I thought it was a problem that the card was suspended!

Thanks anyway.

[omro]

I've just bought one of these cards and am using TKC and I've added the relevant line in the config, a status report says [ready].

How do I actually then connect this to a network? Hopefully not too dumb a question, probably is   I created an entry in the network application, but when I press the connect icon from the status bar, nothing shows up for that entry.

Thanks

[Zuber]

For those that are feeling real lazy, I've just updated the FAQ to include a file with the settings already in there for this card. So you can overwrite the existing one.

It does assume the cards all have the same ID, but so far that does seam to be the case.

Had a few customers struggling with it, so figured this might help...

http://www.shirtpocket.co.uk/spforum/index.php?showtopic=42

[omro]

I'm still not able to get this card to work :-(

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. I've followed the instruction  

[bernr]

 I had exactly the same problem after trying all variations mentioned above the one that worked for on Sharp os 3.10

being the last entry

card "Origo"
manfid 0x000b, 0x7100
bind "prism2_cs"

nothing else

[ensign]

Has anyone got the Senao/Origo WiFi Card working with Kismet on C860 running SHARP ROM. I get the dreaded "Can't connect to the server" error. I am able to surf the net on the Zaurus wirelessly with no problems. Thx.

[christopher]

I've followed all of the instructions in this thread and still can't get this card working - it is now driving me mental. I have a 5500 ROM 3.10. I don't know if it makes a difference, but I understand there are a few variants of this card in the wild, mine has a pink label. Has anybody managed to get this particular combination to work, if so how ? cardctl status says it is ready, but the device gives no indication whatsoever that it is present. Any help would be much appreciated.

[christopher]

Additionally to above, I have just flashed OZ 3.2 onto the machine and it at least recognises that the card is present - unfortunately it says it is an unsupported card. Apologies for newbishness, but I would like to get this working if possible.

[jag]

Chris, I too am having problems with this card, I've spent around 6 hours trying so far,

I get the following error in the dmesg log, which I'm not sure if  it's something I need to worry about :-

do11req_reset: the macaddress and setdefaultmib arguments are currently unsupported.

Jag

[jag]

 
I just changed my channel from 12 to 11 and it worked, looks like the card doesn't support > 11 channelid , or it's a setup somewhere on the Zaurus.

Now, I just need to get kismet working so I can find wifi hotspots..