wifi setup help

[b2bpro]

(sorry - i posted in the accessories area but didn\'t get a reply so I thought I\'d post here)

Can someone point me to a how to or something for setting up a wireless connection.

I just got a wireless router at home and a linksys CF wireless card (wcf12). I have an 860.  I tried connecting with tkc 2.5.1 but it didn\'t work so I just installed the latest cacko rom. I have searched the forums and couldn\'t find a step by step process for connecting. (the howto on this site under the c7x0 doesn\'t actually apply to the c7x0 series.)

I have created an entry in the network applet , set to \"Infrastructure\" and I set the ess-id to the same as my router.  wep is disabled.  I didn\'t change anything else in the setup.

I understand that at this point I should see a globe in the applet bar, but there is nothing there.  If I try to run netfront it suggests that I connect, but when I try it says that it \"cannot find the device card for communication\".  Is there something I can do to see if the card is even recognized by the z.  Should i install anything (I haven\'t installed anything after flashing cacko) do I need kismet or something?

Thanks

[zbones]

If you have a network connection setup, when the wireless card is inserted then you should get the globe on the status bar.

Are you sure the card is fully inserted? did any lights on the card flash when the card is inserted?

If this is not happening then the zaurus does not recognise your card.

Is the card mention in the little cf icon on the status bar?

Try going to a konsole, insert the card, and type \"dmesg\", post any output here.

Peter

[b2bpro]

When I insert the wifi card, the light on the card goes on steady.  Nothing new shows up in the applet bar and the little icon used to eject sd and cf cards does not refer to the wifi card.

(by the way, I went back to tkcrom 2.5.1 and installed all the packages from proto\'s feed)

the output of dmesg is as follows:

Linux version 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix-021129 (sash@sash) (gcc version 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #1 çâž, 11 ¢× 2003 00:01:53 +0000
CPU: Intel XScale-PXA255 revision 6
Machine: SHARP Shepherd
Converting old-style param struct to taglist
Memory clock: 99.53MHz (*27)
Run Mode clock: 199.07MHz (*2)
Turbo Mode clock: 398.13MHz (*2.0, active)
Security risk: creating user accessible mapping for 0x08000000 at 0xf1000000
On node 0 totalpages: 16384
zone(0): 16384 pages.
zone(1): 0 pages.
zone(2): 0 pages.
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0 root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sharpsl-nand:7168k@0k(smf),25600k@7168k(root),-(home) jffs2_orphaned_inodes=delete LOGO=1 LAUNCH=q
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Calibrating delay loop... 397.31 BogoMIPS
Memory: 64MB = 64MB total
Memory: 62012KB available (1825K code, 520K data, 108K init)
Dentry-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 3, 32768 bytes)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
Buffer-cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Page-cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
Initializing RT netlink socket
RCSR = 2
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x02 (Driver version 1.14)
FCS : CCCR = 161
batok installed
Starting kswapd
JFFS2 version 2.1. © 2001, 2002 Red Hat, Inc., designed by Axis Communications AB.
reset resolution unkown => 480x640
Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 80x30
fb0: W100FB frame buffer device
keyboard initilaized.
pty: 256 Unix98 ptys configured
Serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with no serial options enabled
SharpSL serial driver version 5.05c (2001-07-08) with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8100000x (irq = 14) is a 16550A
ttyS01 at 0xf8700000x (irq = 12) is a 16550A, using IRDA
ttyS02 at 0xf8200000x (irq = 13) is a 16550A
rs_init: IRDA H/W initializaion
sharpled_init: done.
corgi remote controller
Cotulla Real Time Clock driver v1.00
Cotulla Touch Screen driver initialized
block: 128 slots per queue, batch=32
RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 8192K size 1024 blocksize
Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31
ide: Assuming 50MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
PPP generic driver version 2.4.1
PPP BSD Compression module registered
ide_cs.c 1.26 1999/11/16 02:10:49 (David Hinds)
Corgi audio driver initialize
Sharp SL series flash device: 1000000 at 0
Using static partision definition
Creating 1 MTD partitions on \"sharpsl-flash\":
0x00120000-0x007f0000 : \"Filesystem\"
NAND device: Manufacture ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0x79 (Samsung K9D1G08V0M)
Creating 3 MTD partitions on \"Samsung K9D1G08V0M\":
0x00000000-0x00700000 : \"smf\"
0x00700000-0x02000000 : \"root\"
0x02000000-0x08000000 : \"home\"
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
  options:  [pm]
Intel PXA250/210 PCMCIA (CS release 3.1.22)
pxa_pcmcia_init(0)
pxa_pcmcia_init(1)
orinoco.c 0.12 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
hermes.c: 7 Jun 2002 David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
orinoco_cs.c 0.12 (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
spectrum_cs.c 0.3.4
Backlight Driver Initialized.
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
IP: routing cache hash table of 512 buckets, 4Kbytes
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 4096 bind 4096)
NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0.
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.95 © 1998-1999 Rebel.com
IrCOMM protocol (Dag Brattli)
cramfs: wrong magic
FAT: bogus logical sector size 381
VFS: Mounted root (jffs2 filesystem) readonly.
Freeing init memory: 108K
Inode #3349 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3112 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #2616 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3156 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #2659 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #2683 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3749 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #4021 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3053 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #4034 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #4168 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3751 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3753 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3755 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3756 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3757 was a directory with children - removing those too...
Inode #3301 was a directory with children - removing those too...
[SD]-clustsize = 4000
Partition check:
 mmcda: mmcda1
SD Driver Initialized.
sharp_mmcsd 0.21 27 Sep 2002
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Can\'t find ext2 filesystem on dev mmcd(60,1).
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
cramfs: wrong magic
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Can\'t find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device 3c:01.
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
EXT2-fs: Unrecognized mount option noatimei
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
cramfs: wrong magic
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Can\'t find a Minix or Minix V2 filesystem on device 3c:01.
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
 mmcda: mmcda1
MSDOS FS: IO charset utf8
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
 mmcda: mmcda1
VFS: Disk change detected on device mmcd(60,1)
VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
 mmcda: mmcda1
usbdm: usbd_monitor 0.3 035 2002-06-12 20:00
monitor_connected: 1
monitor_load: 
monitor_hotplug: agent: usbd interface: monitor action: load
usbdcore: usbdcore 0.1 035 2002-06-12 20:00 (dbg=\"\")
net_fd 0.1 035 2002-06-12 20:00 (dbg=\"\",alwaysup=0,OUT=64,IN=64)
vendorID: 4dd productID: 9031
pxa_bi 0.1-alpha 035 2002-06-12 20:00 (dbg=\"\")
bi_modinit: call udc_startup_events
bi_device_event: call udc_enable
bi_device_event: call udc_all_interrupts
monitor_modinit: finished
BlueZ Core ver 2.3 Copyright © 2000,2001 Qualcomm Inc
Written 2000,2001 by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
BlueZ L2CAP ver 2.3 Copyright © 2000,2001 Qualcomm Inc
Written 2000,2001 by Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
BlueZ RFCOMM ver 1.0
Copyright © 2002 Maxim Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com>
Copyright © 2002 Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>

[zbones]

The light should flash briefly and then go off, until you try to connect.

The fact hat this isn\'t happening suggest to me that the card is not being recognised properly.

I don\'t have one of these cards so don\'t know if it is recognised \"out of the box\" or if you have to edit /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf.

The dmesg output does not appear to show anything coresponding to the wifi card being inserted ?

It looks like a standard boot to me.

This is what I get from dmesg when inseting my card, it is a different card, but gives you an idea.

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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 39, io 0xf6000000-0xf600003f

hfa384x_corereset: hfa384x_corereset not supported on pcmcia. Use

driver services COR access function instead

ident: nic h/w: id=0x800c 1.0.0

ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.0.5

ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 1.3.4

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=1/3

STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/9

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: 200105150001

pxa_pcmcia_suspend(0)

Try it again, run dmesg, insert the card, run dmesg again and see if anything has been added to the output from the previous dmesg when the card is inserted, you should get something.

Also, what does cardctl ident give you when the card is plugged in?
does the \"manfid\" or the \"product info\" strings from the above command exist in the file /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf?

Peter

[b2bpro]

The problem was that the card was not recognized.  I changed the entry in the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf for my card, rebooted and now it all works.  I\'m connected.

Whoo hooo.

Thanks for the help zbones.

[zbones]

excellent,

happy surfing.

Peter.

[teharris]

The problem was that the card was not recognized. I changed the entry in the /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf for my card, rebooted and now it all works. I\'m connected.  

I am having the same problem you described on my 860 with the Linksys WCF12.  What did you put in your wlan-ng.conf?  I have tried everything I can think of.  It currently reads:
card \"Linksys WCF12 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card\"
  version \"Linksys\", \"Wireless Compact Flash Card\", \"\", \"\"
  bind \"prism2_cs\"

When I run \"cardctl indent\" I get:

Socket 0:
  product info \"\"Linksys\", \"Wireless CompactFlash Card\", \"\", \"\"
  manfid: 0x028a, 0x0673
  function: 6 (network)

When I insert the card I get no messages in dmesg that the card was inserted.  When I run \"cardctl status\" I get:
Socket 0:
  3.3V 16-bit PC Card
  function 0: [ready]

Thanks.

[doseas]

Try the version line without the two trailing null strings.

[teharris]

Good news for me!  I am using my Linksys card on my s870 right now.  Here is what I added to my wlan-ng.conf file :

card \"Linksys WCF12 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card\"
  manfid 0x028a, 0x0673
  bind \"prism2_cs\"  

I added this as the first card, restarted the system and Yahoo!    

--------------------
teharris
c860  Cacko ROM
PNY 256MB SD,  Scandisk 64 MB CF,  Li
nksys WCF12 WiFi, Socket 10/100 CF Ethernet

[Anonymous]

Wow, an 870! My 860 is already out-dated, heh. Glad you got it figured out.  I\'m having a problem, too.  I think my card is recognized (it shows up on dmesg and cf applet), but the network applet won\'t work with it.  It always says \"connection was failed.\"  I can manually establish a wifi connection, but it would be more convenient to use the network applet.  I\'m using a low-power socket 802.11b card.  Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Yes, thats it, there is an entry in wlan-ng.conf but its incorrect. (just installed today\'s latest Cecko ROM)
It reads:

card \"Linksys WCF12 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card (Prism3)\"
version \"Linksys\", \"Wireless CompactFlash Card\", \"\", \"\"
manfid 0x028a, 0x0673
bind \"prism2_cs\"

After commenting out the version line the card is recognized.

[jrsjkd]

Ive had the same problems.  After searching the forums and reading the fixes to the wlan-ng.conf file...some how i came away with commenting the manfid ID line.

Thats been working for me, I left the version line alone.

[Anonymous]

Thanks, working well now.

[choonhow]

Hi all,

I am currently using Cacko ROM (the latest one) and I am trying to setup wifi with a linksys WCF11 . I had used the network applet to setup the connection, but everytime I use Netfront to access a website, there will be an error msg saying \"DNS server not found\".

As I have absolutely no knowledge of Linux, can anyone kindly post a step by step instructions on how to edit the lines on the wlan-ng.conf file??

Greatly appreciate the help.

Thanks.

choonhow.

[zaai]

You shouldn\'t need to edit wlan-ng.conf. There is an entry in if for the WCF11 so that card should be detected.
Can you show us the output of dmesg (run in konsole from the command line).