wireless PCMCIA card (Microsoft MN520)
Hello list. I just got a Microsoft wireless adapter MN520
with the corresponding base (I don't remember the model). I am trying to
set it up with encryption (actually, I didn't try without it).
I compiled the linux-wlan package from http://www.linux-wlan.com
(version 0.2.1-pre9).
I am not sure if I need the wireless_tools package (I compiled version
26).
My linux kernel is 2.4.22 which I recompiled with PCMCIA support.
I understand that the parameters are suposed to
be set in /etc/network/interfaces in Debian, here is mine
# /etc/network/interfaces
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless_channel 6
wireless_enc on
wireless_mode Managed
wireless_essid sicilia
wireless_key 5c158829f44a7f02dda1fab1cb
# or is it: wireless_key 5c:15:88:29:f4:4a:7f:02:dd:a1:fa:b1:cb ??
and the output of the ifup command:
root@localhost:~# ifup wlan0
Continuing at if-pre-up
++ LASTLOCN=if-pre-up
++ export LASTLOCN
++ LOCATION=if-pre-up
++ export LOCATION
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools exited with return
code 251
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Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:50:f2:cf:0d:23
Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:50:f2:cf:0d:23
Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
what worries me is the error "SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not
implemented." I would like to know if it is a configuration problem or
is something more complicated than that. Do any of you guys have
experience with this kind of card?
Any comments/suggestions are welcome.
Thanks a lot!
Mariano
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