Re: wireless

[Eddy Petrisor <eddy_petrisor@yahoo.com>]

Try a 2.6 kernel
The hw sopport is FAR better on 2.6

I am currently running 2.6.3 on a toshiba Satellite S1400
on  a system I have just installed yesterday and I must say
I only have to put all the pieces together


--- Karsten Römke <k.roemke@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> Hi!
> Some times ago, I asked for help in installing a wireless
> card.
> The card was broken - now I have a new one - by random
> the
> same card as before: belkin f5d6020g ver. 1.
> There was an offer at ebay, so I thought why not, cause
> this card should be supported by orinoco_cs and
> linux-wlan-ng.
> The card works under windows and it runs one time under
> orinoco_cs. - yes first not, then it runs (i don't know
> which kernel I tried :-) and then never again.
> I thought: maybe orinoco is not stable for the card and
> I need linux-wlan-ng. So I upgraded to testing and 
> installed kernel 2.4.25-1-586tsc and the linux-wlan-ng 
> package. I can't get it to work.
> The system comes up (pcmcia start) and I get the
> information
> appended below.
> 
> Some of the options in /etc/network/interfaces don't
> work, but
> the essid is set right.
> 
> When trying to ping I get the following message:
> p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to
> association, frame
> dropped
> 
> I can't find something on that error.
> 
> Any help would be nice again, I'm a little frustrated,
> first 
> card broken, second card bought according to list of
> supported
> cards and bad luck all time - and it is much time I
> invested.
> Why couldn't be there a card which I just insert and it
> says
> yes I will work for you :-)
> 
> Thanks 
>            karsten
> 
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services
> 3.1.22
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus]
> [pm]
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: PCI: Guessed IRQ 10 for
> device 00:03.0
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: PCI: Guessed IRQ 10 for
> device 00:03.1
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0818,
> PCI irq 10
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: Socket status: 30000006
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0818,
> PCI irq 10
> Jun 26 17:18:39 omni kernel: Socket status: 30000010
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni cardmgr[873]: watching 2 sockets
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni kernel: cs: IO port probe
> 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding
> 0x200-0x
> 207 0x220-0x22f 0x330-0x337 0x388-0x38f 0x400-0x40f
> 0x480-0x48f 0x4c0-0x4df
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni kernel: cs: IO port probe
> 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni kernel: cs: IO port probe
> 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni kernel: cs: IO port probe
> 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni cardmgr[874]: starting, version is
> 3.2.5
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni kernel: cs: memory probe
> 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: clean.
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni cardmgr[874]: socket 1: Belkin
> 11Mbps Wireless Notebook
> Net
> work Adapter
> Jun 26 17:18:40 omni cardmgr[874]: executing: 'modprobe
> prism2_cs'
> Jun 26 17:18:41 omni kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o:
> 0.2.0 Loaded
> Jun 26 17:18:41 omni kernel: init_module: dev_info is:
> prism2_cs
> Jun 26 17:18:41 omni kernel: prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc
> 5.0, irq 3, io
> 0x0100-0x
> 013f
> Jun 26 17:18:41 omni cardmgr[874]: executing: './wlan-ng
> start wlan0'
> Jun 26 17:18:42 omni net.agent[879]: Setting up IP
> spoofing protection:
> rp_filter.
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x8002
> 1.0.0
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15
> 0.3.0
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f
> 0.8.3
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=1/2
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/6
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel:
> STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni kernel: Prism2 card SN: 99SA01000000
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: + Error for wireless
> request "Set
> Mode" (8B06
> ) :
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: +     SET failed on
> device wlan0 ;
> Function not implemented.
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: + Error for wireless
> request "Set
> Frequency" (8B04) :
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: +     SET failed on
> device wlan0 ;
> Function not implemented.
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: + Error for wireless
> request "Set
> ESSID" (8B1A) :
> Jun 26 17:18:43 omni cardmgr[874]: +     SET failed on
> device wlan0 ;
> Function not implemented.
> 
> -- 
> email                                            
> k.roemke at gmx.de
>
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