Re: Hotplug with Netgear WG511 Confusion
Sorry for the top post, but I neglected to mention I'm using kernel-image-2.6.7-1-686.
Pete
On Tue, 03 Aug 2004 21:34:37 +1000
"Peter A. Cole" <peteracole@bigpond.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm now completely confused by hotplug, pcmcia-cs, and how on earth to get my WG511 up automatically by either plugging it in while my laptop is running or when it is booting if it's already plugged in.
>
> I have successfully gotten my docking station's 3Com card working in this fashion as well as my Xircom 10/100 + 56K modem.
>
> However, all attempts at getting my Netgear WG511 to load automatically have failed.
>
> The only way I can get it to go is manually ifconfig eth0 up, then ifconfig eth0 down, then ifrename to give it the correct logical if name (ethwg5110), then ifconfig ethwg5110 up followed by iwconfig ethwg5110 essid mode enc and then, finally dhclient ethwg5110.
>
> Once I do this, it works like a charm.
>
> I have Googled, read the Debian reference, found what I could in /usr/share/doc, and am now even more confused than I was to begin with...
>
> Anyway, here's what I've done:
>
> Created /etc/iftab and added the following lines (using my real MAC addresses of course which I've triple checked):
>
> eth3com0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> ethxirc0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
> ethwg5110 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
>
> Edited /etc/network/interfaces and made it look like this (once again I've triple checked my essid and key are correct):
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> mapping hotplug
> script echo
>
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> iface eth3com0 inet dhcp
>
> iface ethxirc0 inet dhcp
>
> iface ethwg5110 inet dhcp
> wireless-essid MY_ESSID
> wireless-mode Managed
> wireless-channel 11
> wireless-key XXXXXXXXXX
>
> I've also added the following three lines to the top of my /etc/modprobe.d/aliases file:
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> alias eth3com0 3c59x
> alias ethxirc0 xirc2ps_cs
> alias ethwg5110 prism54
>
> When I boot with my laptop in the docking station, my 3Com card appears as eth3com0 with a DHCP allocated address.
>
> If I plug in my Xircom card, it appears as ethxirc0 with a DHCP allocated address.
>
> If I plug in my Netgear WG511 card, the modules prism54 and firmware_class get loaded, and that's it. If I run iwconfig, it shows up as eth0, not ethwg5110 as it should do when ifrename has been run.
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> I also can't seem to find how to enable hotplug logging so I can see what's going on.
>
> This is all on a Dell Latitude CPi (old but works ok) with Debian Sarge. I try to keep Sarge as up to date as I can, and I think my last update was only a day or two ago at the most.
>
> I have the packages "hotplug", "wireless-tools", "ifupdown", "ifrename", and "pcmcia-cs" installed. I tried removing pcmcia-cs in case it was conflicting or something, but all that did was stop the Xircom from working.
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> Does anyone have any pointers where I can go from here?
>
> Pete
>
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