Re: Netgear wg511, 2.6/Sarge - weird?
Rusty Carruth a écrit :
> I got a lot of helpful replies from folks, I'll use the last one as the
> pulpit from
> which I'll speak ;-)
>
> Thanks to all for their help, here's what I've found:
>
>
> Jordan Smith wrote:
>
>> I was running this card on Sarge when it was still Testing. Did you
>> install the wireless-tools package?
>>
>>
>
> Yep.
>
>> If so, do an iwconfig and see if the card is detected with wireless
>> extensions.
>>
>> If you see wireless extensions in the output, try an "iwlist
>> eth1(interface) scan" to see if it picks up the AP
>>
>> If the card is up and the module loaded then the green light should be
>> on. When the interface is routing traffic, the yellow light will be
>> flashing.
>> Also, you might try a lsmod to see if the prism54 and the Yenta modules
>> are loaded before you scan.
>>
> # iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 NOT READY! ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Channel:6 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
> Tx-Power=31 dBm Sensitivity=0/200
> Retry min limit:0 RTS thr=0 B Fragment thr=0 B
> Encryption key:off
> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> eth2 no wireless extensions.
>
> sit0 no wireless extensions.
>
> doclap:~# lsmod|egrep prism
> prism54 54812 0
> firmware_class 10176 1 prism54
It can be a hotplug problem. Do you have the firmware located in
/usr/lib/hotplug/firmware directory ?
What is written in the logs ?
kernel: Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
kernel: eth0: resetting device...
kernel: eth0: uploading firmware...
kernel: eth0: firmware version: 1.0.4.3
kernel: eth0: firmware upload complete
kernel: eth0: interface reset complete
> doclap:~# iwlist eth1(interface) scan
> -su: syntax error near unexpected token `('
> doclap:~# iwlist 'eth1(interface)' scan
> eth1(interface) Interface doesn't support scanning.
>
> doclap:~# iwlist 'eth1' scan
> eth1 No scan results
> doclap:~# iwlist 'eth1' scan
> eth1 No scan results
> doclap:~# lsmod|egrep -i yenta
> yenta_socket 21728 1
> pcmcia_core 70868 2 ds,yenta_socket
> doclap:~#
>
> During all the above the green light never let a peep of greenness out.
>
> Now, do remember that I don't have an AP here - I'll have to go try the
> things that require an AP handy somewhere that has one.
>
> one thing thats not very helpful (in addition to the fact that the vendors
> like to switch parts inside without ANY way for folks to tell!), is that
> the card itself has NO information about what's inside, and in fact
> doesn't even say where it was made! (Jochen asked where it was
> made - there's no hint at all. All it says is the usual 'This device
> complies ...blah...blah...blah", then FCC ID: PY3WG511, and
> Canada ID: 4054A-WG511, then the MAC address (00:09:5b:45:51:aa)
> and serial (WG51A33AH021946). thats all on the back. On
> the front is even less useful info :-)
>
> So, what I need to do, it appears, is get next to a REAL AP and
> see what happens when I do the above iwlist eth1 scan...
>
> I'll report back when I finally get a chance to do that.
>
> Thanks again to all who responded! (That iwlist thing I've not seen
> before, and I can tell you I've been looking!)
>
> Oh - Will asked what kernel I was running. Its 2.6.8-2-686
> (I'd not heard about iwconfig to monitor mode either, so that's something
> else for me to try, if I remember)
>
> rc
>
>
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Flo
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