Re: Activated pcmcia or wireless Card or both ...
On 1/11/06, David Andreoletti <david.andreoletti@gmail.com> wrote:
> 2006/1/11, Dave Patterson <sdpatt2@gmail.com>:
> > * David Andreoletti <david.andreoletti@gmail.com> [2006-01-11 13:03:28 +0100]:
> >
> > > Good morning,
> > >
> > > I have a laptop ACER Travelmate 4150 Lmi, i would like use my pcmcia
> > > port (ENE 712/4) with a netgear WG511T wireless pcmcia card.
> > > So I download and install latest kernel on debian.org ( via apt-get
> > > ).Currently I have kernel 2.6.15-1 who include madwifi module for
> > > WG511T card (madwifi driver), ieee8001module, yenta etc .. (see
> > > dmesg.txt )
> > > I insert my WG511T card and try to activate this one by :
> > > ifconfig ath0 up
> > > but system say me :
> > > ath0 doesn't exist !
> > >
> > > I have search on debian list and google without result
> >
> > Maybe it doesn't. Run:
> > sudo tail -f /var/log/messages
> >
> > as you insert and remove the card and note what happens during those
> > events,
> >
> > also, post ONLY the result of
> >
> > sudo iwconfig
> >
> > after you insert the card
> >
> > --
> > Regards, Dave
>
> I follow your recommandations and i get :
>
> when card is insert :
> >tail -f /var/log/messages
> Jan 11 15:51:00 england-laptop kernel: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
>
> when card is eject :
> >tail -f /var/log/messages
> Jan 11 15:51:16 england-laptop kernel: pccard: card ejected from slot 0
>
> iwconfig command say always (on insert and eject card) the same thing :
> >iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any
> Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
> Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm
> Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
> Encryption key:off
> Power Management: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.
>
> NB : eth1 is my centrino card ( module ipw2200)
> eth0 is my ethernet card (broadcom)
> eth2 is my firewire card (maybe ! I not really sure )
>
> There is no madwifi card ( ath0 or wlan0 ) detected.
>
>
I have a cheaper acer, the Aspire 3000. And I also have a netgear
wireless card. I had to use ndiswrapper with the winblows 2000 driver
to get the card to work. It works ok except, I cannot use tools like
kismet.
My card version is WG511 version 2. I believe that there are two
different chipsets for netgear cards.
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