Hi, It must be a simple question for the one who knows. I'm trying to get my D-Link 650+ PCMCIA wireless card to work. I think I have read all the relevant docs, but still can't figure it out.
I have built and installed linux-wlan-ng under unstable. Compiled everything from source, both the kernel (2.4.22) and the linux-wlan-ng modules. Everything seems in order. When I stick the card into the slot, I get the following in dmesg: cs: cb_alloc(bus 3): vendor 0x104c, device 0x8400 PCI: Enabling device 03:00.0 (0000 -> 0003) lspci seems to return the sensible info: 02:09.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02) 03:00.0 Network controller: Texas Instruments ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface and cardctl ident also makes sense: Socket 0: product info: "Wireless Network CardBus PC Card", "Global", "", "" manfid: 0x0097, 0x8402 function: 6 (network) Now, I added the following to my /etc/network/interafces file: iface wlan0 inet dhcp wireless_mode managed Here is what I get when I run ifup wlan0 # ifup wlan0 wlanctl-ng: No such device Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 . run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng-pre-up exited with return code 1 Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device. run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wireless-tools exited with return code 251 Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.1rc11 Copyright 1995-2002 Internet Software Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP SIOCSIFADDR: No such device wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device Bind socket to interface: No such device I definitely recognize the latter portion as my dchp3-client output. What is the "Failed to enable the device, exitcode= 1 ." error about? Have I failed to compile some modules? I have the following relevant options in the kernel: CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y CONFIG_HERMES=m CONFIG_PCMCIA_HERMES=m CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA=y CONFIG_NET_PCMCIA_RADIO=y The two HERMES modules are never loaded. Is there anything else I'm missing? I have to confess that I am a newbie in wireless matters. I'm trying to ifup wlan0 in the absence of any signal. Maybe this is what I should get and maybe things will look different when I have an access point to use. Please let me know if you know. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance, Alex -- Alexander Roitman http://ebner.neuroscience.umn.edu/people/alex.html Dept. of Neuroscience, Lions Research Building 2001 6th Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455 Tel (612) 625-7566 FAX (612) 626-9201
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