On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 12:26:32AM -0500, Emma Jane Hogbin wrote: > Hey all: > > I'm trying to get my wireless card working (Orinoco built-in mini card).
I have a similar card (from IBM, but it's still lucent). > I've had some people suggest that I need to take PCMCIA support out of the > kernel. (Ok, done.) But it still doesn't seem to be working.... > > Under Network-device support I've moved everything to module instead of > support compiled in. Do I need to remove the modules as well? Tonight I > installed > > ifconfig shows no wlan (only eth0 and lo). What about ifconfig -a Are you actually assigning an address to the card? Look in /etc/network/interfaces > > I've got the following in my wireless.opts config file: > # updated according to > # http://danplanet.com/dell_3800.html > *,*,*,*) > ESSID="linksys" > mode="Ad-Hoc" > DHCP="y" > NICKNAME="debian" > ;; > > The ESSID is what the router broadcasts as (not sure of how to say that, > but basically it's the default name for the router). (Once I get > everything working I'm going to change it to a cooler name.) I didn't have to change anything in wireless.opts > > lsmod shows: > debian:/usr/src/linux# lsmod > Module Size Used by Tainted: P > NVdriver 1065088 11 > orinoco 29224 0 (unused) > hermes 3332 0 [orinoco] > ds 6472 3 > i82365 21240 3 > pcmcia_core 41184 0 [ds i82365] > sg 23292 0 (unused) > sr_mod 12688 0 (unused) > loop 7832 0 (unused) I think you need another module. I have orinoco_cs module loaded, too. You can try manually loading it (modprobe orinoco_cs). See what dmesg says after you do that. > > > > debian:/usr/src/linux# cardctl info > PRODID_1="Lucent Technologies" > PRODID_2="WaveLAN/IEEE" > PRODID_3="Version 01.01" > PRODID_4="" > MANFID=0156,0002 > FUNCID=6 > PRODID_1="" > PRODID_2="" > PRODID_3="" > PRODID_4="" > MANFID=0000,0000 > FUNCID=255 > PRODID_1="O2Micro" > PRODID_2="SmartCardBus Reader" > PRODID_3="V1.0" > PRODID_4="" > MANFID=ffff,0001 > FUNCID=255 > > > > /etc/pcmcia/config has the following listed: > card "Lucent Technologies WaveLAN/IEEE Adapter" > version "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/IEEE" > bind "orinoco_cs" > > card "Lucent Technologies WaveLAN Adapter" > version "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/PCMCIA" > bind "wavelan_cs" > > # Added by request of Nuno > card "Lucent Adapter" > manfid 0x156, 0x0002 > bind "orinoco_cs" > > I can ping the router when I'm plugged in (it's a linksys 4-port > wired/wireless router), but I can't ping the router when I'm using > wireless (d'uh?). > > I'm not sure what else to check. :( I can only assume the router works as > it's brand new and my lap top can see it from windows. Unfortunately I > think I have the wrong windows driver (I'm running 2000, and I have the XP > driver) and I can't actually connect to the internet using my laptop > (although I can see the router I can't ping it). Unfortunately Acer's > solution is to wipe the harddrive and install XP to see if it's a driver > problem...my answer to that is, "hmm, no." > > Any more tips etc would be greatly appreciated. > > emma > > -- > Emma Jane Hogbin > [[ 416 417 2868 ][ www.xtrinsic.com ]] > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
