Re: at76c503 driver loads correct MAC, but no wlan0

On Nov 4, 2004, at 12:25 PM, BC Flyer wrote:

> Hi,
>    I'm trying to get the at76c503 driver to work with the NetGear 
> MA101RevB
> USB wireless transciever. I compiled and installed the driver on 
> Debian 3r3
> with kernel 2.4.19, and I can load the driver, and it prints out the 
> correct
> MAC address, but I don't have a wlan0 device.

MY BAD!!

It was a new install, and I mistakenly assumed that hotplug was already 
installed
because the USB devices were auto-detected. DOH!!

Installing hotplug and hotplug-utils fixed it right up!

Maybe this should go in the FAQ under the NOOB category:

Q: The at76c503 driver loads and finds the correct Mac Address, but no 
wlan0
      interface can be seen by ifconfig/iwconfig. What's wrong?

A: You forgot to install hotplug (doh!!)

Anyway, thanks to everyone involved with this project - it is WAY more 
straightforward
than the confusion that clouds the sourceforge driver.

Happy Wireless!!