Re: usb wlan wont find or connect to network

Hi Rohan,

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004, Rohan Mitchell wrote:

> Hi,
> I have a USB key adapter made by excel, which i believe to be a rebranded version of this (http://www.cameo.com.tw/products/html/wireless/wlb-1403.htm). USB vid/pid is  0x3eb/0x7613.
> It is picked up by the driver (at76c505-rfmd2958, cvs version 0.12beta6), and the interface wlan0 is created. However, it appears not to be able to join other networks. The log below shows trying to connect to an adhoc network, after setting:
> iwconfig wlan0 essid tom mode ad-hoc
> ifconfig wlan0 10.1.1.2
>
> Feb  9 14:39:13 slowpoke kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 5
> Feb  9 14:39:13 slowpoke kernel: at76c503-fw_skel.c: using compiled-in firmware
> Feb  9 14:39:13 slowpoke kernel: at76c503.c: wlan%%d: state 9 -> 9 (INTFW_DOWNLOAD)
> Feb  9 14:39:14 slowpoke kernel: at76c503.c: wlan%%d: state 9 -> 10 (EXTFW_DOWNLOAD)
> Feb  9 14:39:16 slowpoke kernel: usb.c: ignoring set_interface for dev 5, iface 0, alt 0
> Feb  9 14:39:16 slowpoke kernel: at76c503.c: wlan%%d: state 10 -> 0 (INIT)
> Feb  9 14:39:16 slowpoke kernel: at76c503.c: $Id: at76c503.c,v 1.42 2004/01/10 20:31:17 jal2 Exp $ compiled Feb  9 2004 13:16:20
> Feb  9 14:39:16 slowpoke kernel: at76c503.c: firmware version 0.90.0 #44 (fcs_len 4)

could you please post the output of lsmod; this doesn't seem to be the
at76c505-rfmd2958.c module, as the firmware version of it is 1.101.0-86.
0.90.0 #44 looks more like *i386[13].c jumped in here ...

> Also, on the webpage, it is mentioned that  there is no monitor support because of firmware limitations.
> Are these addressable by this driver, or does atmel control the
> firmware?

Atmel does supply the firmware in binary-only form.

/Jörg