Re: Problems with SMC 2662W

Hi Lars,

On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, Lars Clausen wrote:

>
> Hi!
>
> I'm trying to get my SMC2662W wireless usb to work with kernel 2.6.2, but
> I'm having a lot of trouble.
>
> Some background:  I've used this adapter with an earlier Debian
> installation, kernel 2.4.18 or so, using the usbvnetr drivers from the
> atmelwlan package.  Tried doing the same on a new SuSE and new hardware,
> but kept having the machine hang, even after turning off usb-uhci.  Finally
> upgraded to 2.6.2, which seems stable.  I'm writing this from the Windows
> side of my box, so the adapter still works.
>
> I've managed to get the usb.agent to recognize the driver by adding a line
> to /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap.  However, when I plug in the adapter, the
> hotplug output shows that it finds the device and then writes the usb
> interface name to /var/run/hotplug/net, from where it is never picked up.
> I'm not sure where to poke to get it picked up, hotplug network is turned
> on, the drivers mentioned in the net list for it.
>
> But that's just half the battle.  When I try to start the connection by
> hand, using ifup wlan-usb, it says "Interface 'wlan' is not available",
> even though iwconfig and ifconfig show nothing but lo.  What could cause
> this?

This looks more like some problems with hotplug and SuSE.
You didn't say which SuSE version, are you sure you've got all tools
(hotplug, modutils) for a 2.6.x kernel (check Documentation/Changes)?

Does a manual run succeed?

	- make ; make install
	/plug the device in/
	- modprobe at76c503-rfmd-acc
	/check if you see the MAC address in syslog/
	- iwconfig wlan0
	/any output?/

If not, please post relevant parts of your syslog.

/Jörg