Re: Linux 2.6.4 and 3Com 3CRSHPW196

Dave Lancaster wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Support seems to be built into the kernel OK and everything looks good.
> When I insert the card dmesg shows...
> 
> eth1: Atmel at76c50x wireless. Version 0.91 simon-xn1N/tgparsycpQjotevgVpr/1R2p/[email protected]
> eth1: 3com 3CRSHPW_96 index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 11, io 0x0100-0x011f
> 
> However, as soon as I do an "ifconfig eth0 up" the light goes off on the
> card and "cat /proc/driver/atmel" returns:
> 
> Driver version:         0.91
> Firmware version:       4.1 build 13
> Firmware location:      atmel_at76c502_3com-wpa.bin loaded by hotplug
> MAC memory type:        EEPROM
> Regulatory domain:      Japan (MKK1)
> Host CRC checking:      Off
> WPA-capable firmware:   Yes
> Current state:          Scanning
> 
> and "iwconfig eth0" gives me:
> 
> eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  
-----------------------------------^
>           Mode:Managed  Channel:4  Access Point: FF:00:00:00:00:00  
>           Bit Rate:11Mb/s   
>           Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
>  
> Thats as far as I can get, it seems to sit on scanning with the light
> off on the card (and no sign of activity logged on the AP). I saw a
> similar post on this mailing list which suggested an upgrade to 2.6.3
> could fix a similar issue on another 3Com card however I have teh same
> problem with 2.6.3 and 2.6.4.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
>
You need to set an ESSID. If you don't know the ESSID of your AP then 
"any" will connect to anything. Every distro seems to have a different 
way to set up this stuff, but in the end all the configuration systems 
will be issuing the command

iwconfig eth0 essid any


HTH

Simon.

> Thanks
> 
> Dave
> 
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