Re: problems with driverloader on FC3 / Atheros chipset

Hi,

could you send the dump to [email protected], we will need that 
information in order to take a look at the problem.

Regards,


Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
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A.Lizard wrote:
> thanks for the hopefully forthcoming help... info below. dldrconfig 
> --dump output is available.
> 
> A.Lizard
> 
> The workstation transceiver is an Airlink AWLL4030 USB dongle using a 
> ar5523 chipset using the bare Windows driver available for that unit at 
> the Airlink site. The router is an Airlink AR420.
> 
> Here are the symptoms I've noticed in this session:
> 
> After boot:
> Eth1 (wireless channel) didn't come up.
> 
> No devices found in Linuxant webconfigurator
> 
> tried unplug-replug USB xcver. No apparent result.
> 
> /home/alizard/win/wine/eudora/network/airlink101/ar5523.bin
> 
> "All devices are licensed and configured.
> 
> To change license information or to modify advanced settings,
> click on [Settings] next to the device.
> 
> To add a new driver or update an existing one, click on [Upload
> Windows Driver].
> 
> (entered ifconfig and came up immediately)
> [root@terrarium ~]# ifconfig
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:C5:B3:CA:9E
>           inet addr:192.168.1.100  Bcast:255.255.255.255  M
> ask:255.255.255.0
>           inet6 addr: fe80::200:c5ff:feb3:ca9e/64 Scope:Lin
> k
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:
> 1
>           RX packets:51 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame
> :0
>           TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carri
> er:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:8280 (8.0 KiB)  TX bytes:8036 (7.8 KiB)
>           Interrupt:11 Base address:0xd000
> 
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:2E:88:11:9F
>           inet6 addr: fe80::20e:2eff:fe88:119f/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:
> 0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrie
> r:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> 
> lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
>           inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
>           inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>           UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
>           RX packets:16539 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:16539 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
>           RX bytes:22588049 (21.5 MiB)  TX bytes:22588049 (
>                            21.5 MiB)
> 
> [root@terrarium ~]# ps -A
> 
> note - I disabled firewall on router
> 
> [root@terrarium ~]# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth1      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"fnord"
> Nickname:"terrarium.localdomain"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point:
> 00:14:A5:80:C7:6A
>           Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality=94/94  Signal level=-31 dBm  Noise
> level=-154 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Hit save on opening router page without making changes on working
> link. Router is configured to accept remote management.
> 
> link appears open, but interface eth1 (wireless) suddenly went
> down - Intreface wifi says "no networks found"
> 
> system-control-network:
> Determining IP information for eth1...PING 192.168.1.1
> (192.168.1.1) from 192.168.1.102 eth1: 56(84) bytes of data.
> 
> --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss,
> time 2021ms
> , pipe 4
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