Re: [leaf-wisp] Wireless

Vladimir Ivaschenko <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.leaf.wisp-dist
Message-ID <[email protected]>
I don't think it is the card. Most probably there is interrupt problem 
with your Ricoh.

Please send me output of /proc/interrupts

Andy Henckel wrote:
> Indeed... I have build Karlnet Flashrom units before, and I used the parts from one I hadn't put together. 
>  
> So I think it is a Richo based one.  
> It finds the card just fine.. but doesn't bring up the AP properly. 
> I am using the partition based installation 2426. 
> I tried one from your site.. 1.3.1p26 but it seems to have some differences.  1.3.1p26 would tell me a TX error all the time. 
> /start
>  root: ifup: Bringing up interface netcs0                                 x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: socket 0: Zcomax XI-325H 200mW                            x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: executing: 'modprobe hostap_crypt'                        x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory  x
>                            x kernel: hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'                        x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + Using /modules/hostap_crypt.o                           x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: executing: 'modprobe hostap_crypt_wep'                    x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory  x
>                            x kernel: hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'                         x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + Using /modules/hostap_crypt_wep.o                       x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: executing: 'modprobe hostap'                              x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory  x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + Using /modules/hostap.o                                 x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: executing: 'modprobe hostap_cs'                           x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + insmod: /lib/modules/2.4.20: No such file or directory
> kernel: hostap_cs: hostap_cs.c 0.0.0 2002-05-16 (SSH Communications Secu x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: (c) SSH Communications Security Corp <[email protected]>    x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + Using /modules/preferred/pcmcia/hostap_cs.o             x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)                             x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: CS_EVENT_CARD_INSERTION                               x
>                            x kernel: prism2_config()                                                  x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: setting Vcc=50 (from config)                          x
>                            x kernel: CISTPL_MANFID: 0xd601, 0x0005                                    x
>                            x kernel: Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)                       x
>                            x kernel: IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1                x
>                            x kernel: io->flags = 0x0046, io.base=0x0000, len=64                       x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 7, io 0x0100-0x013f          x
>                            x kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice netcs0                           x
>                            x kernel: prism2_hw_init()                                                 x
>                            x kernel: prism2_hw_config: initialized in 17306 iterations                x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: NIC: id=0x800c v1.0.0                                   
> kernel: netcs0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.1                                      x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: STA: id=0x1f v1.5.6                                      x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: executing: './network start netcs0 0'                     x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwconfig netcs0 mode MASTER                             x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwconfig netcs0 channel 1                               x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + [: auto: unexpected operator                            x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwconfig netcs0 key OFF                                 x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwconfig netcs0 essid "ZCASA-DIST"                      x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwconfig netcs0 nick "ZCASA-WISPDIST"                   x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwpriv netcs0 maccmd 0                                  x
>                            x cardmgr[2000]: + iwpriv netcs0 maccmd 4                                  x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: Deauthenticate all stations                              x
>                            x root: ifup: Bringing up interface netcs0                                 x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: prism2_open      
>  
>  
> Then after a little while it does this.. 
>  
> kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: CNFWEPFLAGS reading failed                                       x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)        x
>                            x kernel: hfa384x_cmd: timeout on waiting pending TX                       x
>                            x kernel: netcs0: hfa384x_get_rid: CMDCODE_ACCESS failed (res=-110)
>  
> What do you think? 
>  
> You could access the unit if you like... 64.25.142.172
> root
>  
> I'll try swaping cards again. I have tried all 3 different firmware revisions for the card. 
>  
> Thanks so much, 
>  
> Andy
> ________________________________
> 
> From: Vladimir Ivaschenko [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Tue 5/18/2004 3:18 AM
> To: Andy Henckel
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [leaf-wisp] Wireless
> 
> 
> 
> I use WISP-Dist myself with Demarctech cards and they used to work fine.
> 
> You use somekind of PCMCIA-PCI adapter?
> 
> Andy Henckel wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>I setup wispdist on a pII350 that I had laying around the basement this weekend.
>>After grinding away for some time, I finally got everything into place... or at least the illusion thereof.
>>
>>My problem is this:  I have Demarctech card. And it won't work.
>>I tried orinoco card.. but AP mode is unsupported?
>>
>>After reading the wireless thread on the list archive, I upgraded the 1.4.9 station firmware to 1.5.6
>>(primary 1.0.1 to 1.1.1)
>>
>>And it still won't work.  I will try to upgrade to 1.7.4 or downgrade back to 1.5.6 with primary of 1.0.1.
>>
>>Any suggestions?
>>
>>What happens is very strange.  I reboot the dist, and then with my laptop, I can see the network when I scan for AP's.  As soon as I try to connect to the AP, I cannot.  And then it disappears alltogether, until another reboot.
>>Although it's not like the dist is locking up or anything.
>>
>>Thanks in advance. 
>>
>>Andy Henckel
>>Transaria
>>Missoula, MT.
>>
>>
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> 
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> Vladimir Ivashchenko
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Senior Systems Designer/Engineer



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