Re: Problem with DWL-122 after using wlan start script

Hi,

thanks so far for the answers.

@Holger:
I've seen such, but this is another case, I think.

@Karl:

>0.2.1-pre23 is very old. Compiling 0.2.2 for yourself
>should not be hard, and contains many many fixes.
>  

Sure, but I used 0.2.1-pre21, because this was simple available on my 
gentoo installation. I'wasn't seeking for the newest. ;-) (and I don't 
know if version 0.2.2 will handle my problem in a better way? see below)

>I think its unlikely you have destroyed anything in the
>flash memory, unless you have **specifically** tried to
>do a flash download. Such a download is not a normal
>part of the wlan-ng driver and scripts - the prism2_ru.hex
>is a link to a ram download (not flash, and so not
>permanent).
>  

I think, my crash is connected with the fact, that I use an 
Intel-USB-controller, I read, that such make trouble sometimes, 
especially with the reset-feature on loading the module. Maybe it's 
happen in this time, the stick was in fwload mode and usb controller has 
shot up the kernel - and the stick has get something wrong in the same time.

Here are the content from /proc/net/p80211/wlan0/nsd resp. wlandev:

nsd:
# prism2_prism2_usb version 0.2.1-pre23 (Tue Sep 13 19:56:45 CEST 2005) 
'$Id: prism2sta.c,v 1.3 2004/04/20 14:55:47 solomon Exp $'

# nic h/w: id=0x00 0.0.0
# pri f/w: id=0x00 0.0.0
# ap f/w: id=0x00 0.0.0

and wlandev:
p80211 version: 0.2.1-pre23 (Tue Sep 13 19:56:45 CEST 2005)

name       : wlan0
nsd name   : prism2_usb
address    : 00:00:00:00:00:00
nsd caps   : hw_frag autojoin scan
bssid      : 00:00:00:00:00:00
Enabled    :

It looks so , as at least on area in flash is erased and so the stick 
can't work. The next is a piece of syslog o plug in the stick and trying 
'wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable':
Sep 16 15:34:59 camstation usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using 
uhci_hcd and address 2
Sep 16 15:35:03 camstation prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.1-pre23 Loaded
Sep 16 15:35:03 camstation prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
Sep 16 15:35:03 camstation usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb
Sep 16 15:35:04 camstation net.agent[5575]: add event not handled
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation ident: nic h/w: id=0x8026 1.0.0
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 1.1.2
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation hfa384x_dorrid: RID len mismatch, rid=0xfd20 
hlen=8 fwlen=-2
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation prism2sta_getcardinfo: Failed to retrieve 
STAIDENTITY
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation prism2sta_getcardinfo: Failed, result=-61
Sep 16 15:37:37 camstation prism2sta_ifstate: prism2sta_getcardinfo() 
failed,result=-61

Intresting in syslog is, that there nic id and fw id is found, but not 
in nsd file!

I think, it can be only the content of flash, which is destroyed. On 
windows box this stick works with the normal dlink drivers! It knows his 
MAC, but, I think it forgots his serial id (but this is, I think not 
really necessary and I can set it from this, what's written on the stick)

Maybe it's to repair, if I can find the right files for flashing the 
stick again, but I can't find a right pda file for this stick and maybe 
it's necessary to have init software hex file (CIS-hex?) and the right 
pairing of primary and station software (for station software I have 
only a ram hex file, maybe anewer ones as flash hex file will help, but 
then I must know, what's the right primary software and also the pda 
file) Maybe sombody will have this informations for me and where I get 
such files.

Thomas