Re: Newbie questions

David, others

 Thanks for the response.
 I do have ifcfg-wlan0. But that is only for setting up the IP 
configurations once the wlan setup works fine. I have a problem with the 
setup itself. Notice what I get

#iwconfig wlan0

  wlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
  Mode:Auto Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
  Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Tx-Power:2346 dBm
  Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
  Encryption key: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

See the values for Channel, AP, Tx-Power. What does a channel of ZERO 
mean. What is a Tx-Power of 2346 dBm ?

But given this configuration, scanning works fine.

Also, if I were to use the same card (linksys WCF12 Compact Flash with 
PCMCIA adapter), but use the orinoco_cs driver instead (which will be used 
if the prims2_cs is not loaded), then the card works well. It maps to the 
nearest AP, and if I config it in the ad-hoc mode, it does it and 
communicates with peer nodes over ad-hoc

The question is why the card does not even get initialized properly. 

Has anyone successfully made a linksys WCF12 card work with the driver.

Are there some prism2_cs cards that work without absolutely any problem 
with the linux-wlan driver ? I don't have to stick with the linksys. It 
was the only one I could get my hands on, but I can switch if I have to. 

Any help would be welcome. I can send in more details if desired.

regards..
Vikram

On Sat, 5 Nov 2005, Gee, David wrote:

david>Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2005 00:10:11 -0600
david>From: "Gee, David" <[email protected]>
david>To: Vikram KAUL <[email protected]>
david>Cc: [email protected]
david>Subject: Re: [lwlan-user] Newbie questions
david>
david>Vikram,
david>
david>Is your wlan0 interface configured to come up at boot? Check
david>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 ...you may find that this file
david>doesn't exist - when I installed my prism2_usb card I had to create this
david>file for my card. You can either use your ethernet connection's file as a
david>template (ifcfg-eth0) or use mine below - you'll have to tweak it with
david>your MAC address, preferred IP settings etc. Pay particular attention to
david>the ONBOOT line - that controls the state of the interface at boot time.
david>
david>DEVICE=wlan0
david>BOOTPROTO=static
david>BROADCAST=10.255.255.255
david>IPADDR=10.255.255.1
david>NETMASK=255.255.255.0
david>NETWORK=10.255.255.0
david>ONBOOT=yes
david>TYPE=Ethernet
david>USERCTL=yes
david>PEERDNS=yes
david>IPV6INIT=no
david>DHCP_HOSTNAME=malvern.allpowerfuldave.com
david>
david>Regards
david>David Gee
david>
david>
david>Vikram KAUL wrote:
david>
david>> 
david>> Hi Folks,
david>> 
david>> New here. Downloaded 0.2.2 version of the driver for a Fedora Core 4
david>> (2.6.11.1_1369) kernel. Compiled and installed well. I am currently
david>> using a linksys Compact Flash card (Model WCF12) with a Compact Flash
david>> adapter on the PCMCIA slot in the IBM T-41
david>> 
david>> When I insert the card the "prism2_cs" module loads up. But even if I
david>> have used the SSID_wlan0="" (so that it could associate with any AP), it
david>> doesn't do that. In fact, the card shows a solid green light, but
david>> iwconfig shows wlan0 has no wireless extensions (not up). Why is that ?
david>> Is there something I am not doing right ?
david>> 
david>> Additionally, I then execute the following command (although, it was
david>> noted in the README that this was only for pci usage)
david>> 
david>> wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
david>> 
david>> This brings up wlan0 with wireless extensions, and the green light now
david>> blinks, but iwconfig reports the following:
david>> 
david>> #iwconfig wlan0
david>
david>> wlan0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
david>> Mode:Auto Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
david>> Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Tx-Power:2346 dBm
david>> Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
david>> Encryption key:off
david>> Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
david>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
david>> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
david>> 
david>> The strange thing is that scanning works. I have changed the ESSID and
david>> Address in the following cut-n-paste
david>> 
david>> # iwlist wlan0 scan
david>> 
david>> wlan0 Scan completed :
david>> Cell 01 - Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
david>> ESSID:"A name LAN3"
david>> Mode:Master
david>> Encryption key:on
david>> Channel:1
david>> Quality:13/92 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-88 dBm
david>> Cell 02 - Address: yy:yy:yy:yy:yy:yy
david>> ESSID:"A name LAN2"
david>> Mode:Master
david>> Encryption key:on
david>> Channel:2
david>> Quality:17/92 Signal level:-73 dBm Noise level:-90 dBm
david>> 
david>> 
david>> My question is why is the interface (wlan0) not coming up right away ?
david>> Why do I have to run the wlanctl-ng command ? It was recommended for
david>> PCI, but without that, I can't get the card working.
david>> 
david>> I have numerous other questions about not being able to get into ad-hoc
david>> mode, but I will reserve those for later.
david>> 
david>> Thanks in anticipation for any help/pointers that anyone can provide
david>> 
david>> regards...
david>> Vikram
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