I am WIRELESS! with the prism2 drivers!!!!

I apologize to all as I failed to read the FAQ that Rudi just pointed me to: http://linux.grmbl.be/wlan/
 - it was correct - I had failed to set the SSID as Kristian noted below. It required that I reboot into NT to do so :(, but it worked. Note to anyone who buys a D-Link 1000AP - the MAC address is
the UN-MAC-like, UN-separated number below the bar code.

once the SSID on the AP was set and correspondingly set in 'wlan-ng.conf, it came up like a champ. I hadn't expected to have to do this as it wasn't required using the wvlan drivers.

Many thanks to all - I'm writing the whole config down for others should they have this config ...in the newbie language that I require ;)

Cheers

Harry

Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
>
> It looks like your card just isn't associating, hence "tx attempted prior
> to association." Are you setting the dot11DesiredSSID setting in
> /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.opts to the same value as the ESSID on your access
> point?
>
> -Kristian
>
> On Mon, 19 Mar 2001, Harry Mangalam wrote:
>
> > Hi Rudi and wvlan crew,
> >
> > ARrgghhhhh! SOoooooooo close.
> >
> > When I recompile with pcmcia version 25, with wlan 18/pre5 and kernel 2.2.18
> > and set '/etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf' to include the stanza:
> >
> > card "Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card"
> > manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
> > bind "prism2_cs"
> >
> > (strings gotten from 'cardctl ident')
> >
> > ... the pcmcia_cs actually loads the p80211 & prism drivers (FINALLY) with the
> > messages (from /var/log/messages):
> >
> >
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: clean.
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: init_module: prism2_cs.o: "0.1.8-pre5" Loaded
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: init_module: dev_info is: prism2_cs
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: clean.
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: prism2_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 9, io 0x0180-0x01bf
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: ident: nic h/w: id=0x8008 1.0.1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: ident: pri f/w: id=0x15 0.3.0
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: ident: sta f/w: id=0x1f 0.7.6
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: MFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: CFI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: PRI:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x03:var=0x01:b/t=1/2
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: STA:SUP:role=0x00:id=0x04:var=0x01:b/t=1/4
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: PRI-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: STA-CFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x02:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: STA-MFI:ACT:role=0x01:id=0x01:var=0x01:b/t=1/1
> > Mar 19 16:17:52 bike kernel: Prism2 card SN: 30 30 34 36 30 30 35 33 34 34 00 00
> > Mar 19 16:18:19 bike kernel: p80211knetdev_hard_start_xmit: Tx attempt prior to association, frame dropped.
> > Mar 19 16:18:21 bike last message repeated 2 times
> >
> > and then it stops and keeps re-trying...
> >
> > It looks like I still have some kind of config error or ...?
> >
> > The card still works very well under the 'wrong' wvlan driver, so maybe it
> > doesn't matter anymore, but having gotten so close, I'd like to help debug it
> > to the end.
> >
> >
> > The only thing that I can see that is different in Rudi's kernel config from
> > mine is that he set his netlink options to:
> >
> > # CONFIG_RTNETLINK is not set
> > CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=m
> > # CONFIG_FIREWALL is not set
> >
> > and mine are set to:
> >
> > CONFIG_RTNETLINK=y
> > CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV=y
> > CONFIG_FIREWALL=y
> >
> > and he set
> > # CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET is not set
> >
> > while mine is:
> > CONFIG_NET_ETHERNET=y
> > # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_3COM is not set
> > # CONFIG_LANCE is not set
> > # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_SMC is not set
> > # CONFIG_NET_VENDOR_RACAL is not set
> > # CONFIG_RTL8139 is not set
> > # CONFIG_RTL8139TOO is not set
> > # CONFIG_NET_ISA is not set
> > # CONFIG_NET_EISA is not set
> > # CONFIG_NET_POCKET is not set
> >
> >
> > would this have made a diff?
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Rudi van Drunen wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi Rudi - thanks very much - I'd very much like your config files when you get back to the laptop. Loading the prism drivers has been a bear..
> > > >
> > > > Cheers
> > > > Harry
> > >
> > > Harry,
> > >
> > > Here's my config files:
> > > Let me know if you have any luck .....
> > >
> > > Rudi
> > >
> >
> > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > > -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf
> > >
> > > device "prism2_cs"
> > > class "wlan-ng" module "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > card "Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
> > > version "INTERSIL", "HFA384x/IEEE"
> > > bind "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > card "Compaq WL100 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
> > > manfid 0x0138, 0x0002
> > > bind "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > card "Samsung MagicLAN SWL2000-N 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
> > > manfid 0x0250, 0x0002
> > > bind "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > card "Z-Com LANEscape/XI300 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
> > > manfid 0xd601, 0x0002
> > > bind "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > card "SMC2632W 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
> > > manfid 0x0156, 0x0002
> > > bind "prism2_cs"
> > >
> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > >
> > > I used the following command to get the last lines in the wlan-ng.conf:
> > >
> > > [rudilaptop ~]$ /sbin/cardctl ident
> > > Socket 0:
> > > product info: "SMC", "SMC2632W", "Version 01.02", ""
> > > manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
> > > function: 6 (network)
> > > Socket 1:
> > > no product info available
> > >
> > > Please remember to edit your wlan-ng.opts file to have the correct
> > > mode and SSID for your wireless.
> >
> > --
> > Cheers,
> > Harry
> >
> > Harry J Mangalam -- (949) 856 2847 (v&f) -- hjmncgr.org || mangalamhome.com
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Cheers,
Harry
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