Wireless

[BlueShadowDemon]

I have just recently installed Mandrake 9.1 and all is well except I cannot seem to get my Linksys Wireless USB adapter to work. I am new to Linux, and have been playing around on it for a while. If anyone can tell me what I need to do please say. I have checked Linksys for drivers and various other places with no luck.


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[+Daemon+]

you will have alot of trouble with this, there is not alot of support. and is very very hard to get working, I have a linksys wireless USB adapter also and I still cant get it to work... you will have to search online.

[+Daemon+]

if you want wireless to work under linux, I think you need the CISCO PCI wireless adpaters. The latest kernels have full support for those.

[BlueShadowDemon]

Thanks for your reply Daemon. I guess I will get the PCI adapter whenever I get the money, but I am still googling to see if I can get the USB to work.

[+Daemon+]

Originally posted by BlueShadowDemon
Thanks for your reply Daemon. I guess I will get the PCI adapter whenever I get the money, but I am still googling to see if I can get the USB to work.

if you do it let me know

Im ganna need to buy a new via mobo anyways which will be running slackware 9 and im ganna try to get the Linksys wireless USB adapter to work too...well try again

[BlueShadowDemon]

Daemon,

I found this site that might fix our problem the site is http://atmelwlandriver.sourceforge.net/news.html check it out, I am not at home right now, so I dont know, but there may be hope in that.

[+Daemon+]

humm ill have to check it out

I also found this that I heard works...sponserd by HP

dunno

http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_...nux/Tools.html

[tazman]

Try this link : http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/ Also, check to see if the prism2/3 package was loaded on install. If not, try it. If so, uninstall and try the wlan-ng package and compile. Their site has info to help config after the install and some trouble shooting fax. Good Luck!

[+Daemon+]

Originally posted by tazman
Try this link : http://www.linux-wlan.com/linux-wlan/ Also, check to see if the prism2/3 package was loaded on install. If not, try it. If so, uninstall and try the wlan-ng package and compile. Their site has info to help config after the install and some trouble shooting fax. Good Luck!

yup tried that..

it compiles and installs and dtects the card but wont load the card, plus this is one of the worst ones ehhe

[tazman]

Did you make an "alias eth0" or "alias wlan0"I entry in the modules .conf file? I was able to watch the services load but the card fail during the post. Making the update to the modules.conf file fixed the problem.

[+Daemon+]

Originally posted by tazman
Did you make an "alias eth0" or "alias wlan0"I entry in the modules .conf file? I was able to watch the services load but the card fail during the post. Making the update to the modules.conf file fixed the problem.

yeah I did

then I tryed bringing it up and it would say wlan0 unknown device

[tazman]

Yea, I still get the same thing. I don't know why but it still loads. What model do you have? I used the same tar ball on my laptop wireless and get the same message but it beeps after the card services and lo and behold, it loads, no problem.

[+Daemon+]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg...&s=electronics

Linksys WUSB12 Wireless-B Compact USB Adapter

[tazman]

Don't know if this will help you. This is a thread that was sent to me when I was setting up my laptop. It's for a different adapter but the drivers and config are hopefully the same for your Linksys. I ended up using the Orinoco drivers so it didn't pertain to me, but I kept the thread anyway.

"I have compiled the driver without problems (only the prism2_usb).

Because the MDK9.1 (not the MDK 9.0) includes already a prism2_usb module,
I've made a link from "/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13-mdk/usb/prism2_usb" to
"/lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13-mdk/kernel/3rdparty/prism2.5/usb/prism2_usb.o".

I've created an "ifcfg-wlan0" in "/etc/sysconfig/network.scripts" which suites
to my needs, and adapted the "/etc/wlan/wlan.conf" to my HOME (Ad-Hoc)
network (with creation of a "wlancfg-HOME").

When I plug the device, the modules are loaded (p80211 and prism2_usb) but
nothing else happens.
I have to type "/etc/init.d/wlan start" and "ifup wlan0" in order to activate
the device, ... and it works !!

It seems like if the wlan script (in /etc/init.d/) and the prism2_usb script
(in /etc/hotplug/usb/) were never execute.
I've added "alias wlan0 prism2_usb" (with or without "options prism2_usb
prism2_doreset=1") in my "/etc/modules.conf".
I've also added "prism2_usb 0x0003 0x09aa 0x3642 0x0000
0x0000 0x02 0x00 0x00 0xff
0x01 0x00 0x00000000" in "/etc/hotplug/usb.handmap".
But the device never initializes itself automatically. I always have to run
the scripts "by hands".
Hope this helps.

[+Daemon+]

ok I just got my wireless adpater working man it was fun

WUSB12 Linksys (USB)
running slackware 9.0 with custom kernel 2.4.22
my big problem: didnt have the USB usb-ohci module loaded
FIles to download - ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-w...1-pre11.tar.gz
ReadMe - ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/README

fo the fun part.

FIrst off make sure your USB controller is detected and working, one way I found out was recompiling my kernel with the right usb controller in it, and also checking my boot messages with "dmesg"

Then I extraced wlan and compiled and installed it
then I followed these direction from the readme

================================================== =====================
Configuring:

NOTE: linux-wlan-ng does not fully implement the wireless extensions
interface. This means that you can't use iwconfig and its kin to
set things up. Instead, read on!

As of linux-wlan-ng 0.1.16-pre5, the configuration and launch scripts have
been largely re-written. pcmcia/rc/hotplug now all use a common library
of routines and use the same set of configuration files.

Now, everything relevant exists in /etc/wlan/*

/etc/wlan/wlan.conf:

This file maps between wlan devices and network IDs, and contains
the names of all devices that should be initialized by the hotplug
and rc scripts.

/etc/wlan/wlancfg-*

These files are per-network configurations. This makes it easy to
switch between different SSIDs and the various settings they may
require, like WEP keys and whatnot.

The bare minimum you need to do to configure your system after a fresh driver
install:

0) Nothing whatsoever. out-of-the-box, the driver will attempt to associate
with any access point within range.

However, we highly recommend setting up a configuration specifically for
your network, using the following method:

0) This example assumes your network name/SSID is "MyHomeNetwork"
1) cp /etc/wlan/wlancfg-DEFAULT /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork
2) edit /etc/wlan/wlan.conf and change the SSID_wlan0 line to:
SSID_wlan0="MyHomeNetwork"
3) edit /etc/wlan/wlancfg-MyHomeNetwork, and make any necessary changes
necessary to support your network, such as WEP and whatnot.
------------------------------
FOR PCI, PLX, OR USB USERS:
A) You must make sure that the drivers get loaded at boot time and that the
necessary initialization takes place. The simplest way to do this is
to add the following commands to your rc.local file:

modprobe prism2_pci [or prism2_usb/prism2_plx]
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable
wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=<your APs SSID> authtype=opensystem
ifconfig wlan0 <yourIP> netmask <yourNetmask> broadcast <yourBroadcast>
route add default gw <yourGateway>

Also, don't forget to set up your resolv.conf to point at your DNS server.

B) Alternatively, you can use the rc.wlan script, which ties into the
/etc/wlan/* configuration files mentioned above.

We currently don't create the softlink from the runlevel directories to
the wlan startup script due to differences in distributions, but the
scripts are redhat-aware, and can be extended to hook into other tools
easily. (patches welcome!) Just make sure it is brought up early in
the process, namely, before the the network interfaces are brought up.

C) Add an alias for wlan0 in /etc/modules.conf. For example, a usb
interface on wlan0 would be set up as:

alias wlan0 prism2_usb

Substitute prism2_plx or prism2_pci as appropriate.

------------------------------
FOR USB USERS:

A) Make sure your kernel usb support is running
B) Plug in the Prism2.x USB device
C) Run 'modprobe prism2_usb prism2_doreset=1' to load the driver into memory.
D) Run 'wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable' to initialize the
driver+MAC functions.
E) Run 'wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=<your ssid> authtype=opensystem'
to enable the MAC in Infrastructure Station mode.
F) Run 'ifconfig wlan0 <your IP address>'

Or, you can use the provided hotplug scripts, if your distribution has
hotplug support.

IMPORTANT: Due to an issue with some versions of the Prism USB firmware,
the driver usually needs to perform a port reset.

Some combinations of usb low-level drivers, kernel releases, and
hardware don't like this, and usually end up generating a kernel OOPS.
newer kernels are much better in this regard. In particular, Intel usb
controllers are the most trouble-prone.

The OOPS is due to bugs in the linux USB core, and newer kernels
(2.4.19 and later) behave much better in this regard.

However, the good news is that primary firmware 1.1.2 seems to resolve
the need for the port reset to begin with. Contact your vendor to
request this update.

Also, using the 'Alt. UHCI' controller driver (uhci.o) is broken with
kernels older than 2.4.22 due to a bug in the controller driver.
------------------------------------------

to make sure the prism2_usb is loaded you can type "lsmod" to see the modules loaded
NOTE: when you follow the readme, make sure you dont use the prism2_PCI, use the prism2_USB

hope this helps

any questions please post ill try to help