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fitzy
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Joined: 27 Nov 2003
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Location: New Zealand
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 Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:03 pm Post subject: Trouble with Hostap drivers and Senao card on Via Mobo. |
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Hey there :) I need a little help getting hostap drivers running with my Senao pcmcia card. It's running on a Via M10000 mini-itx board. Details as follows:
I've selected CONFIG_NET_RADIO=y and CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS=y in my kernel (2.4.26-gentoo-r9) and de-selected the kernel pcmcia drivers. I've emerged pcmcia-cs and hostap-driver (with USE="pcmcia" set), hostap-utils and wireless-tools with no problems. So far so good...
| Code: | ubadmin@prototype ~ $ lsmod
Module Size Used by Not tainted
hostap_cs 44232 0
hostap 54088 0 [hostap_cs]
ds 6516 2 [hostap_cs]
i82365 36528 2
pcmcia_core 38528 0 [hostap_cs ds i82365]
usb-storage 26512 0 (unused)
usbcore 39876 0 [usb-storage] |
If I understand this corrently, it means the hostap drivers aren't being used. But if I do:
| Code: | prototype ~ # cardctl info
PRODID_1="INTERSIL"
PRODID_2="HFA384x/IEEE"
PRODID_3="Version 01.02"
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0002
FUNCID=6
PRODID_1=""
PRODID_2=""
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0000,0000
FUNCID=255 |
This ties up with an entry in /etc/pcmcia/hostap.conf
| Code: | device "hostap_cs"
class "network" module "hostap", "hostap_cs"
card "Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s WLAN Card"
version "INTERSIL", "HFA384x/IEEE"
bind "hostap_cs" |
..it looks ok to me. Still, the driver doesn't seem to be loaded properly, even after I restart PCMCIA. Consequently, when I try
| Code: | prototype ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 no wireless extensions.
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I get nothing.
I've tried a couple of different cards including a belkin card I've had running on my laptop successfully (with the hostap drivers) for ages. I've been following through Uberlords excellent post "Wireless Config the Gentoo Way" so far, but I think I need to get wireless tools up and running frst before I can I'm really keen to get the hostap drivers working since ultimately I want to use this box as a software access point. Anybody able to give me some pointers? |
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texas1emt
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Joined: 27 Oct 2003
Posts: 352
Location: San Antonio, TX
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| Posted: Tue Nov 09, 2004 9:33 pm Post subject: |
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I used to have one of those Senao (Intersil Prism2 chipset) cards and I was able to use the Prism2 driver in the 2.6.x kernels. It might work in the 2.4.x ones as well, but I havent run a 2.4 kernel in quite a while.
If you google it up, you can find some folks that explain how to get Senao cards up with Debian/RedHat. But, you should be able to compile the drivers in, or as modules (then modprobe).
Let me know if that helps at all! |
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