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guidomasciello
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Location: Udine
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 Posted: Mon Aug 30, 2004 2:49 pm Post subject: Netgear MA401: how make it works with a 2.6 kernel |
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I have read a lot of not clear posts about this problem.
I hope this one make it clear.
Problem: I have a PCMCIA Wireless Card based on Prism II chipset (like Netgear MA401) and I want to use it with Gentoo Linux 2004.2 with a 2.6 kernel (specifically 2.6.8-gentoo-r2).
1) I have to configure the kernel with this options:
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Bus Options -> ISA support [*]
Bus Options -> PCMCIA/Cardbus support -> PCMCIA/Cardbus support [M]
Bus Options -> PCMCIA/Cardbus support -> Cardbus yenta-compatible bridge support [M]
Bus Options -> PCI Hotplug Support -> Support for PCI Hotplug [*]
Device Drivers -> Networking Support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) -> Wireless LAN drivers (non-hamradio) & Wireless Extentions [M]
Device Drivers -> Networking Support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) -> Hermes chipset 802.11b support (Orinoco/Prism2/Symbol) [M]
Device Drivers -> Networking Support -> Wireless LAN (non-hamradio) -> Hermes PCMCIA card support [M]
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2) Emerge pcmcia-cs (if I haven't already)
3) edit /etc/conf.d/pcmcia
change
PCIC="i82365"
in
PCIC="yenta_socket"
and comment the two lines:
PCIC_ALT="yenta_socket"
PCIC_ALT_OPTS=""
4) edit /etc/conf.d/net and set the appropriate values for your card
5) /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
and all is supposed to work!
If you want to automatically start the card at the boot ->
rc-update add pcmcia default
If you don't see with iwconfig the right values about Ip address etc...
put the right interface name (eth0, eth1...) in /etc/conf.d/net.
You can see it in the output of iwconfig.
I hope this helps!
Guido
P.S.: if your cards works during installation with live CD remeber to emerge pcmcia-cs and wireless-tools before rebooting! |
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emily
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Joined: 02 Sep 2004
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| Posted: Mon Sep 06, 2004 9:59 am Post subject: |
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Is this working for somebody else ?
Emily |
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witcompe
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Joined: 19 Jun 2004
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Location: Exeter, NH USA
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| Posted: Fri Sep 10, 2004 2:55 am Post subject: |
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| YOUR AWESOME!!! This worked on my box just fine! My only question is how would I get the wireless to automatically get dhcp when it is detected. Right now I have to do dhcpcd eth1 to get on a wireless network when I boot up. Thanks in advance! |
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vol1
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Joined: 22 Aug 2004
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Location: Salzburg (Austria)
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| Posted: Sun Sep 19, 2004 5:29 pm Post subject: |
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Hi,
just add | Code: | | ifconfig_eth1="dhcp" |
to your /etc/conf.d/net (at least this works for me).
Cheers,
vol.1 |
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chaoticmotion
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Joined: 08 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Sun Oct 24, 2004 7:05 pm Post subject: Thanks!!!! |
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I have been struggling with my Netgear card for awhile. I am using a PowerBook Pismo and this worked for me as well.
Once again thanks for the post
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Peach
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Location: London, UK
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| Posted: Tue Mar 29, 2005 4:40 pm Post subject: |
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Am I wrong if I start using linux-wlan-ng combined with pcmcia-cs ? or is it futile ???
I've reported a good use.. but sometimes it goes wrong recognizing the card... let me know
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Gentoo user since 2004.
"It's all fun and games, until someone loses an eye" - mom |
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breiko
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Joined: 23 May 2006
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Location: Italy
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| Posted: Mon Nov 13, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: |
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localhost breiko # /etc/init.d/pcmcia start
* PCMCIA support detected
* Starting pcmcia ...
cardmgr[6779]: watching 1 socket
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x100-0x3af: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x3e0-0x4ff: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0x820-0x8ff: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xc00-0xcf7: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xc0000-0xfffff: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: memory 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: memory 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: Function not implemented
cardmgr[6779]: could not adjust resource: IO ports 0xa00-0xaff: Function not implemented [ ok ]
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I have some problem with this card.
But pcmcia should work..
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localhost breiko # pccardctl ls
Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:00:0a.0)
Socket 0 Device 0: [-- no driver --] (bus ID: 0.0)
localhost breiko # pccardctl info
PRODID_1="NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC"
PRODID_2="Card"
PRODID_3="ISL37300P"
PRODID_4="Eval-RevA"
MANFID=000b,7300
FUNCID=6
localhost breiko # pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless PC", "Card", "ISL37300P", "Eval-RevA"
manfid: 0x000b, 0x7300
function: 6 (network)
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localhost breiko # iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
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