WLan problem

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Esel · Post by **Esel** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 5:32 pm

Hi,
i want to run my prism54-pcmcia card on my notebook.
When i look at the dmesg output, when i plug it in, i get the following:

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Loaded prism54 driver, version 1.2
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10

and in ifconfig:

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eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:30:B4:00:00:00
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:10

but in iwconfig eth1, i get the following:

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eth1      NOT READY!  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Tx-Power=31 dBm   Sensitivity=0/200
          Retry min limit:0   RTS thr=0 B   Fragment thr=0 B
          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

And for example Kismet, tells me:

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Source 0 (addme): Enabling monitor mode for prism54g source interface eth1 channel 6...
FATAL: SetIFFlags: Unknown interface eth1: No such file or directory

Maybe somebody can help me,
thank you.
Esel

dgaffuri · Post by **dgaffuri** » Fri Jun 24, 2005 10:53 pm

You need to set the ESSID configured on your access point

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iwconfig eth1 essid <your ESSID>
iwconfig eth1 key <your WEP key>
dhcpcd eth1 (if you use DHCP)

This can be automated in /etc/conf.d/wireless (see /etc/conf.d/wireless.example) if you use baselayout-1.11.12-r4

Esel · Post by **Esel** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:17 pm

So "Not ready" means, that the wlan adapter isn't connected with an access point?
But why tells me kismet then that the device is unknown?

dgaffuri · Post by **dgaffuri** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 12:55 pm

Sorry, I didn't look at message very well (was late this night

). Have yout tried

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ifconfig eth1 up

Is there any error in dmesg or log file?

Esel · Post by **Esel** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:19 pm

I get no errors in dmesg, but how can i check the log?

When i do "ifconfig eth1 up" i get:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I think this is strange because Kismet also gives this error with SIOCSIFFLAGS.

dgaffuri · Post by **dgaffuri** » Sat Jun 25, 2005 3:57 pm

Esel wrote:I get no errors in dmesg, but how can i check the log?

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/var/log/messages

Esel wrote:When i do "ifconfig eth1 up" i get:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I think this is strange because Kismet also gives this error with SIOCSIFFLAGS.

This error may happen if the card [/quote]firmware is not available. Take a look at

http://prism54.org/firmware/

and check if you have the right firmware in the right place.

Esel · Post by **Esel** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:31 am

I updated the firmware and now its running fine.
Thank you.

dgaffuri · Post by **dgaffuri** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 10:49 am

You're welcome