Linksys usb1000

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plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 8:26 pm

I have bought a linksys usb-1000 which is a usb 2 gigabit network adapter (yes I know it will be maxed out at 480Mbps).
Reading about it I have managed to ascertain that it is controlled by an ASIX AX88772 which is supported by the kernel under Device Drivers/USB/Network Adapters
I built this as a module and then modprobed it.
It didn't work, I wasn't suprised.
I then did a lsusb which gave me

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Bus 001 Device 005: ID 1737:0039

Noting that this was the only usb device not being named properly and that the linksys did not appear in the list I summised that this must it.
I then edited the kernel source/drivers/usb/net/asix.c and scrolled to near the bottom and edited the entry for the Linksys USB200M Rev 2, substituting my usb id's for the originals

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{
        // Linksys USB200M Rev 2
        USB_DEVICE (0x1737, 0x0039),
        .driver_info = (unsigned long) &ax88772_info,
},

I then recompiled and modprobed and success my dmesg read

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eth1: register 'asix' at usb-0000:00:0b.1-4, ASIX AX88772 USB 2.0 Ethernet, 00:12:17:f2:13:c3
usbcore: registered new driver asix

I setup eth1 with an IP etc. and my ifconfig read

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eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:12:17:F2:13:C3  
          inet addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

a quick woo, swiftly followed by hoo and then i stopped eth0
Big mistake....
It would appear that the interface only thought it had an ip because I configured it statically and actually it isn't working.
Any hardware hackers want to give me some pointers on how to get this going.

Thanks

Tim

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:37 pm

plink212,

Maybe you have only done half the hack.
This page explains it for a 2.4 kernel.
I suspect 2.6 will be similar.

plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:44 pm

you know that is amazing I have been googling all day and the only thing i could find is about mac os. out of interest how did you find it?

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 9:50 pm

plink212,

Google for

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1737:0039 +linksys

I found the MacOS page too.
Its always worth googling the USB ID like that and

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1737 +0039 +usb

Sometines with the 0x in front of the numbers too.

plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:01 pm

reading that post I am actually editing the wrong one. as soon as the wife finishes watching grey anatomy I will edit and retry

Regards

Tim

plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:25 pm

Changing the id for the correct net module I get

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asix: probe of 1-5:1.0 failed with error -110

when I modprobe it

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:42 pm

plink212,

When I read that link, I thought both modules had to be changed ?

plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Thu Jun 22, 2006 10:56 pm

I have reread it, for clarity it says as far I understand
edit usb.map <- cannot find this file guess it is a 2.4 file
edit usbnet <- this doesn't have any usbid's in it, i guess that they have just been merged out into the asix.c which is the one I am editing.

Tim

plink212 · Post by **plink212** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 10:49 am

I wrote to the kernel module devloper and he provided an update asix modules so this now works.
He advised that it would be synced in in due course.

Regards

Tim

Post by **NeddySeagoon** » Sat Jun 24, 2006 11:06 am

plink212,

Thats the way linux development works - now its fixed for everyone else too.

thecooptoo · Post by **thecooptoo** » Sat Jan 06, 2007 8:12 pm

im just trygin to get one of these to work. Sorry to be so stupid - where is the module in th kernel confiig that you need ?
I caant find a asix

thanks for the help

lramos85 · Post by **lramos85** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 8:56 pm

Neither can I man: Linux Kernel v2.6.18-gentoo-r6

lramos85 · Post by **lramos85** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 9:02 pm

thecooptoo wrote:im just trygin to get one of these to work. Sorry to be so stupid - where is the module in th kernel confiig that you need ?
I caant find a asix

thanks for the help

Hey thecooptoo, just found where they are at:

Select <*> Multi-purpose USB Networking Framework
and you'll get:
<*> ASIX AX88xxx Based USB 2.0 Ethernet Adapters (NEW) │ │
│ │ --- CDC Ethernet support (smart devices such as cable modems) │ │
│ │ < > GeneSys GL620USB-A based cables (NEW) │ │
│ │ <*> NetChip 1080 based cables (Laplink, ...) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Prolific PL-2301/2302 based cables (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Host for RNDIS devices (EXPERIMENTAL) (NEW) │ │
│ │ < > Simple USB Network Links (CDC Ethernet subset) (NEW) │ │
│ │ <*> Sharp Zaurus (stock ROMs) and compatible (NEW) │ │
│ │