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asinkecualo · Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

Hi every MDK 9.2 users. I've made a little How-I-Did-It to get working an SMC2802W (PCI) in Mandrake 9.2 with Mandrake default kernel (2.4.22-10mdk). To do this you have not to patch the kernel, nor change the kernel anyway.

It should also work with the PCMCIA (SMC2834W), but i cannot try it. If i think a step should be replaced in PCMCIA config I'll say it. If I think a step should be added in PCMCIA I'll mark it as 'X b -'

Go on:

ttynjala · Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 1 Location: Espoo in Finland

Thank you for a very helpful HOWTO!

I've got MDK 9.2 & SMC2802W and tried to set up with the guide (and almost succeeded)

While doing this I noticed I following typo (?) (dummy warning, this has been is my 1st adventure with WLAN & kernel compilation [tried first with 2.6 kernel with simiilar results] so I did not expect much success)

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>9 - As root do:
>gzip lib/modules/2.4.22-10mdk..

I suppose this should be 'gzip /lib/modules/2.4.22 ..' ,
ie. not in prism54-cvs2003xxx dir as the previous steps 6,7,8 but in /lib/modules from directory tree root.

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Having sorted that I got the /sbin/lsmod to list prism54 and managed to to get iwconfig eth1 essid .. run ok, also I managed to get 'iwconfig eth1 scanning' to give me some info about the access point.

..but then there are (of course) the problems:

a) drakconnect does not seem to know anything about prism54 or eth1 (it only offers me via-rhine-II which is the eth0, if I list the hardware info the prism54 is not there) so I could not define eth1 as 'activate on boot'

b) Adding "aliaseth1 prism" to /etc/modules caused kernel boot to _crash_, luckily I had 2.6 also so removing the entry was quite easy..

c) the eth1 worked for eth1 just for a short time. Now I keep getting 'Connection timed out' errors for about any iwXXX command. This problem I had with attemps using kernel 2.6-test9 too so it could be stupid-user-error too or a bug in the driver. Difficult to say since I have no
reference point to compare to what _should_ happen when driver is installed ok...

The connection timed out messages look like this:

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[root@localhost root]# /sbin/lsmod | grep prism
prism54 43472 0
firmware_class 5452 0 [prism54]
[root@localhost root]# iwconfig eth1 essid "my-essid" channel 1 mode Managed
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Connection timed out.
[root@localhost root]# iwlist eth1 scanning
eth1 Failed to read scan data : Connection timed out

[root@localhost root]# iwconfig eth1
eth1 PRISM Duette/GT
Link Quality:53 Signal level:169 Noise level:253
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost root]#

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Anynone knows what these timeout there are about?
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tuomas

asinkecualo · Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

Guest · Guest

First of all: I am using a Netgear WG511 which is PCMCIA and is capable of 802.11b/g. I bought the european version.

1. Mandrake default kernel comes as 2.4.22-10mdk but if you install sources you get 2.4.22-22mdk which is different. You CAN NOT compile the driver sources against the not compiled kernel sources. The depmod -a fails. You MUST compile the whole kernel sources of 2.4.22mdk, install and boot from it.

2. Step 6b is not optional for PCMCIA. You MUST do the steps in 6a for PCMCIA as well.

After I've installed the module prism54 my Netgear Card began to blink i.e. it was searching for an access point. Smile

Guest · Posted: Tue Dec 30, 2003 1:05 pm Post subject:

thanks a lot to asinkecualo for this nice how to.

works fine with MDK 9.2 and Netgear 511.

1 comment: Step 6: line"#include "bloboid.h" or something doesnt exist in cvs with date from 30.12.03, but I add the 2 lines and anything okay.

Its okay to translate and copy your text at http://www.mandrakeuser.de/?

Michael

asinkecualo · Joined: 12 Nov 2003 Posts: 7

Imp · Joined: 13 Jan 2004 Posts: 2

How cool is this. My SMC 2835W card actually works on my laptop now. I had problems not getting it to work on WinXP .. only worked on 2000 before.

Also on Linux it hung my laptop with the old drivers. These new binaries however and this excellent walkthrough made it work flawlessly.

My laptop is a Compaq Evo N610c/P4 Mobile 2Ghz if anyone has had a problem with one of these.

# uname -a
Linux localhost 2.4.22-10mdkenterprise #1 SMP Thu Sep 18 11:46:49 CEST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux

zsozso · Guest

I got a Sitecom wl-100i card that is recognised OK by the prism54 driver. I have installed kernel 2.4.24-0.pre2.1mdk from cooker for it to get compiled. The driver seems to load OK, firmware is loaded too, iwconfig setup is accepted and reports back the mode and channel fine. The LED on the back of the card is flashing. However, there is no connection with the AP router, iwconfig reports:

Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00

The AP is configured with WEP turnedd off, essid and channel set to the same value. The AP router does not report any activity either...

I have no idea what else to check, I am newbie to the wireless world, this is the first time I am trying to setup something like this.

Please, give me some ideas what to try!

Thanks!

Guest · Posted: Tue Jan 20, 2004 2:55 am Post subject:

jjj · Joined: 31 Jan 2004 Posts: 1

Hi,

I followed the Howto. Everything seemed to go smooth. I can even scan the wireless packets and see the various access points out there with the wireless tools.

BUT, my SMC card won't obtain its IP address via dhcp with the exact same configuration I use under Windows. If I set the IP address manually, it won't work either, i.e. my interface is up and running with the IP address I set, but I can't ping anyone on the network.

JJJ

falcaraz · Guest

Hello friends,
.I have a SMC2802W card and a Mandrake 9.2 with the kernel updated to
2.4.22.26.

Followed the steps for Mandrake (with original kernel) in
http://prism54.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=78, but when I type "make module"
from the tarball directory, I get some errors as:
make[2] Entering directory `/lib/module/2.4.22-26mdk'
make[2]: *** No hay ninguna regal para construir el objetivo 'modules Stop.
make[2]: Leaving directory `/lib/modules/2.4.22.-26mdk'
make[1]: ***[modules] Error 2

What I am doing bad?

The tarball directory is in my home one, don't know if I need to put it in a specific site. The kernel-source is installed.

Any help will be welcome, ¡I need this computer using my wireless net!.

Thanks so much in advance, yours sincerely

Francisco Alcaraz
Murcia (Spain) Rolling Eyes

Guest

Guest

First; Thanks a lot for this Howto, and ofcourse the drivers.

Guest

maishomo · Guest

Great work. I haave read these clear instructions have helped a lot of people with madrake to install their wi-fi.

DO you ahave a HowTO for Redhat ? I have tried several options for 3 days but with little sucess

you can mail me at maishomo@yahoo.com