[Sderby] 802.11b with SuSE 8.1

Wed Oct 16 22:47:01 2002

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good hell mike!
it's a good thing I don't understand that,
I have a headache just reading it!
 Mini Mike <hemstock@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:All,

Has anyone had any luck with wireless networking? I'm currerntly tring to get 
a Prism II based Zoom Air card to work under SuSE 8.1. I have tried setting 
up the card in YaST2. It names the interface eth-pcmcia-1 and I can assign 
it an IP address, however, I cannot ping that address from the local machiine 
and if I do an ifconfig -a, eth-pcmcia does not appear. There is an 
interface called wlan0. I can see the prism module is loaded with lsmod:

Hurrican:~ # lsmod
Module Size Used by Tainted: PF
pa2usb 8280 0
snd-pcm-oss 44928 0 (autoclean)
snd-mixer-oss 12728 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]
videodev 5600 0 (autoclean)
snd-seq-midi 4480 0 (unused)
snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 [snd-seq-midi]
snd-seq 37776 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]
snd-es1968 15756 1
snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-es1968]
snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]
snd-ac97-codec 26628 0 [snd-es1968]
snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-es1968]
snd-rawmidi 13920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]
snd-seq-device 4140 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]
snd 31300 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi 
snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-es1968 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec 
snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]
soundcore 3396 0 [snd]
vmnet 21920 6
parport_pc 25544 0
parport 22528 0 [parport_pc]
vmmon 21428 0 (unused)
ipv6 138964 -1 (autoclean)
prism2_cs 60816 0 (unused)
p80211 14680 1 [prism2_cs]
ds 6436 2 [prism2_cs]
yenta_socket 9536 2
pcmcia_core 40448 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket]
joydev 5600 0 (unused)
evdev 4352 0 (unused)
input 3168 0 [joydev evdev]
af_packet 12904 1 (autoclean)
e100 74488 1
loop_fish2 11996 2
usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused)
usbcore 56768 1 [pa2usb snd usb-uhci]
lvm-mod 62976 0 (autoclean)
reiserfs 179536 2
Hurrican:~ #

If I cat /proc/net/wireless I can get the stats of the card:

Hurrican:~ # cat /proc/net/wireless
Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed
face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon
wlan0: 0000 0. 27. 27. 0 0 0 0 0 0
Hurrican:~ #

Or use iwconfig wlan0:

Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"non-spec"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:200kb/s
Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:27/100 Noise level:27/100
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

If I try to change any of the settings using ifconfig, I get:

Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
Hurrican:~ #

I have also tried to use ifconfig to give the card an IP address:

Hurrican:~ # ifconfig wlan0 address 10.0.0.1
address: Unknown host
ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.
Hurrican:~ #

Any ideas where I am going wrong?

Mike.

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<P>good hell mike!
<P>it's a good thing I don't understand that,
<P>I have a headache just reading it!
<P>&nbsp;<B><I>Mini Mike &lt;hemstock@tiscali.co.uk&gt;</I></B> wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">All,<BR><BR>Has anyone had any luck with wireless networking? I'm currerntly tring to get <BR>a Prism II based Zoom Air card to work under SuSE 8.1. I have tried setting <BR>up the card in YaST2. It names the interface eth-pcmcia-1 and I can assign <BR>it an IP address, however, I cannot ping that address from the local machiine <BR>and if I do an ifconfig -a, eth-pcmcia does not appear. There is an <BR>interface called wlan0. I can see the prism module is loaded with lsmod:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # lsmod<BR>Module Size Used by Tainted: PF<BR>pa2usb 8280 0<BR>snd-pcm-oss 44928 0 (autoclean)<BR>snd-mixer-oss 12728 1 (autoclean) [snd-pcm-oss]<BR>videodev 5600 0 (autoclean)<BR>snd-seq-midi 4480 0 (unused)<BR>snd-seq-midi-event 2920 0 [snd-seq-midi]<BR>snd-seq 37776 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-midi-event]<BR>snd-es1968 15756 1<BR>snd-pcm 63328 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-es1968]<BR>snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]<BR>snd-ac97-codec 26628 0 [snd-es1968]<BR>snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-es1968]<BR>snd-rawmidi 13920 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]<BR>snd-seq-device 4140 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq snd-rawmidi]<BR>snd 31300 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-seq-midi <BR>snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-es1968 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec <BR>snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]<BR>soundcore 3396 0 [snd]<BR>vmnet 21920 6<BR>parport_pc 25544 0<BR>parport 22528 0 [parport_pc]<BR>vmmon 21428 0 (unused)<BR>ipv6 138964 -1 (autoclean)<BR>prism2_cs 60816 0 (unused)<BR>p80211 14680 1 [prism2_cs]<BR>ds 6436 2 [prism2_cs]<BR>yenta_socket 9536 2<BR>pcmcia_core 40448 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket]<BR>joydev 5600 0 (unused)<BR>evdev 4352 0 (unused)<BR>input 3168 0 [joydev evdev]<BR>af_packet 12904 1 (autoclean)<BR>e100 74488 1<BR>loop_fish2 11996 2<BR>usb-uhci 21612 0 (unused)<BR>usbcore 56768 1 [pa2usb snd usb-uhci]<BR>lvm-mod 62976 0 (autoclean)<BR>reiserfs 179536 2<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>If I cat /proc/net/wireless I can get the stats of the card:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # cat /proc/net/wireless<BR>Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed<BR>face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon<BR>wlan0: 0000 0. 27. 27. 0 0 0 0 0 0<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>Or use iwconfig wlan0:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0<BR>wlan0 IEEE 802.11-b ESSID:"non-spec"<BR>Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44<BR>Bit Rate:200kb/s<BR>Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:27/100 Noise level:27/100<BR>Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<BR>Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<BR><BR>If I try to change any of the settings using ifconfig, I get:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc<BR>Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :<BR>SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>I have also tried to use ifconfig to give the card an IP address:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # ifconfig wlan0 address 10.0.0.1<BR>address: Unknown host<BR>ifconfig: `--help' gives usage information.<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>Any ideas where I am going wrong?<BR><BR>Mike.<BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>Sderby mailing list<BR>Sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk<BR>http://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/sderby<BR>Web site: http://sderby.lug.org.uk/<BR>wiki: http://www.sderby.lug.org.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl</BLOCKQUOTE><BR><BR><p><br><hr size=1>Do you Yahoo!?<br>
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