[Sderby] 802.11b with SuSE 8.1
Tony Martin
sderby at mailman.lug.org.uk
Thu Oct 17 12:04:01 2002
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Thank dog, I thought it was just me who felt like that 8)
Question mike. Have you tried them on a couple of windows machines just =
to check that the units are working OK?
Cheers
Tony
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From: missi el anon.=20
To: sderby@mailman.lug.org.uk=20
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 10:10 PM
Subject: Re: [Sderby] 802.11b with SuSE 8.1
good hell mike!=20
it's a good thing I don't understand that,=20
I have a headache just reading it!=20
Mini Mike <hemstock@tiscali.co.uk> wrote:=20
All,
Has anyone had any luck with wireless networking? I'm currerntly =
tring to get=20
a Prism II based Zoom Air card to work under SuSE 8.1. I have tried =
setting=20
up the card in YaST2. It names the interface eth-pcmcia-1 and I can =
assign=20
it an IP address, however, I cannot ping that address from the local =
machiine=20
and if I do an ifconfig -a, eth-pcmcia does not appear. There is an=20
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=20
snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-es1968 snd-pcm snd-timer =
snd-ac97-codec=20
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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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Thank dog, I thought it was just me who =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Question mike. Have you tried them on a =
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<DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Cheers</FONT></DIV>
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<P>good hell mike!=20
<P>it's a good thing I don't understand that,=20
<P>I have a headache just reading it!=20
<P> <B><I>Mini Mike <<A=20
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href=3D"mailto:hemstock@tiscali.co.uk">hemstock@tiscali.co.uk</A>></I>=
</B>=20
wrote:=20
<BLOCKQUOTE=20
style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px =
solid">All,<BR><BR>Has=20
anyone had any luck with wireless networking? I'm currerntly tring =
to get=20
<BR>a Prism II based Zoom Air card to work under SuSE 8.1. I have =
tried=20
setting <BR>up the card in YaST2. It names the interface =
eth-pcmcia-1 and I=20
can assign <BR>it an IP address, however, I cannot ping that address =
from=20
the local machiine <BR>and if I do an ifconfig -a, eth-pcmcia does =
not=20
appear. There is an <BR>interface called wlan0. I can see the prism =
module=20
is loaded with lsmod:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # lsmod<BR>Module Size Used =
by=20
Tainted: PF<BR>pa2usb 8280 0<BR>snd-pcm-oss 44928 0=20
(autoclean)<BR>snd-mixer-oss 12728 1 (autoclean) =
[snd-pcm-oss]<BR>videodev=20
5600 0 (autoclean)<BR>snd-seq-midi 4480 0 =
(unused)<BR>snd-seq-midi-event=20
2920 0 [snd-seq-midi]<BR>snd-seq 37776 0 [snd-seq-midi=20
snd-seq-midi-event]<BR>snd-es1968 15756 1<BR>snd-pcm 63328 0 =
[snd-pcm-oss=20
snd-es1968]<BR>snd-timer 11524 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm]<BR>snd-ac97-codec =
26628 0=20
[snd-es1968]<BR>snd-mpu401-uart 3296 0 [snd-es1968]<BR>snd-rawmidi =
13920 0=20
[snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart]<BR>snd-seq-device 4140 0 =
[snd-seq-midi=20
snd-seq snd-rawmidi]<BR>snd 31300 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss =
snd-seq-midi=20
<BR>snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-es1968 snd-pcm snd-timer =
snd-ac97-codec=20
<BR>snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device]<BR>soundcore 3396 0=20
[snd]<BR>vmnet 21920 6<BR>parport_pc 25544 0<BR>parport 22528 0=20
[parport_pc]<BR>vmmon 21428 0 (unused)<BR>ipv6 138964 -1=20
(autoclean)<BR>prism2_cs 60816 0 (unused)<BR>p80211 14680 1=20
[prism2_cs]<BR>ds 6436 2 [prism2_cs]<BR>yenta_socket 9536 =
2<BR>pcmcia_core=20
40448 0 [prism2_cs ds yenta_socket]<BR>joydev 5600 0 =
(unused)<BR>evdev 4352=20
0 (unused)<BR>input 3168 0 [joydev evdev]<BR>af_packet 12904 1=20
(autoclean)<BR>e100 74488 1<BR>loop_fish2 11996 2<BR>usb-uhci 21612 =
0=20
(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=20
/proc/net/wireless I can get the stats of the =
card:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # cat=20
/proc/net/wireless<BR>Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets |=20
Missed<BR>face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc =
|=20
beacon<BR>wlan0: 0000 0. 27. 27. 0 0 0 0 0 0<BR>Hurrican:~ =
#<BR><BR>Or use=20
iwconfig wlan0:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0<BR>wlan0 IEEE =
802.11-b=20
ESSID:"non-spec"<BR>Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point:=20
44:44:44:44:44:44<BR>Bit Rate:200kb/s<BR>Link Quality:0/100 Signal=20
level:27/100 Noise level:27/100<BR>Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid =
crypt:0 Rx=20
invalid frag:0<BR>Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed=20
beacon:0<BR><BR>If I try to change any of the settings using =
ifconfig, I=20
get:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc<BR>Error for =
wireless=20
request "Set Mode" (8B06) :<BR>SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function =
not=20
implemented.<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>I have also tried to use =
ifconfig to=20
give the card an IP address:<BR><BR>Hurrican:~ # ifconfig wlan0 =
address=20
10.0.0.1<BR>address: Unknown host<BR>ifconfig: `--help' gives usage=20
information.<BR>Hurrican:~ #<BR><BR>Any ideas where I am going=20
=
wrong?<BR><BR>Mike.<BR><BR>______________________________________________=
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