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 Posted: Wed May 05, 2004 7:43 pm Post subject: 3com WLAN card |
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hello @ all,
but i have some troubles with my wlan card:
i have this card:
http://www.3com.com/prod/en_EU_EMEA/detail.jsp?tab=features&sku=3CRSHPW796
at http://prism54.org/supported_cards.php this card isn't mentioned, but another one from 3com....
i of course have searched through the gentoo forum and just found some unanswered threads 
if i do insert the card into pcmcia lspci doesn't list this card and the led doesn't blink (like in windows..)
lsmod brings (concerning the pcmcia & card):
ds 17156 4
i82365 22316 0
ohci_hcd 32516 0
yenta_socket 17920 0
pcmcia_core 71520 3 ds,i82365,yenta_socket
pcmcia daemon is started by default (without errors). when i try to restart pcmcia with inserted card, the system crashes completely.
in the kernelconfig i have all things activated and compiled in concerning pcmcia & wlan cards (as module) - i'm using gentoo-sources 2.6.3
also ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~x86" emerge "=linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17" brings:
ACCESS DENIED open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/.__modpost.cmd
-- OTHER ERROR CODES
!!! ERROR: net-wireless/linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17 failed.
!!! Function src_compile, Line 167, Exitcode 2
!!! failed compiling
--------------------------- ACCESS VIOLATION SUMMARY ------------------
LOG FILE = "/tmp/sandbox-net-wireless_-_linux-wlan-ng-0.2.1_pre17-7417.log"
open_wr: /usr/src/linux-2.6.3/.__modpost.cmd
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I don't know how to do the next steps... 
any links, ideas??
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sorry,
just pushing up, because i have no solution till now.... |
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 8:53 am Post subject: |
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hi!
thx for the link! i'll go through it... |
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 9:33 am Post subject: |
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well, the installation from the link brought no error.
but my greates problem is to get my card working:
i insert it into the pcmcia slot but nothing happens.
pcmcia is started by default - and cardmgr is listening...
lsmod:
ds 17156 4
i82365 22316 0
ohci_hcd 32516 0
yenta_socket 17920 0
pcmcia_core 71520 3 ds,i82365,yenta_socket
what might be wrong?
when i turn my computer off the system crashes when trying to stop the cardmgr....
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hello,
thx for your answer, but where do I find a module for my card?
is there a genereric module?
because on 3com I didn't find linux drivers...
thx |
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| hephaistos6 wrote: | hello,
thx for your answer, but where do I find a module for my card?
is there a genereric module?
because on 3com I didn't find linux drivers...
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I have no idea.
However, from the make (3Com) and model of the card you should be able to work out using google what the chipset of the card is.
If it's an orinoco/prism2 based card then the drivers are in a 2.6 kernel
If it's an athereos based card then you need the madwifi-driver in portage
If it's a Prism3 based card then you need the prism54 driver also in portage
Failing finding a native linux driver you can always use ndiswrapper in conjunction with the correct windows driver for your card - provided your 'puter is x86 based.
Other than that, you're on your own
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 10:33 am Post subject: |
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well thank you.
found this too and patched and recompiled the kernel. -> no errors...
but my first problem is still unsolved: pcmcia doesn't recognize my card.
starts & shutdowns without errors. lspci doesn't contain my 3com card.
what do I have to compile within the kernel to get my pcmcia working?
or what might be wrong?
booted with the knoppix LiveCD but there are also just pcmcia_core and yenta_socket and ds in lsmod.
thx in advance again. |
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| Posted: Thu May 06, 2004 3:02 pm Post subject: |
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hello,
built in as module.
well i will go to the hardware forum
thx for all |
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| Posted: Mon May 10, 2004 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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hello again,
well my card is working and listed in lspci (and blinking )
but know I have some troubles....
I read documention on gentoo for at least 3 hours now, but I don't really find what I'm looking for....
I can set an IP Adress manually to my wlan card.
ifconfig brings me than:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:AC:E6:3A:23
inet addr:192.168.1.103 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:4288 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:11 Base address:0x4000
iwconfig
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=0kb/s Tx-Power=47 dBm Sensitivity:0/65535
Retry limit:3 RTS thr=2346 B Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management: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
I think here is the problem -> Access Point:00.....
I didn't really find what configs to set, that my card is scanning and so on.
does anyone have more infos than me??
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hello,
sorry, but this does not connect me....
the card doesn't even try to scan -> it seems
could this depend on my dmesg output:
8211: no version for "struct_module" found: kernel tainted.
8211: no version magic, tainting kernel.
8211: module license 'Proprietary' taints kernel.
ADM8211 Linux driver version 1.05 (June 24, 2003)
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
8211: Hardware Address 00:0B:AC:E6:3A:23, IRQ 11.
eth1: ADMtek Wireless rev 17 at 0x4000
this "tainted" doesn't seem really good.
I patched the kernel like descriped here -> of course for 2.6.X
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| Posted: Tue May 11, 2004 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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hello,
after a hard day of trying and reading I got it working...
it works with dhcp really fine -> but just for about 2min - then the connection breaks. I run /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart -> and everything works fine again... for 2mins...
any ideas what might be wrong?
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hello again,
well I sit next to the router this might not be the problem I think...
could it be because I'm wireless with dhcp?
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well my only problem is the dmesg output (I just saw)
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: Driver is serialized. This will not work!
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:ac:e6:3a:23 using driver rshpw796.sys
PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:00.0 to 64
ndiswrapper: Driver is serialized. This will not work!
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0b:ac:e6:3a:23 using driver rshpw796.sys
what means "Driver is serialized"?
I did the installation like described on the ndiswrapper post in the gentoo forum -> downloaded my driver.exe -> unpacked it via wine -> installed it...
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| Posted: Sat May 15, 2004 12:54 pm Post subject: |
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hello again,
in this ndiswrapper forum there is nothing who responses me....
does anyone had the same problem??
thx |
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