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moz13
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 Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2004 11:43 pm Post subject: Wireless setup on IBM laptop |
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I have an IBM T30 laptop and I am trying to set up wireless networking. The chipset uses the orinoco drivers, and I can see my wireless card, but it doesn't quite work.
I use the 2.6.5 gentoo kernel, and have modular support for my card.
iwconfig shows my eth1 card, and ifconfig will only show it when i use the -a flag. What do i need to do to make eth1 be active? The wavemon util shows I am detecting a signal, I just cannot connect, nor monitor.
My only ideas thus far is the driver hasn't been activated.
I get this while trying the driver:
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Segmentation fault
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And when I try to switch it to monitor mode:
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Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
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All help is greatly appreciated. |
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barlad
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| Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2004 5:50 am Post subject: |
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Segmentation fault...
What does it say in dmesg and what does lsmod report after trying to modprobe the driver? |
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Simoncek
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 8:50 pm Post subject: |
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Hi!
I would like to set-up my wireless card on my IBM-T30 thinpad notebook to work with airsnort.
I can modprobe the orinoco_pci module without any problem. But when I try to put it into Monitor mode, I get a kind of error:
>iwconfig eth1 mode Monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
I think the problem is with driver, but I have no idea how to fix this. When I type:
>iwlist eth1 scan
I get the following:
eth1 Interface doesn't support scanning : Operation not supported
>iwconfig
eth0 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=-122 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:639 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:23 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Does anyone know, how to fix this? |
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Der P@te
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Joined: 17 Nov 2004
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Location: Germany
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 9:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Simoncek wrote: |
I can modprobe the orinoco_pci module without any problem. But when I try to put it into Monitor mode, I get a kind of error:
>iwconfig eth1 mode Monitor
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
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i´ve got the same problem...net-wireless/orinoco list the driver version 0.15rc2 (iwconfig eth1 mode monitor (monitor mode patch included)). 0.13x should work with iwpriv eth1 mode monitor 1 2
but how we get 0.13 to portage ?  |
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Simoncek
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| Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 10:15 pm Post subject: |
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When I try to emerge the net-wireless/orinoco version 0.15rc2 I get an error, that this driver does not work with 2.6.x kernel and the emerge process stops.
Do I have to wait until net-wireless/orinoco drivers for my kernel or there is another solution? |
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UberLord
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