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bltngshp
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 Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 4:54 pm Post subject: Wireless Pcmcia No Lights [solved] |
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I'm using a Hawking Technologies HWC54G rev. R Wireless PCMCIA card with my laptop (one of the ones with a serial number that starts with HEMT and uses an RaLink 2500 chip). Previously with a 2.6.11 all I had to do was unmask and emerge rt2500, plug in the card, ifconfig ra0 up and then dhcpcd ra0. Then one day I noticed there was a 2.6.12 kernel and installed it. In my ignorrant confidance I also #emerge -P gentoo-sources once I saw that the 2.6.12 kernel was booting and working. I can't seem to get back a 2.6.11 kernel, which would prolly be the quick easy way to get my laptop back in the coffee shop for school this semester. Anywho what happens now is:
| Code: | # emerge rt2500
# modprobe rt2500
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
rt2500 178852 0
# ifconfig ra0 up
# lsmod
Module Size Used by
rt2500 178852 1
# iwconfig
ra0 RT2500 Wireless ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412GHz Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=-55 dBm Noise level:-207 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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But at this point the lights on the card do not come up. If I try #dhcpcd ra0 it times out with no message and I loose the ra0 device from the output of #ifconfig but I still have the same listing for ra0 when I run #iwconfig. Also after #dhcpcd ra0 an lsmod tells me the rt2500 module is still loaded but nothing is using it.
On a side note can someone please refresh my memory on how to output messages from the terminal window to a text file so I don't have to manually recreate that output?
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bltngshp
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| Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:50 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I've tried rolling my kernel back to a vanilla 2.11.11....same issue
I've also tried ndiswrapper....same issue
I think I'll next try installing the driver for my card from source.
Anyone know a good way of testing my PCMCIA? |
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bltngshp
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| Posted: Mon Sep 05, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject: |
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Turns out the linksys essid is the system they chose for the secured AP. Sounds real secure, I know 
Anywho, there was no Security information passed on my end of the hand shake so my lights weren't comming on.
Once I pointed my wireless card at the unsecured essid, lights came on and an IP address was given to my laptop.
Now I just need to figure out how to get ndiswrapper to work with wpa_supplicant and talk the university into adding my MAC to the permit access list. |
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