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guyr Apprentice

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Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2006 6:43 am Post subject: |
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Running kernel 2.6.15-r1 on AMD64 eMachines M6805. Everything other than wireless works fine, so now I'm trying to get that to work. I have Win64 in dual boot, and that connects wireless fine. I'm using the Broadcom driver from there (got the inf from following one of the links in this thread.)
In short, I can't get this working. Win64 says signal strength is "low" but it works. Here is what I see in /var/log/messages after modprobe ndiswrapper:
Feb 11 00:55:07 emach ndiswrapper version 1.8 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach ndiswrapper (load_pe_images:571): fixing KI_USER_SHARED_DATA address in the driverFeb 11 00:55:08 emach ndiswrapper: driver netbc564 (,10/01/2002,3.70.17.5) loaded
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 0000:00:0c.0
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:10.0
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:11.1
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:00:12.0
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 0000:01:00.0
Feb 11 00:55:08 emach ndiswrapper: using irq 9
Feb 11 00:55:09 emach wlan0: vendor: ''
Feb 11 00:55:09 emach wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:90:96:79:90:35 using driver netbc564, 14E4:4320.5.conf
Feb 11 00:55:09 emach wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
Feb 11 00:55:10 emach net.agent[9175]: add event not handled
Feb 11 00:55:10 emach irq 10: nobody cared (try booting with the "irqpoll" option)
ndiswrapper -l says it found the device and the device is working. If I use iwconfig wlan0 channel 8 (which is what I use on the Linksys G router), it will change the channnel successfully. However, if I try to set ap, it just ignores the request.
iwlist wlan0 scan produces no results. If I try "dhcpcd wlan0" it will just sit there for awhile and return; dmesg reports it timed out waiting.
There is some kind of interference with the VIA sound driver. After loading the ndiswrapper driver, anything that causes an system event sound will loop on that sound. Eventually it will stop repeating itself. None of the devices listed above as sharing IRQ 9 is the VIA sound driver.
When I issue iwconfig commands, it tells me "Warning: Driver for device wlan0 has been compiled with version 19
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17. Some things may be broken..."
Any suggestions on where to go from here? I'd like to get this working. Thanks. _________________ Guy Rouillier |
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guyr Apprentice

Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 237
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 2:26 am Post subject: |
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I'm confused about the interaction between iwconfig and ifconfig. Will changes requested with iwconfig only take effect while the interface is down (i.e., ifconfig wlan0 down)? Trying seemingly random configuration changes, I managed to at least see the Linksys Wireless G router sitting about 35 ft from my laptop (upstairs). With iwconfig reporting this:
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power:25 dBm
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:xxxxxxxxxxxxx Security mode:open
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
iwlist wlan0 scan reported this:
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:00:00:00:00:00
ESSID:"l1ika"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.447 GHz (Channel
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5 Mb/s
Bit Rate:6 Mb/s
Bit Rate:9 Mb/s
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
Bit Rate:12 Mb/s
Bit Rate:18 Mb/s
Bit Rate:24 Mb/s
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s
Bit Rate:48 Mb/s
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
Seeing the mode reported by the ap was "Managed", I updated wlan0 to this mode. At that point, iwlist no longer showed the ap with scan. No matter what I do, I can not get anything to appear as the result of scan again (there are several other ap's in my neighborhood, including one next door that I've used successfully from Windows.)
So I'm clueless as to how iwconfig works. When I specify iwconfig wlan0 essid "l1ika", it doesn't seem to do anything; the essid field reported by iwconfig remains "off/any". Similarly, if I use "iwconfig wlan0 ap xxxxxxx", it doesn't use the value of xxxxxxxx that I supply; it either leaves it set to zero, or one time it set it to some other non-zero value entirely. I can't imagine where it got that value from. I should be supply the MAC address the wireless router assigned to the wireless connection on its end, right?
There was one time when I actually got iwconfig to display a non-zero access point address and the correct essid. I have no idea what sequence of commands I used to produce that, but changing Mode to Managed reset both settings.
I'd appreciate some pointers as to how iwconfig is supposed to work, and what it means when it ignores commands. Thanks. _________________ Guy Rouillier |
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guyr Apprentice

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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2006 10:10 pm Post subject: |
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Another random tidbit of info. I changed the mode to Managed. Seems that changing the mode resets all other settings. At any rate, with the mode changed, I ran iwlist wlan0 scan, and this time I saw all 5 APs that normally show up under Windows. Feeling lucky, I tried "dhcpcd wlan0"; unfortunately, it still timed out without successfully obtaining an IP address. As a final attempt, I carried my laptop to my Linksys router and reran this exercise while sitting right next to the router. Still no connection. But this at least eliminates signal strength as the issue. So that means that there is a basic problem with getting the configuration to work. All suggestions welcome. _________________ Guy Rouillier |
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luna80 Veteran


Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 1132 Location: switzerland
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 4:10 am Post subject: |
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guyr wrote: | When I specify iwconfig wlan0 essid "l1ika", it doesn't seem to do anything; the essid field reported by iwconfig remains "off/any". |
same problem! I can't change the essid and the connection fails.
I'm working on a acer aspire 1501 (amd64), and the wireless card is a broadcom 4306...
Can somebody help us? _________________ *** !f j00 c4n r34D tH15 tH3N j00 n33D t0 l0g Off *** |
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vicaya n00b

Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 57
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Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2006 6:56 pm Post subject: |
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Guyr: I have a similar machine: m6809 (amd64, 2.6.15-r5 nonprempt -- doesn't make any difference to me, nonsmp, ndiswrapper 1.8 with windows netbc564 driver for the broadcom 4306.) Everything works great (unencrypted since 2.6.10/ndiswrapper 1.2; wep and wpa-psk with wpa_supplicant 0.5.1 (both -Dndiswrapper and -Dwext work) using baselayout-1.12.0_pre16-r1 -- good multi-nic support)
I use wireless-tools-28_pre14 -- no warnings about extension versions. Try no-encryption, wep and wpa in that order, as the dependency/requirement on the wireless AP/router also increases. I initially had problems with WPA with a netgear router where you have to set pairwise and group to TKIP explicitly without CCMP etc, in addition to the required psk. If you have ssid broadcast turned off on the AP you have to set ap_scan=2 and scan_ssid=1 in wpa_supplicant.conf
Good luck. |
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dodoalien n00b


Joined: 16 Feb 2006 Posts: 10
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Posted: Wed Feb 22, 2006 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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hi all
im tring to get up my wireless card on my ASUS A4K series laptop
the wire card is and USB one, i used ndiswrapper and XP drivers: ZD1211U.inf and ZD1211U.sys
this laptop got amd64 so i emerged ndiswrapper 1.2-r1 but i have no wlan0 if i do iwconfig:
Code: | ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions. |
lspci:
Code: | ~ # lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Host Bridge (rev a4)
00:01.0 ISA bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 LPC Bridge (rev f6)
00:01.1 SMBus: nVidia Corporation nForce3 SMBus (rev a4)
00:02.0 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
00:02.1 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 1.1 (rev a5)
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2)
00:06.0 Multimedia audio controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2)
00:06.1 Modem: nVidia Corporation nForce3 Audio (rev a2)
00:08.0 IDE interface: nVidia Corporation nForce3 IDE (rev a5)
00:0a.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 PCI Bridge (rev a2)
00:0b.0 PCI bridge: nVidia Corporation nForce3 AGP Bridge (rev a4)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RV350 [Mobility Radeon 9600 M10]
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b3)
02:01.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 08)
02:01.2 Class 0805: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 17)
02:01.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 08) |
00:02.2 USB Controller: nVidia Corporation nForce3 USB 2.0 (rev a2)
this should be the wi-fi card..
Code: | ~ # ndiswrapper -l
Installed ndis drivers:
zd1211u driver present, hardware present |
now the problem:
Code: | ~ # dmesg | grep ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper version 1.2 loaded (preempt=no,smp=no)
ndiswrapper (check_nt_hdr:152): Windows driver is not 64-bit; bad magic: 010B
ndiswrapper (load_sys_files:520): unable to prepare driver 'zd1211u'
<ffffffff88147a55>{:ndiswrapper:unload_ndis_driver+149}
Modules linked in: ndiswrapper snd_seq snd_seq_device snd_intel8x0 snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore snd_page_alloc i2c_nforce2 sk98lin eth1394 ata_piix sata_vsc sata_sis sata_sx4 sata_nv sata_via sata_svw sata_sil sata_promise libata sbp2 ohci1394 ieee1394 ohci_hcd uhci_hcd usb_storage usbhid ehci_hcd
RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff88147a55>] <ffffffff88147a55>{:ndiswrapper:unload_ndis_driver+149}
Call Trace:<ffffffff88148b7a>{:ndiswrapper:wrapper_ioctl+4330}
RIP <ffffffff88147a55>{:ndiswrapper:unload_ndis_driver+149} RSP <ffff810003b09e18>
<3>ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper_load_driver:93): loadndiswrapper failed (9); check system log for messages from 'loadndisdriver'
usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper |
as you can see it says that the drivers i give arent 64-bit...
what can i do?  _________________ Once on TUX you will sai WINDOWS SUX! |
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guyr Apprentice

Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 237
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Posted: Sun Feb 26, 2006 3:31 am Post subject: |
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vicaya wrote: | Guyr: I have a similar machine: m6809 (amd64, 2.6.15-r5 nonprempt -- doesn't make any difference to me, nonsmp, ndiswrapper 1.8 with windows netbc564 driver for the broadcom 4306.) Everything works great (unencrypted since 2.6.10/ndiswrapper 1.2; wep and wpa-psk with wpa_supplicant 0.5.1 (both -Dndiswrapper and -Dwext work) using baselayout-1.12.0_pre16-r1 -- good multi-nic support)
I use wireless-tools-28_pre14 -- no warnings about extension versions. Try no-encryption, wep and wpa in that order, as the dependency/requirement on the wireless AP/router also increases. I initially had problems with WPA with a netgear router where you have to set pairwise and group to TKIP explicitly without CCMP etc, in addition to the required psk. If you have ssid broadcast turned off on the AP you have to set ap_scan=2 and scan_ssid=1 in wpa_supplicant.conf
Good luck. |
Vicaya, good to know you got this working. Are you running Alsa sound also? I'm concerned that some resource (irq or io address) interference with Alsa is messing this up. As I mentioned, when I have ndiswrapper loaded, causing any system sound to play makes the sound repeat itself repeatedly. I checked the irq assignments:
9: 169839 XT-PIC uhci_hcd:usb2, eth0, ndiswrapper
10: 200000 XT-PIC ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb4, VIA8233, VIA82XX-MODEM, ohci1394
So it doesn't look like they interfere, but without ndiswrapper system sounds are fine.
I tried turning off encryption on my Linksys wireless router, and setting authentication to Open - got no further. This is frustrating - resorted to stringing 50 ft of CAT5 so I could use wired Ethernet. _________________ Guy Rouillier |
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vicaya n00b

Joined: 26 Jun 2004 Posts: 57
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: |
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guyr wrote: | Vicaya, good to know you got this working. Are you running Alsa sound also? I'm concerned that some resource (irq or io address) interference with Alsa is messing this up. As I mentioned, when I have ndiswrapper loaded, causing any system sound to play makes the sound repeat itself repeatedly. I checked the irq assignments:
9: 169839 XT-PIC uhci_hcd:usb2, eth0, ndiswrapper
10: 200000 XT-PIC ehci_hcd:usb1, uhci_hcd:usb4, VIA8233, VIA82XX-MODEM, ohci1394
So it doesn't look like they interfere, but without ndiswrapper system sounds are fine.
I tried turning off encryption on my Linksys wireless router, and setting authentication to Open - got no further. This is frustrating - resorted to stringing 50 ft of CAT5 so I could use wired Ethernet. |
Looks like you have pci irq sharing turned on in kernel, which I don't:
Code: | $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i irq
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ is not set |
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guyr Apprentice

Joined: 17 Aug 2004 Posts: 237
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Posted: Thu Mar 02, 2006 4:04 am Post subject: |
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vicaya wrote: |
Looks like you have pci irq sharing turned on in kernel, which I don't:
Code: | $ zcat /proc/config.gz | grep -i irq
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
# CONFIG_HPET_RTC_IRQ is not set |
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Hmmm, I can't find that last one, but of the others:
root@emach /usr/src/linux # grep -i irq .config
CONFIG_GENERIC_HARDIRQS=y
CONFIG_GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE=y
# CONFIG_IDEPCI_SHARE_IRQ is not set
root@emach /usr/src/linux # grep -i hpet .config
CONFIG_HPET_TIMER=y
CONFIG_HPET_EMULATE_RTC=y
# CONFIG_HPET is not set _________________ Guy Rouillier |
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sbrownii n00b

Joined: 17 Aug 2005 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sun Mar 12, 2006 6:00 am Post subject: emerge ndiswrapper |
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I followed all the instructions.
I could get the essid of my ap, but couldn't ping the router, let alone get an ip through dhcp
I also had some message that said that that it had been compiled with version 17 instead of 18, or something...
I had originally just manually installed ndiswrapper.
I decided to go ahead and emerge ndiswrapper from portage to see what would happen.
Had to reinstall the windows driver after that.
I used ifconfig to bring wlan0 up, type "dhcpcd wlan0" and wow... it returned quickly... it usually sat there
for the whole 10 seconds and then quit
This time I actually got an ip. I can ping the router. I am writing this post unplugged! (well, my battery is low, so not totally unplugged...)
Don't get that message about being compiled with a different version anymore either.... |
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GuruMeditation n00b

Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Mar 15, 2006 8:20 am Post subject: |
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Nice HOWTO. Now if only Netgear released 64-bit drivers I'd be set
So yah, probably mentioned in a thousand places elsewhere but if you're running a 64-bit version of Gentoo w/ ndiswrapper make sure you get 64-bit drivers or you'll get a nasty surprise in dmesg So with a Netgear you're most likely screwed ( http://kbserver.netgear.com/kb_web_files/n101596.asp )
Until then, must convince the wife that having an ethernet cable running through the living room can look quite visually pleasing with correctly placed drapes (or, failing that, try to make her believe it's very feng shui). |
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Asthra n00b

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 4
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Posted: Mon Apr 24, 2006 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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Hi ppl,
I've recently installed gentoo on my AMD64.
and see this howto for installing my PCI Linksys WMP54GS cards.
but after i have installed and configured ndiswrapper with the bcml5 windows drivers front linuxant website, i reboot linux, but i can't have the wlan0.
if i do a ndiswrapper -l i get : driver installed only. not present..
what's wrong with that?
thanks for helping me! |
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dancin_fool n00b

Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 8
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Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 7:18 pm Post subject: |
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Asthra wrote: |
if i do a ndiswrapper -l i get : driver installed only. not present..
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Are you sure you are using the correct driver?
I was experiencing a similar situation (driver installed, but nothing about hardware being present) with a Linksys WPC54G on SuSE. After several days I pulled the card out and checked the version. Turns out I had Version 4 of the card, which has a different chipset and uses a different driver. (Rhetorical question: Why would a company put unnecessary drivers on a disk?)
Check the disk that came with the card for additional drivers, be sure you know which version of the card you are using, and compare all that to this list: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List.
Much of my frustration was due to Version 1 of the card not being labeled as such, so I did not know there were multiple versions. If only I'd scrolled down a bit after searching, or clicked on Find Next!
FYI, I got the card to work but could not get the connection to stay up for more than a few minutes under SuSE and am now trying Gentoo. |
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Urbanus n00b


Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 52
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Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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Strange, with the last "emerge -uv world" after a sync I receive the error I already described and fixed here. It seems that something in udev was changed which breaks USB 2.0?!
Any ideas?
Edit: after trying a little bit with plugging/unplugging the USB-device, I received
Code: | May 4 00:06:08 beutelsend wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:95:ca:d1:9c using driver netrtusb, configuration file 2001:3C00.0.conf
May 4 00:06:08 beutelsend wlan0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !
May 4 00:06:08 beutelsend wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP, WPA with TKIP, WPA with AES/CCMP
May 4 00:06:10 beutelsend ndiswrapper (iw_set_tx_power:421): setting tx_power failed (C0010015)
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How can I fix the proc/net/wireless support? |
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Allochtoon Tux's lil' helper


Joined: 22 Jan 2004 Posts: 123 Location: Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Posted: Sat May 06, 2006 1:08 am Post subject: |
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guyr wrote: | Another random tidbit of info. I changed the mode to Managed. Seems that changing the mode resets all other settings. At any rate, with the mode changed, I ran iwlist wlan0 scan, and this time I saw all 5 APs that normally show up under Windows. Feeling lucky, I tried "dhcpcd wlan0"; unfortunately, it still timed out without successfully obtaining an IP address. As a final attempt, I carried my laptop to my Linksys router and reran this exercise while sitting right next to the router. Still no connection. But this at least eliminates signal strength as the issue. So that means that there is a basic problem with getting the configuration to work. All suggestions welcome. |
Check the last topic i started. Basically set the correct essid during dhcp timeouting. |
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Varean Guru


Joined: 03 Jul 2005 Posts: 436 Location: California, USA
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Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2006 5:04 pm Post subject: |
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I have had success with an unlisted device, just for your reference. It is a Linksys 802.11b v2.6 Wireless USB Network Adapter. _________________ Registered Linux User #387568
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MartinC69 n00b

Joined: 18 Jun 2004 Posts: 6
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Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: |
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I'm having problems with a DWL-G520+.
I have used the emerge of ndiswrapper and it would appear to have found the card ok
Code: | Installed ndis drivers:
gplus driver present, hardware present
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But when I go try and modprobe it
Code: | pedro ~ # modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found. |
Any ideas ?
Thanks |
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bdm Guru


Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 305 Location: Canada, Barrie, Ontario
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Posted: Wed Aug 16, 2006 5:24 pm Post subject: |
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If anybody is wondering, I got my Linksys WMP54GS working fine using ndiswrapper in Gentoo. And instead of using wpa_supplicant or wireless-tools to start on bootup and do it's magic. I simply made a small bash file which starts by modprobing ndiswrapper, then sets my essid, then sets my wep key, then fetches my IP with dhcpcd. And this 4 line bash script was put in /etc/conf.d/local.start.  |
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Seventjah n00b

Joined: 01 May 2005 Posts: 22
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Posted: Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:52 am Post subject: |
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bdm wrote: | If anybody is wondering, I got my Linksys WMP54GS working fine using ndiswrapper in Gentoo. And instead of using wpa_supplicant or wireless-tools to start on bootup and do it's magic. I simply made a small bash file which starts by modprobing ndiswrapper, then sets my essid, then sets my wep key, then fetches my IP with dhcpcd. And this 4 line bash script was put in /etc/conf.d/local.start.  |
Could you put this in a noob-friendly way plz, and is this when you install Gentoo, or when you have Gentoo installed?
I have a small problem with my wlan, I just can't use a cable during install and I don't want to download huge installcd's either.
Thanks |
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delepster n00b

Joined: 01 Nov 2006 Posts: 1
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the guide! Still works  |
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RageOfOrder Tux's lil' helper


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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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Hey,
Trying to get a wireless setup going here...
Gentoo 2.6.15-r1 on AMD64 using a D-Link G510 (Marvell W8300) card and ndiswrapper.
I managed to find working 64 bit drivers and ndiswrapper loads them just fine
Code: |
rez ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11FH ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
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
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rez ~ # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0F:66:94:FC:E6
ESSID:"linksys"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality:0/100 Signal level:-89 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Extra:atim=0
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Looks to me like the drivers are working and they can pick up the router alright.
but when I run "dhcpcd wlan0" it just sits there and eventually times out.
Any suggestions?
Edit:
Nevermind, it just started working. _________________ ...And then stuff happened. |
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GlemSom n00b

Joined: 26 Oct 2004 Posts: 31
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Posted: Sat Jan 13, 2007 2:08 pm Post subject: |
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RageOfOrder:
I've got the exact same problem with the realtek 8185 drivers.
iwconfig can find my AP - but dhcpcd is unable to get any IP from my router  |
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drtask n00b


Joined: 15 Feb 2007 Posts: 9
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Posted: Sat May 05, 2007 10:38 pm Post subject: |
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i have a success story for
0b:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4306 802.11b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 03)
the only issue i've run into is it wont get past my router. i cant figure out what is going on, the card starts up fine, i have /etc/init.d/net.eth0 linked to /etc/init.d/net.wlan0, everything starts fine. i try to ping somewhere, and no internet. otherwise everything functions fine. |
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bdm Guru


Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 305 Location: Canada, Barrie, Ontario
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2007 4:59 pm Post subject: |
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Also, from what I've seen when I use ndiswrapper is that there is no need to copy the .inf/.sys files manually. Once you do
Code: | ndiswrapper -i wmp54gs.inf |
It automatically grabs the .inf/.sys files and stores them in the ndiswrapper directory I believe.
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lukkio84 n00b

Joined: 01 Nov 2007 Posts: 3
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Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2007 10:24 pm Post subject: help please |
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Hi,
I have a Dell Inspiron 1300 with a Broadcom wireless card.
I've installed gentoo, I've disabled kernel support for SMP, I've installed ndiswrapper, and finally I've installed windows driver bcmwl5.inf correctly.
My wireless light indicator is powered, but if I do iwconfig this is the output:
localhost ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
Can you help me?
Thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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