[lug] wireless lan problems

Thu Feb 8 16:44:02 MST 2001

Sean Reifschneider wrote:
> 
> On Thu, Feb 08, 2001 at 03:57:53PM -0700, Ferdinand Schmid wrote:
> >It did.  The card installs properly now.  More head banging came my way
> >though - I realized that I had to download the iwconfig etc. utilities and
> >compile them.  That worked but - now the card always bonds to the eth0
> >interface.  I defined a separate interface (eth2) for this card.  The
> >Wireless Lan Howto doesn't seem to talk about this part of the
> >configuration.  Maybe that is too basic - but I don't know of the right
> >resource to set this up properly.
> 
> The newer wvlan_cs goes to the eth* devices instead of wvlan.  Any reason
> you don't want it there?

I don't care as long as I can have a separate configuration for my wired
lan and wireless lan.  Currently it picks up eth0, which is my wired lan
configuration.  My access point doesn't support that address range so I
would like to have the wireless setup to go to eth2.  

I also noticed that I get lots of error messages upon inserting the
card.  Here is a sample:

Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: initializing socket 0
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: socket 0: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps
Wireless Adapter
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: executing: 'modprobe wvlan_cs'
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: + modprobe: Can't locate module
wvlan_cs
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: + Note: /etc/conf.modules is more
recent than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.depFeb  8 16:39:51 fps
cardmgr[545]: modprobe exited with status 255
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: executing: 'insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.1/pcmcia/wvlan_cs.o'
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: WaveLAN/IEEE PCMCIA driver v1.0.6
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: (c) Andreas Neuhaus
<andy at fasta.fh-dortmund.de>
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 3, io
0x0100-0x013f
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: Registered netdevice eth0
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 40 05 de
85 c6
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: This is LinkSys/D-Link card, not a
Wavelan IEEE card :-(
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps cardmgr[545]: executing: './network start eth0'
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: You may want report firmare revision (0x7)
and what the card support.
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps kernel: I will try to make it work, but you should
look for a better driver.
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:51 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + /usr/local/bin/iwconfig eth0 mode
auto
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + SIOCSIWMODE: Invalid argument
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + /usr/local/bin/iwconfig eth0 channel
6
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + SIOCSIWFREQ: Operation not supported
.......
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + /usr/local/bin/iwconfig eth0 ap
00:40:05:de:5d:19
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + Interface eth0 doesn't support IP
addresses
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps cardmgr[545]: + eth0      Interface doesn't support
MAC & IP addresses
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-4
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: Note: /etc/conf.modules is more recent
than /lib/modules/2.4.1/modules.dep
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module net-pf-5
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is 00 40 05 de
85 c6
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps kernel: wvlan_cs: This is LinkSys/D-Link card, not a
Wavelan IEEE card :-(
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps kernel: You may want report firmare revision (0x7)
and what the card support.
Feb  8 16:39:52 fps kernel: I will try to make it work, but you should
look for a better driver.              

It feels like I am still far from having this system working.  That is
why I was hoping to find a document with answers so I wouldn't have to
bother you and the rest of the list repeatedly.  Any form of help is
much appreciated.

Thanks,
Ferdinand

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Ferdinand Schmid
http://www.archenergy.com
Office: 303-444-4149