[TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)

Robert Baker rbaker at smithlaw.com
Wed Oct 30 14:35:56 EST 2002 

Jeremy,

Kinda neat we're both chiming in on discussions on the TriLug and CF
lists...

Anyway, I'll try it with the AP when I get home.  I assumed the card would
start without the AP being close by. 

When I add the Linksys card info toe the /etc/pcmcia/config file, what does
that do?
And why doesn't the card show up on the GUI drop-down list? Where does RH8
get those Ethernet card names in the drop-down? I've seen a reference in the
RH docs about adding to the "hardware list", where is this "list"?

I guess right now I'm baffled at how hard this has been...

Thanks again

>>> Rob Baker <<<
Webcentric Applications Developer

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 1:27 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)



Robert,

I'm not sure what to say exactly at this point.  However, it does look like
there is *some* wireless driver loaded; I'm not sure if it's the
right one.   Is it supposed to be connecting to an access point (ie, is
there an access point turned on and within range) ?

--Jeremy

On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 13:55, Robert Baker wrote:
> Jeremy,
> 
> /var/log/messages shows this line:
> Oct 29 13:15:59 localhost kernel: wvlan_cs: Unrecognised card, card 
> return vendor = 0x0000, please report... I see this during boot up 
> also
> 
> Orinco_cs is not loaded (lsmod)
> 
> Iwconfig:
> lo        no wireless extensions.
> 
> eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"non-spec"  Nickname:"Prism  I"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.422GHz  Access Point:
44:44:44:44:44:44
>           Bit Rate:2Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3
>           RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0/92  Signal level:-102 dBm  Noise level:-102 dBm
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> Hope this helps
> 
>  
> 
> >>> Rob Baker <<<
> Webcentric Applications Developer
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeremy Portzer [mailto:jeremyp at pobox.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 1:32 PM
> To: trilug at trilug.org
> Subject: RE: [TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)
> 
> 
> 
> I'm not sure that's actually a problem, although I would have expected 
> it to show up as "PrismII" instead of Lucent/Agere/Melco, but 
> whatever. As long as it's actually using the orinoco_cs driver, it 
> doesn't really matter what the config tool thinks it is.  Look at 
> /var/log/messages and also type "lsmod" at a shell prompt... does
orinoco_cs get loaded
> properly?   If you type "iwconfig" at a shell prompt, do you get a bunch
> of stats about your wireless card, or an error?
> 
> Now, as far as the card timing out when activated, have you set up the 
> TCP/IP configuration yet?  If you leave everything at the defaults, it 
> will attempt to connect to a DHCP server.  Do you have a wireless 
> network and a DHCP server?  Is the ESSID (and WEP, if applicable) 
> configured correctly?
> 
> If you haven't yet set up the DHCP server or other appropriate TCP/IP 
> settings, the card timing out when activated is the expected behavior.
> 
> --Jeremy
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2002-10-29 at 13:21, Robert Baker wrote:
> > Jeremy,
> >  
> > Now when I go into Network Configuration RH8 sees the card as a
> > "Lucent/Agere/Melco PCMCIA..." It's 'Inactive' and when I try to 
> > activate the card is times out with an error.
> >  
> > I've tried to go in and add a new adapter (Network Configuration >
> > Hardware) but do not see the Linksys listed and no where to add it.
> >  
> > I'm not sure what to do next--most of the devices listed in
> > /etc/pcmcia/config are not listed in the GUI dropdown.
> >  
> > Any suggestions?
> >  
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > 
> > >>> Rob Baker <<<
> > Webcentric Applications Developer
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Robert Baker [mailto:rbaker at smithlaw.com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 4:32 PM
> > To: 'trilug at trilug.org'
> > Subject: [TriLUG] Linksys WPC11 (wireless PC Card)
> > 
> > 
> > Jeremy,
> >  
> > I added the following lines to /etc/pcmcia/config:
> >  
> > card "Linksys Instant Wireless Network PC Card WPC11 v3"
> >   manfid 0x0274, 0x1613
> >   bind "orinoco_cs"
> >  
> > Thanks again for showing me the way...
> >  
> > I left the actual card at home so I can't test at work (no access 
> > here
> > anyway).
> >  
> > Where would I configure the card (security etc...) once RH8 
> > recognizes
> > it?
> >  
> >  
> >  
> > <> Rob Baker <>
> > Webcentric Applications Developer
> > Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell, Jernigan, L.L.P.
> > 2500 First Union Capitol Center (Box 2611)
> > Raleigh, NC 27602-2611 
> > v. 919-838-2010 <> f. 919-821-6800 
> > www.smithlaw.com
> >  
> > 
> 
> 
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