[Prism54-users] WG511 prism54 driver installation on Fedora
dhobner@ideorlando.org
dhobner@ideorlando.org
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 10:59:36 -0500 (EST)
I have learned some things since my last email that I want to share
I am able to see my access point "ESSID: NTCOIS1" by doing an "iwlist eth1
scanning". I do see some output that I am not sure about (error or
info?). I have included output below. I am using a Netgear WG511 card
with Fedora Core 1.
1) Should fireware_class modules be used by (equals 0) something?
2) Should I see the "missing kernel or user mode driver Prism54" message
in /var/log/messages?
3) Should I see "_mgt_get_request(): data length (184!=1452) mismatch for
oid=0x1c000043" message in dmesg?
4) The power and data lights are flicking on the card. The power light
should stay steady on.
5) I know this driver is in development so I am not sure what to expect.
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lsmod
prism54 59792 1
firmware_class 6060 0 [prism54]
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tail -f /var/log/messages
Dec 16 10:31:34 ntclap1 kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 7): vendor 0x1260, device
0x3890
Dec 16 10:31:34 ntclap1 kernel: PCI: Enabling device 07:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Dec 16 10:31:34 ntclap1 cardmgr[3707]: socket 1: CardBus hotplug device
Dec 16 10:31:34 ntclap1 pci.agent[17409]: missing kernel or user mode
driver prism54
Dec 16 10:31:35 ntclap1 kernel: ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
Dec 16 10:31:36 ntclap1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 6
Dec 16 10:31:36 ntclap1 devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted
Dec 16 10:31:42 ntclap1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 15
Dec 16 10:31:57 ntclap1 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255
port 67 interval 18
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dmesg
cs: cb_alloc(bus 7): vendor 0x1260, device 0x3890
PCI: Enabling device 07:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: prism54_mib_init()
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team
eth1: islpci_open()
eth1: resetting device...
eth1: uploading firmware...
firmware_class.c:call_helper: firmware: /sbin/hotplug firmware add
eth1: firmware uploaded done, now triggering reset...
eth1: prism54_mib_init()
eth1: done with prism54_mib_init()!
_mgt_get_request(): data length (184!=1452) mismatch for oid=0x1c000043
_mgt_get_request(): data length (184!=1452) mismatch for oid=0x1c000043
_mgt_get_request(): data length (184!=1452) mismatch for oid=0x1c000043
_mgt_get_request(): data length (184!=1452) mismatch for oid=0x1c000043
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iwlist eth1 scanning
Warning: Driver for device eth1 recommend version 16 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 15, therefore some driver features
may not be available...
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:09:5B:51:46:B2
ESSID:"NTCOIS1"
Mode:Master
Encryption key:off
Frequency:2.412GHz
Quality:47/0 Signal level:-71 dBm Noise level:-118 dBm
Cell 02 - Address: 00:40:96:39:AD:89
ESSID:"tsunami"
Mode:Master
Encryption key:off
Frequency:2.412GHz
Quality:44/0 Signal level:-74 dBm Noise level:-118 dBm
Cell 03 - Address: 00:02:2D:81:4A:C1
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Encryption key:on
Frequency:2.412GHz
Quality:33/0 Signal level:-85 dBm Noise level:-118 dBm
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cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
# Please read /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt
# for the documentation of these parameters.
ONBOOT=yes
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
TYPE=Wireless
DHCP_HOSTNAME=ntclap1
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ESSID=NTCOIS1
MODE=Managed
RATE=
DOMAIN=
NETMASK=
HWADDR=00:09:5b:45:88:f1
IPADDR=
GATEWAY=
CHANNEL=
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[root@ntclap1 Desktop]# iwconfig eth1
Warning: Driver for device eth1 recommend version 16 of Wireless Extension,
but has been compiled with version 15, therefore some driver features
may not be available...
eth1 Netgear WG511 Mode:Managed Channel:6
Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00 Bit Rate:0kb/s
Sensitivity=20/200
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:97
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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ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:09:5B:45:88:F1
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:1710 (1.6 Kb)
Interrupt:11