[Prism54-users] RE: SMC PCI card detected as D-Link

[Jerry Burgess]

> I've been trying to get my SMC2802W PCI card to work
> with Mandrake 9.2.
> Here's my steps so far:
> Installed wireless tools
> Put isl3890 & firmware.agent in proper places
> (making the agent executable with chmod +x)
> 
> Downloaded 2.4.23-0.rc5.2mdk kernel
> Patched it with patch-2.4.23-prism54-cvs20031230.bz2
> (took me awhile to figure out the bzip command in
> the readme needs to bzip2)
> Compiled the kernel with all configurations needed
> Booted into new kernel
> iwconfig shows lo no wireless extensions
> lspci shows card as D-links DWL-g650 A1
> /sbin/lsmod | grep prism54 returns no values
> /sbin/hotplug shows only my firewire agent
> depmod returns no errors
> If I try and configure the misdetected card through
> drakconnect the prism54 drivers don't show up as an
> option.
>  
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.
> 
> Jerry

Jens Maurer wrote:

So, load the driver:
   modprobe prism54

Then check "ifconfig -a" for ethX of your card,
then "ifconfig ethX up".
Are you really sure that you've got an SMC card,
not D-Link?

Jean:
Thanks, I figured this out before I got your message.
Can't believe I forgot to modprobe!
The iwconfig correctly IDs the card. I've found that
trying to use Mandrake's Drakconnect utility always
hoses my settings. I have edited the ifcfg-eth1 in
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts to set the ESSID,
channel, and WEP key. Then added "alias eth1 prism54"
to /etc/modules.conf to load the driver. 
Seems to be working great so far!
Thanks,
Jerry