[Prism54-users] Netgear wg511 on redhat 9 kernel 2.6.1

[Luis R. Rodriguez]

Try adding an "up" at the end of your ifconfig command.

	Luis

On Tue, Feb 10, 2004 at 02:21:14PM +1100, Anthony Tickner wrote:
> Hi I am a relatively new linux user and am have all sorts of problems
> getting my WG511 to work on the kernel 2.6.1.
> 
> I think I have followed everything from the readme files on the
> prism54.prg site, but I have done so much choping and changing since I
> am not sure what has happened.
> 
> 
> I am able to get the interface up using ifconfig but am unable to make
> any connections or see any traffic.
> 
> Here is some system information. please advise if you will require more.
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> [root@Anthony root]# uname -a
> Linux Anthony 2.6.1 #13 SMP Wed Feb 4 17:17:11 EST 2004 i686 i686 i386
> GNU/Linux
> 
> 
> [root@Anthony root]# ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.34 netmask 255.255.255.0
> 
> 
> [root@Anthony root]# ifconfig
> eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:09:5B:83:CD:4A
>           inet addr:192.168.0.34  Bcast:192.168.0.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
>           Interrupt:11
> 
> [root@Anthony root]# iwconfig eth1
> Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 16
> of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15.
> Some things may be broken...
>  
> eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  Mode:Managed  Channel:1
>           Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  Bit Rate:0kb/s   Tx-Power=31
> dBm
>           Sensitivity=20/4
>           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:2347 B   Fragment thr:2346 B
>           Encryption key:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:107
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> 
> [root@Anthony root]# cat /proc/net/wireless
> Inter-| sta-|   Quality        |   Discarded packets               |
> Missed | WE
>  face | tus | link level noise |  nwid  crypt   frag  retry   misc |
> beacon | 16
>   eth1: 0000    0     0    56        0      0      0      0     
> 0        0
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> If I eject and reinsert my pcmcia card I get the following messages in
> /var/log/messages   
> 
> Feb 10 14:16:11 Anthony /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET remove event not
> supported
> Feb 10 14:16:11 Anthony /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: PCI remove event not
> supported
> Feb 10 14:16:21 Anthony /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET add event not
> supported
> Feb 10 14:16:21 Anthony kernel: PCI: Enabling device 0000:07:00.0 (0000
> -> 0002)
> Feb 10 14:16:21 Anthony /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... no modules for PCI
> slot 0000:07:00.0
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> 
> Also when trying to run Kismet I get a wlanctl-ng error (which I believe
> is not compilable on 2.6.* as yet). Is this needed for general network
> use??
> 
> 
> Thanks in advanced.
> Anthony.
>