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hitchup - 03.09.2006, 14:17 Uhr
Titel: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

New post. Transfer from install.

Router LINKSYS BEFW1154 V2/V3 Firmware 1.44.2 Dec 13 2002.
Wireless Firmware 1.2.1
Encryption WEP Open
Gateway 192.168.1.1
Network Card WMP11 V4

lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia] (rev 05)0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8601 [Apollo ProMedia AGP]
0000:00:07.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super South] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 Bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C686 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of Cisco Systems WMP11v4 802.11b PCI card
0000:00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems CyberBlade/i1 (rev 6a)

lspci -n
0000:00:00.0 0600: 1106:0601 (rev 05)
0000:00:01.0 0604: 1106:8601
0000:00:07.0 0601: 1106:0686 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.1 0101: 1106:0571 (rev 06)
0000:00:07.2 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.3 0c03: 1106:3038 (rev 1a)
0000:00:07.4 0680: 1106:3057 (rev 40)
0000:00:07.5 0401: 1106:3058 (rev 50)
0000:00:09.0 0200: 17fe:2120
0000:00:0b.0 0200: 10ec:8139 (rev 10)
0000:01:00.0 0300: 1023:8500 (rev 6a)

ndiswrapper -l
Installed drivers:
2802w driver installed
fwlan driver installed
lsipnds driver installed, hardware present

iwconfig wlan0
wlan0
IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"Hendrix"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.437 GHz
Access Point: 00:06:25:BF:13:C7
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

The above is the correct access point.
I have set the key as:
iwconfig wlan0 key open hhhhhhhhhh
But it doesn't stick.

I have also run netcardconfig and set the key there and tried both static and DHCP.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

kstevek - 03.09.2006, 15:38 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

Hi, on my installs ndiswrapper does not like having drivers for cards its not using installed, so I remove all drivers not needed using the nsdiswrapper -e "unwanted driver" where you fill in driver details as needed without quotes. I then modprobe ndiswrapper and use dhclient to get a connection, dunno if this is the recommended way but it works for me.

cheers kstevek

hitchup - 03.09.2006, 16:16 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

kstecek,
Thanks for the reply.
That didn't change anything on mine.
Is the entry fo NWID in netcardconfig required? It is the second entry.
If so, what is the input?

hitchup

ockham23 - 03.09.2006, 16:24 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

Zitat:

Is the entry fo NWID in netcardconfig required?

No, and I never use it.

man iwconfig:

Zitat:

nwid/domain
Set the Network ID (in some products it may also be called
Domain ID). As all adjacent wireless networks share the same
medium, this parameter is used to differenciate them (create
logical colocated networks) and identify nodes belonging to the
same cell.
This parameter is only used for pre-802.11 hardware, the 802.11
protocol uses the ESSID and AP Address for this function.
With some cards, you may disable the Network ID checking (NWID
promiscuous) with off (and on to reenable it).
Examples :
iwconfig eth0 nwid AB34
iwconfig eth0 nwid off

ockham23 - 03.09.2006, 16:32 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

This appears to be one of the older cards so there's no hassle with WPA. Try the commands I posted here: http://kanotix.com/index.php?name=PNphpBB2&file=viewtopic&p=130109#130109

hitchup - 03.09.2006, 21:17 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

Things have gone downhill. Wireless card isn't able to get AP. I think there is unstable ndiswrapper and/or windows driver. On boot the hardware assignment listing shows wireless card to use IRQ 9. Last dmesg output shows ndiswrapper assigned to IRQ 10 for the wireless card driver. IRQ 10 is assigned to the Ethernet card.
I tried to set the IRO for wlan0 but, the response errored out.

ockham23 - 03.09.2006, 22:27 Uhr
Titel: RE: Wlan Linksys WMP11 V4 setup.

Boot off the LiveCD to get a "standard" environment without ndiswrapper already installed. Maybe Kanotix has a suitable driver already built into the kernel. Then try to configure the card manually as described here: http://kanotix.com/index.php?name=PNphp ... 109#130109

mdmarmer - 04.09.2006, 01:04 Uhr
Titel: works with ndiswrapper only

This card works only with ndiswrapper
the needed windows driver .inf file is LSIPNDS.inf

Mike

hitchup - 09.09.2006, 23:37 Uhr
Titel: RE: works with ndiswrapper only

I want to re-visit my WLAN problem. I think I am very close to getting it to work.
Ifconfig shpws packets both Rx and Tx. The Hwaddr matches the MAC address for the wireless card.
Iwconfig wlan0 hows the correct essid and the MAC of the router.

The network failed DHCP. I set a static IP, Gateway, WEP key, and DNS with lancardconfig.
Iwconfig wlan0 shows the Encryption Key: Off.

BIOS startup shows the wireless card to use IRQ 9.
Is there an interface between the CPU and PCI Buss that uses IRQ 10?
In other words does the card activate on 9 then, the PCI controller follows with 10 to the CPU.

I often make things harder than they are. Please help me find a simple answer to this one.

Thanks,
hitchup

Below is the end of the dmesg log. The last log entry was caused by a typo.

ndiswrapper version 1.15 loaded (preempt=yes,smp=yes)
ndiswrapper: driver lsipnds (Linksys,07/09/2003,3.01.7.2003) loaded
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 10
PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:09.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
ndiswrapper: using irq 10
wlan0: vendor: 'Driver for INPROCOMM IPN2120 Wireless LAN Cards'
wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:12:17:42:32:2d using driver lsipnds, 17FE:2120:1737:0020.5.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA
usbcore: registered new driver ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper (set_essid:61): setting essid failed (00010003)

ifconfig wlan0
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:17:42:32:2D
inet addr:192.168.1.133 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:95 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:74 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:16495 (16.1 KiB) TX bytes:19008 (18.5 KiB)
Interrupt:10 Memory:e8001000-e8001800

iwconfig wlan0
IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"Hendrix"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:06:25:BF:13:C7
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power:17 dBm
RTS thr:2347 B Fragment thr:2346 B
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:100/100 Signal level:-78 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

hitchup - 09.09.2006, 23:38 Uhr
Titel: RE: works with ndiswrapper only

hitchup - 19.09.2006, 02:28 Uhr
Titel: RE: works with ndiswrapper only

First, using damn small linux (DSL) I was able to make the wireless card work. However, without WEP encryption. I added additional memory today and brought up kanotix and following the same commands as in DSL I having a working wlan that I am entering this post with.

Second, does anyone have tips for making WEP work?

Third, when working wireless card configuration remember that you are writing to hardware registers on the card and you can cause lock-ups that require power down and up in order to free the card and get back to where you were before the lock-up. The reset button will not get you there.