Re: (forw) [Re: Mandrakelinux on TC1000]

A possible solution thanks to Google. I will give this a try, but here
is the pertinent information.

http://www.pieterclaassen.co.uk/zwiki/ATMELPCMCIAPCIUSBLinuxDriver

The biggest issue with the card is that there is a bug in the startup
script /bin/fastvnet.sh which is run after the kernel modules is loaded
to bring the card up.

change

iwconfig $ifname $key $num [$value] $mode
to
iwconfig $ifname $key $value [$num] $mode

Without the change, you will be able to bring the card up without
encryption (so a good chance you won't even notice the bug if you don't
user an encrypted network) but encryption will never work.

On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 17:58, A. S. Budden wrote:
> I thought I'd bring this back on list in case anyone more experienced
> can offer any help...
>
> Al
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> I ran your suggestion for downing everything and bringing up Atml0 as
> the default. Here is the message that comes up on the screen.
>
> [root@localhost network-scripts]# ifup atml0
> Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
> SET failed on device atml0 ; Invalid argument.
> Determining IP information for atml0... done.
>
> It is as if the card cannot be set as the default internet connection.
>
> Here is my routing table
>
> [root@localhost network-scripts]# route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use
> Iface
> 192.168.0.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 atml0
> 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
> default 192.168.0.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 atml0
>
> When I try to go to any site using Mozilla, it hangs trying to resolve
> the hostname of the site to an IP. If I go directly to my router's IP
> address, I can get right in. This tells me that the card is configured
> correctly including WEP security. It leads me to believe that there is
> something wrong with name resolution (although that works fine if I plug
> the Orinoco back in.
>
> Here are the DNS files:
>
> /etc/hosts
> 127.0.0.1 localhost
>
> /etc/resolv.conf
> search ce1.client2.attbi.com
> nameserver 63.240.76.19
> nameserver 204.127.198.19
>
> They are used properly with any other network card than the one
> built-in.
>
>
> On Sun, 2004-06-27 at 17:02, A. S. Budden wrote:
> > Thus spake Marty Hillman:
> > > I have been messing with mine this afternoon and notice one main
> > > difference in your file. I have my wireless key within double quotes.
> >
> > I copied it from my other laptop (with a working connection on a Netgear
> > MA401) -- a Sony Vaio with Mandrake 10:
> >
> > DEVICE=eth1
> > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > WIRELESS_ESSID=shambles
> > WIRELESS_ENC_KEY=746823236f616368686f757365
> > DHCP_HOSTNAME=morat
> > HWADDR=00:09:5B:3E:BB:27
> > NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> > NETWORK=192.168.1.0
> > BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
> > ONBOOT=no
> >
> > [snip]
> > >
> > > I am now able to get DHCP, but cannot get the computer to accept atml0
> > > as my default internet connection. I have addressing, I can ping, I
> > > have renamed everything to atml0... Mozilla will not load a page.
> > [snip]
> >
> > To get atml0 as the default connection, you could try getting rid of
> > eth0 before you start atml0 -- with ifdown eth0; ifup atml0. That's
> > generally a lot easier than playing around with route. It seems strange
> > that you can ping but not do anything else.
> >
> > Let me know how you get on -- you never know, between us we might crack
> > this one!
> >
> > Al
>
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
Received on Sun Jun 27 21:23:32 2004