Re: Netgear MA401 16-bit PCMCIA wifi card and FC3

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Author: Gerard Snitselaar
Date:  
To: plug-discuss
Subject: Re: Netgear MA401 16-bit PCMCIA wifi card and FC3
Since orinoco_cs uses orinoco, I believe it should
be loaded automatically.

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:25:10AM -0700, Mike Hoy wrote:
> dont' i need to have modprobe.conf showing 2 drivers?
>
> orinoco and orinoco_cs ??
>
> thanks,
>
> mike hoy
>
> Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
>
> >What is the output of lsmod when you have the orinoco drivers
> >installed?
> >
> >You will also want a line in the /etc/modprobe.conf file
> >like this:
> >
> >alias eth1 orinoco_cs
> >
> >
> >
> >On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 12:33:33AM -0700, Mike Hoy wrote:
> >
> >
> >>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> >>cat: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1: No such file or directory
> >>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$ cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
> >>DEVICE=eth0
> >>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> >>ONBOOT=yes
> >>TYPE=Ethernet
> >>[mikeaz_laptop@localhost ~]$
> >>
> >>I'm guessing that since this is set to be eth0 I need to make an
> >>identical one named ifcg-eth1.
> >>
> >>because it always seems to be eth1 for my wifi card.
> >>
> >>any ideas?
> >>
> >>mike hoy
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Gerard Snitselaar wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>In FC2 I have it all in the ifcfg file for the wireless interface.
> >>>I imagine it is the same for FC3. Take a look at
> >>>/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and see what it contains.
> >>>
> >>>This is what my wireless ifcfg file looks like. ath0 because I have
> >>>the atheros chipset, which I have had no problems with. My laptop
> >>>and one of my pcs use atheros wifi.
> >>>
> >>>DEVICE=ath0
> >>>BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> >>>TYPE=Wireless
> >>>ESSID=essid
> >>>RATE=Auto
> >>>IWCONFIG="key 123456789a"
> >>>
> >>>You can also set other wireless things like
> >>>
> >>>CHANNEL=
> >>>MODE=
> >>>PEERDNS=
> >>>
> >>>Once you have everything set in the ifcfg-eth1 file
> >>>you should be able to do ifup eth1, or ifconfig eth1 up
> >>>and have the interface using dhcp.
> >>>
> >>>On Thu, Jan 20, 2005 at 11:01:25PM -0700, mike hoy wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Ok, can you tell me exactly what you want me to type to 'keep this card
> >>>>on dhcp'?
> >>>>
> >>>>/sbin/iwconfig eth1 xxxxxx ??
> >>>>or
> >>>>/sbin/ifconfig eth1 xxxx ?
> >>>>
> >>>>or is there some setting elsewhere perhaps in an application?
> >>>>
> >>>>and as fars as the router goes it is not my own so I can't do anything
> >>>>for it.
> >>>>btw using gnome in FC3 2.6.10 kernel
> >>>>
> >>>>thanks,
> >>>>
> >>>>mike hoy
> >>>>
> >>>>Michael wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>That card should work, set up router to give that nic a static ip, but
> >>>>>keep the nic on DHCP. I found this worked on mine, I am using Netgear
> >>>>>wg511.
> >>>>>
> >>>>>mike hoy wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>Pluggers!
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hi, I bought a netgear ma401 wifi nic at the suggestion of a fellow
> >>>>>>plugger a while back because it 'just worked' when used with
> >>>>>>slackware. However, since slackware never could get my sound card
> >>>>>>working I swithced to fedora core 3 and this netgear ma401 802.11b
> >>>>>>16-bit PCMCIA wifi nic doesn't work. but i am confused because it
> >>>>>>seems like it is at least recognized:
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>here is ifconfig
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"Prism  I"
> >>>>>>     Mode:Managed  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   Bit 
> >>>>>>Rate:11Mb/s            Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/3           
> >>>>>>Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> >>>>>>     Power Management:off
> >>>>>>     Link Quality=0/92  Signal level=-68 dBm  Noise level=-122 dBm
> >>>>>>     Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> >>>>>>     Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>This leads me to believe it is a prism chipset
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>--------------------
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>dmesg
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>eth1: Station identity 001f:0006:0001:0003
> >>>>>>eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.3.6
> >>>>>>eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
> >>>>>>eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
> >>>>>>eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
> >>>>>>eth1: MAC address 00:09:5B:23:3B:D6
> >>>>>>eth1: Station name "Prism I"
> >>>>>>eth1: ready
> >>>>>>eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>*these are just the last few lines the entire dmesg can be seen at:
> >>>>>>http://www.pastebin.com/230853
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>by the way Dennis K, could you dmesg and iwconfig your netgear card
> >>>>>>for me and tell me what yours says? we have the same card you and I.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Thanks gals and guys,
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Mike Hoy
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
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