On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:59:30 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Amadeus W.M. wrote:
>
>> I have this Linksys WPC11 wireless pcmcia card (Prism2) that I use with
>> my laptop under F8. It used to work fine in previous Fedora versions
>> (circa FC4), but not in F8. When I insert it, it doesn't make any
>> sound. The power light is on and steady, and the link line is on but
>> blinking.
>>
>> /sbin/pccardctl ident
>>
>> does find it and so does lspcmcia.
>>
>> I have
>>
>> alias wlan0 orinoco_cs
>>
>> in /etc/modprobe.conf, and lsmod shows
>>
>> orinoco_cs
>> orinoco
>> hermes
>> hostap_cs
>>
>>
>> /sbin/ifconfig -a does report sit0, wifi0-00 and wlan0 besides eth0 and
>> lo.
>>
>> However, when I try to configure and bring the card up from within
>> system-config-network it fails trying to determine the IP information.
>
> To me that sounds more like a dhcp problem. What does /var/log/messages
> say on the subject? And does the access point or machine you are trying
> to connect to get any DHCPREQUESTs
>
> Also, does ifconfig see the card?
> And are you running NetworkManager or not?
>
>
> --
This is what /var/log/messages says when I insert the card:
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: , irq 3, io
0x3080-0x30bf
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: NIC: id=0x801b v1.0.0
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.2
Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: Warning: secondary station firmware
version 1.4.2 does not seem to work in Host AP mode
Then
[root@zeus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop
Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ]
[root@zeus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start
Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ]
Bringing up interface wlan0: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
[FAILED]
and finally this is what follows in /var/log/messages (during my network
restart):
Feb 17 13:56:45 zeus system-config-network[17253]: -+ //etc/modprobe.conf #011eth0 alias 3c59x
Feb 17 13:56:46 zeus system-config-network[17253]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0
Feb 17 13:56:46 zeus system-config-network[17253]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0
Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801
Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
Feb 17 13:56:55 zeus avahi-daemon[2173]: Registering new address record for fe80::206:25ff:fe2c:5051 on wlan0.*.
Feb 17 13:57:00 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
Feb 17 13:57:11 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
Feb 17 13:57:24 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
Feb 17 13:57:39 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #13 lo, ::1#123 Enabled
Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #14 wlan0, fe80::206:25ff:fe2c:5051#123 Enabled
Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #15 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled
Feb 17 13:57:55 zeus dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received.
So yes, it looks like a dhcp problem. I'm not sure pcmcia works ok to begin with.
The "wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801" can't be good.
More info:
[root@zeus ~]# /sbin/pccardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wireless Network PC Card", "ISL37300P", "RevA"
manfid: 0x0274, 0x1613
function: 0x6 (network), 9
[root@zeus ~]# /sbin/lspcmcia -v
Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:02:04.0)
Configuration: state: on ready: yes
Voltage: 5.0V Vcc: 5.0V Vpp: 0.0V
Socket 0 Device 0: [hostap_cs] (bus ID: 0.0)
Configuration: state: on
Product Name: The Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card ISL37300P RevA
Identification: manf_id: 0x0274 card_id: 0x1613
function: 6 (network)
prod_id(1): "The Linksys Group, Inc." (0xa5f472c2)
prod_id(2): "Instant Wireless Network PC Card" (0x590eb502)
prod_id(3): "ISL37300P" (0xc9049a39)
prod_id(4): "RevA" (0x57a66194)
Thanks for any suggestions.
