[driverloader] Complete report on Proxim Orinoco Silver B/G card
Todd Lyons
TLyons at SequentUSA.com
Wed Dec 24 09:40:29 EST 2003
Since there is not a separate dev list and user list, I'm posting the
results here in the hope that someone in the future with the same card
might be able to find promise in that I was able to get it to work
properly.
Part Number: 8471-WD
Rev: A
Functional tests:
802.11B w/o WEP: Yes
802.11B w/ 64 bit WEP: Yes
802.11B w/ 128 bit WEP: Yes
802.11G w/o WEP: Yes
802.11G w/ 128 bit WEP: Yes
These tests were performed with D-Link DWL-900+ (11B) and D-Link
DWL-2000 (11G).
Output of various utilities follows.
lspcidrake (first field is the default driver suggested, the rest is the
normal output of lspci):
agpgart : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX Host bridge
[BRIDGE_HOST] (vendor:8086 device:7190)
unknown : Intel Corporation|440BX/ZX - 82443BX/ZX AGP bridge
[BRIDGE_PCI] (vendor:8086 device:7191)
yenta_socket : Texas Instruments|PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller
[BRIDGE_CARDBUS] (vendor:104c device:ac50 subv:4000 subd:0000)
unknown : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ISA [BRIDGE_OTHER]
(vendor:8086 device:7110)
unknown : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 IDE [STORAGE_IDE]
(vendor:8086 device:7111)
usb-uhci : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 USB [SERIAL_USB]
(vendor:8086 device:7112)
sonypi : Intel Corporation|82371AB PIIX4 ACPI - Bus Master IDE
Controller [BRIDGE_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:7113)
cs4281 : Cirrus Logic|Crystal CS4281 PCI Audio
[MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] (vendor:1013 device:6005 subv:14c0 subd:000c)
eepro100 : Intel Corporation|82559 [Ethernet Pro 100]
[NETWORK_ETHERNET] (vendor:8086 device:1229 subv:1468 subd:0440)
LT:www.linmodems.org: Lucent Microelectronics|LT WinModem
[COMMUNICATION_SERIAL] (vendor:11c1 device:0447 subv:1468 subd:0440)
Card:ATI Rage Mobility: ATI|Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x [DISPLAY_VGA]
(vendor:1002 device:4c4d subv:14c0 subd:000c)
unknown : unknown (168c/0013/14b7/aa40) [NETWORK_ETHERNET]
unknown : Unknown|USB UHCI Root Hub [Hub|Root Hub] (vendor:0000
device:0000)
unknown : USB|Solid state disk [Mass Storage|SCSI|Bulk (Zip)]
(vendor:0ea0 device:6803)
Next is output from iwconfig:
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"getfuzzy" Nickname:"unknown"
Mode:Managed Access Point: 00:80:C8:17:B3:1B Bit Rate=54Mb/s
Encryption key:9999-9999-9999-9999-9999-9999-99
Power Management:off
Link Quality:1/1 Signal level:-65 dBm Noise level:-200 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
This is the 'iwlist eth1 scan' output. Note how it only lists up to 36
Mb. When connected though, the iwconfig above shows 54 Mb. Is that
normal?
eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:80:C8:17:B3:1B
ESSID:"getfuzzy"
Mode:Managed
Frequency:2.447GHz
Quality:1/1 Signal level:-73 dBm Noise level:-200
dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rate:1Mb/s
Bit Rate:2Mb/s
Bit Rate:5.5Mb/s
Bit Rate:11Mb/s
Bit Rate:6Mb/s
Bit Rate:12Mb/s
Bit Rate:24Mb/s
Bit Rate:36Mb/s
Next is edited dmesg output. If requested, I can provide the entire
dmesg output including all the junk about ACPI and APIC.
Linux version 2.4.22-10mdk (nplanel at no.mandrakesoft.com) (gcc version
3.3.1 (Mandrake Linux 9.2 3.3.1-2mdk)) #1 Thu Sep 18 12:30:58 CEST 2003
ACPI disabled because your bios is from 00 and too old
You can enable it with acpi=force
Local APIC disabled by BIOS -- reenabling.
Could not enable APIC!
Initializing CPU#0
Detected 746.344 MHz processor.
Linux Kernel Card Services Kernel Version
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
ds: no socket drivers loaded!
unloading Kernel Card Services
<snip 11 identical messages>
Linux Kernel Card Services Kernel Version
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:04.0
Yenta IRQ list 0698, PCI irq11
Socket status: 30000020
cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x168c, device 0x0013
PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x170-0x177 0x370-0x37f
0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
02:00.0: cache line size not set; forcing 8
eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
cs4281: version v1.30.32 time 12:42:03 Sep 18 2003
eth1: at 02:00.0 (MAC address 00:20:A6:4C:94:CA) ready
PCI: Found IRQ 5 for device 00:08.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:07.2
PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:10.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 5 with 00:10.1
cs4281: Subsystem vendor/id (14C0:000C) IRQ 5
SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00
cs: cb_free(bus 2)
cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x168c, device 0x0013
PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
02:00.0: cache line size not set; forcing 8
eth1: New link status: Disconnected (0002)
eth1: at 02:00.0 (MAC address 00:20:A6:4C:94:CA) ready
eth1: New link status: Connected (0001)
Relevant lines from /var/log/syslog:
Dec 23 20:33:49 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: NET unregister event
not supported
Dec 23 20:33:49 localhost kernel: cs: cb_free(bus 2)
Dec 23 20:33:49 localhost /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: PCI remove event not
supported
Dec 23 20:33:55 localhost kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x168c,
device 0x0013
Dec 23 20:33:55 localhost kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 ->
0002)
Dec 23 20:33:55 localhost kernel: 02:00.0: cache line size not set;
forcing 8
Dec 23 20:33:55 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Disconnected
(0002)
Dec 23 20:33:58 localhost kernel: eth1: at 02:00.0 (MAC address
00:20:A6:4C:94:CA) ready
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifplugd eth1
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[3832]: Using interface
eth1/00:20:A6:4C:94:CA with driver <driverloader> (version: driverloader
1.49 - Linuxant Dr)
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[3832]: Using detection mode:
wireless extension
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[3832]: ifplugd 0.15 successfully
initialized, link beat detected.
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost ifplugd(eth1)[3832]: Executing
'/etc/ifplugd/ifplugd.action eth1 up'.
Dec 23 20:33:59 localhost /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: Setup driverloader for
PCI slot 02:00.0
Dec 23 20:34:01 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to
255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5
<I don't have a DHCP server on this test network, so I performed a
manual ifconfig IP setting>
Dec 23 20:38:03 localhost kernel: eth1: New link status: Connected
(0001)
Finally, the output of 'iwpriv eth1':
eth1 Available private ioctl :
force_reset (8BE0) : set 0 & get 0
card_reset (8BE1) : set 0 & get 0
Hopefully this information will prove useful for someone in the future.
Most cards will look the same as this one.
Ah, I should have shown what was in /var/lib/driverloader or whatever
directory the driver files exist in. My bad. I'll get that after the
holidays so you can document on the website which drivers work for this
card.
I do not have anything that is WPA enabled to test that mode of
encryption with.
Regards... Todd -- Field Engineering Group
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