[driverloader] Netgear WG311 not working on Mandrake 9.2 with Linuxant

Mon Feb 9 11:06:55 EST 2004

Hi,

you should correctly set the channel on your wireless card. In the file 
'/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth2', you should set WIRELESS_CHANNEL 
to 10. You should also take a look at the advanced settings found on the Web 
Configurator.

As for the lack of signal strength information, not all Windows drivers are 
supported since some drivers use a proprietary interface to access these 
values. Also, ifplugd errors can be safely ignored.

Regards,

Jonathan
Technical specialist / Linuxant
www.linuxant.com
support at linuxant.com

On Sunday 08 February 2004 13:25, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> First of all thanks for your quick replies.
>
> Second, I have included a dumpdiag done while the node I want to
> connect to is alive.
>
> Iwlist shows clearly that the node is seen but I can't connect. So the
> problem does not come from a lack of node.
>
> The other node is a D-Link AirPLus DWL-650+. On the other node I can
> see the card that is on linux. But when I click on connect, I just get
> a No connection to Network. It is a 802.11b only card.
>
> The parameters for the other card are :
> Mode Ad-hoc C
> hannel 10
> TxRate 11 Mbps
> Preamble Long Preamble
> Power Mode : Continious Access Mode.
>
> I must stress that the Wireless applet monitor on my Linux Box shows
> me no signal strength for the eth2.
>
> Also I see in /var/log/messages these error messags :
>
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Using interface eth2
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Failed to find working plug detection mode for
> eth2
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/ ifplugd.action eth2 up'.
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: client: dr
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Program execution failed,
> return value is 1.
> ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Exiting.
>
> On 2004.02.07 19:15, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > according to the man page of iwlist, the command 'iwlist scanning'
> > also report
> > node that are in ad-hoc mode. Since 'iwlist scanning' does not show
> > any
> > access points or node in ad-hoc mode, please make sure that other
> > nodes in
> > your network are correctly configured for ad-hoc mode.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> >
> > Jonathan
> > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > www.linuxant.com
> > support at linuxant.com
> >
> > On Friday 06 February 2004 15:43, you wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I am not trying to access an access point I want it to work in
> >
> > ad-hoc
> >
> > > mode !
> > >
> > > On 2004.02.06 21:40, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > according to the output of 'iwlist scanning', there are no
> >
> > access
> >
> > > > points in
> > > > range. Please make sure that your access point is correctly
> > > > configured.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Jonathan
> > > > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > > > www.linuxant.com
> > > > support at linuxant.com
> > > >
> > > > On Friday 06 February 2004 14:05, you wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Here is the output of dumpdiag as per instructions.
> > > > >
> > > > > I hope that will help.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks in advance,
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2004.02.06 18:18, Linuxant support (Jonathan) wrote:
> > > > > > Hi,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Could you send us the output of 'dumpdiag' please? Type the
> > > > > > following
> > > > > > in a
> > > > > > root shell:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > # dldrconfig --dumpdiag
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Just send us the generated file located in /tmp
> > > > > > ('driverloaderdiag.txt').
> > > > > > It'll help us solve the problem.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Jonathan
> > > > > > Technical specialist / Linuxant
> > > > > > www.linuxant.com
> > > > > > support at linuxant.com
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Friday 06 February 2004 09:03, Chausson C�ric wrote:
> > > > > > > Hello all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have a Netgear WG311 on my Mandrake 9.2. I installed
> > > > > >
> > > > > > driverloader
> > > > > > and
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > that process went through without problem. The Web
> >
> > interface
> >
> > > > tells
> > > >
> > > > > > me the
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > card is installed and driver is ok.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > After the installation of driverloader, I found I was able
> >
> > to
> >
> > > > pass
> > > >
> > > > > > commands
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > through the command line with iwconfig but iwconfig showed
> > > >
> > > > that
> > > >
> > > > > > > Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Furthermore the Wireless applet showed me that there is no
> > > >
> > > > signal.
> > > >
> > > > > > > I checked that driverloader was loaded but it was.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I tried rebooting and saw on screen that activation of
> >
> > eth2
> >
> > > > > > failed.
> > > > > > In the
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > messages log I see that :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Using interface eth2
> > > > > > > ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Failed to find working plug detection
> > > >
> > > > mode
> > > >
> > > > > > for
> > > > > > eth2
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Executing '/etc/ifplugd/
> >
> > ifplugd.action
> >
> > > > eth2
> > > >
> > > > > > up'.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: client: dr
> > > > > > > fplugd(eth2)[1372]: Program execution failed,
> > > > > > > return value is 1.
> > > > > > > ifplugd(eth2)[1372]: Exiting.
> > > > > > > network: Activation de l'interface eth2 :
> > > > > > > failed
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > After reboot when I check with lsmod, driverloader is
> >
> > running.
> >
> > > > > > When
> > > > > > I check
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > with iwconfig I see :
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  Nickname:""
> > > > > > > Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Bit Rate=54Mb/s
> > > > > > > Encryption key:off
> > > > > > > Power Management:off
> > > > > > > Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> > > > > > > Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> > > > > > > Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If I do ifup eth2 it takes into account the ifcfg-eth2 I
> > > >
> > > > created
> > > >
> > > > > > and I get
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"snurx"  Nickname:"snurx.fr"
> > > > > > > Mode:Ad-Hoc  Channel:0  Bit Rate=54Mb/s
> > > > > > > Encryption key:off
> > > > > > > Power Management:off
> > > > > > > Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
> > > > > > > Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
> > > > > > > Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But link quality is still zero and the wireless applet
> >
> > still
> >
> > > > tells
> > > >
> > > > > > me there
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > is no signal.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Anyone have an idea how to activate the card ? I want to
> >
> > it
> > to
> >
> > > > > > work
> > > > > > in
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > ad-hoc mode.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks in advance !!
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
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