[driverloader] Now for the real problems...

[Al Niessner]

ifcfg-wlan0 is just a place holder that never gets started -- it is a
backup of how I think the wireless should be configured. There is also
an ifcfg-eth1 which matched the alias in modules.conf (given below)

alias eth0 via-rhine
probeall usb-interface usb-uhci
probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss
alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx
alias eth1 driverloader

When I want to test the wireless, I do an 'ifup eth1' so I really think
it is safe to leave ifcfg-wlan0 alone.

ifcfg-eth1 has its WEP turned off and I have turned off WEP on the AP.
I removed the FREQ and CHANNEL settings in the ifcfg-eth1. No changes
when attempting to use wireless.

Lastly, all works well from XP. In XP, I hit Fn-F2 and a little light
comes on indicating that the RF is active. When I press Fn-F2 in Linux,
the same light goes and the kernel CPU usage soars to 70-100%. So,
something is happening. Just not the right something.

What I really need is an RF spectrum analyzer to see if the card is
really becoming active and at what frequency.

On Fri, 2004-02-13 at 08:01, Linuxant support (Jean-Simon) wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> you seem to have put your interface configuration in
> '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0'. However, your interface is
> currently named "eth1". You may use the command "dldrconfig --netdevname
> wlan0" to change the interface name. You will probably want to remove the
> file '/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1' after.
> 
> Also, you should remove or comment the "CHANNEL" and "FREQ" settings in your
> interface configuration file and it's generaly better to set the mode to
> "Managed" instead of "Auto".
> 
> Make sure that you try with WEP disabled on your AP and your wi-fi adapter.
> If possible, you should reset your AP's configuration to it's default and
> test without putting any special settings (MAC address filtering, disabled
> ESSID braodcast, WEP, etc.) Sometimes, it is even required to upgrade the
> AP's firmware.
> 
> Since your AP does not appear in the output from "iwlist scan", it would be
> a good idea to make sure everything works properly under Windows. Note if
> you need to do anything special to enable the antenna. Also, you should
> verify in your BIOS if there is a setting related to the wi-fi adapter.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jean-Simon
> Technical specialist / Linuxant
> www.linuxant.com
> support at linuxant.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Al Niessner" <al.niessner at gmx.net>
> To: "Linuxant support (Jonathan)" <support at linuxant.com>
> Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2004 12:55 PM
> Subject: Re: [driverloader] Now for the real problems...
> 
> ACPI is off as is the APIC because the kernel was very unhappy with them on.
> I turned of WEP and had the same problem. The drivers (from bcmwl5a.inf) are
> 3.30.15.0. The diagnostic output is attached. You will notice when you read
> through it that I have an AMD64 that I have Mandrake 9.2 i586 running on. I
> wanted to solve these problems first before attempting the 64-bit case which
> is going to be much harder since the module will have to handle the 32/64
> bit
> as well as the Linux/Winblows transition. Thank you for the help, however.
-- 
Al Niessner <Al.Niessner at gmx.net>