[driverloader] Help getting Netgear WG311v2 to work with driverloader

[Linuxant support (Jonathan)]

Hi,

it is possible that the problem is related to IRQ routing in the kernel. 
Under SuSE 9.1, ACPI is on by default so please try to boot with the 
'pci=noacpi' kernel boot parameter, it will disable IRQ routing done by 
ACPI.

If you require more assistance, please send at support at linuxant.com the 
output of 'dumpdiag'. Type the following in a root shell:

---
dldrconfig --dumpdiag
---

Just send us the generated file located in /tmp ('driverloaderdiag.txt').

Please also send at support at linuxant.com the output of the following 
commands entered in a root shell while you are close to the access point 
you are trying to connect to.

---
cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan0
iwlist wlan0 scanning
ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0
ifconfig -a
iwconfig
ip route
ip addr
cat /etc/resolv.conf
ping www.linuxant.com -I wlan0 -c 5
ping 63.246.159.50 -I wlan0 -c 5
tail -f -n 30 /var/log/messages
---

All this information will help us solve the problem.

Regards,


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


Chris Doherty wrote:
> I'm running SuSE 9.1 Pro, vanilla install, 2.6.4-52-default kernel, 
> I've  just installed driverloader 2.06.  In preparation for installing  
> driverloader I removed ndiswrapper (comes with SuSE) and the acx100_pci  
> kernel module (loads on every boot as a result of coldplug pci scan).  
> I  removed them completely, including deleting the .ko files.
> 
> Installing driverloader went without a hitch. wlan0 appears under 
> iwconfig  and ifconfig.  iwlist wlan0 scan shows my AP properly.  I 
> simply can't get  dhcp to configure the card.  I'm relatively new to 
> linux, and specifically  new to SuSE, and I'm not sure if the problem 
> has something to do with  driverloader, or SuSe, or what.  I was able to 
> configure wlan0 with YaST2,  but there's very little in there.
> 
> I'm mailing from my Win2K partition, which handles the card without a  
> hitch.  I can't give you any specific information about the SUSE config  
> right now, because I can't get network access to work on it :-(.  If  
> anyone can tell me what sorts of tests I need to do, or what 
> information  you might need to help me with this, I will run them on the 
> SUSE partition  and post back here.
> 
> All dmesg returns is "No IPv6 routers in range" (roughly) in the system  
> log.  On boot dhcpcd fails to get an IP address, and the card will then  
> not configure because wlan0 is a mandatory interface.
> 
> There is an integrated NIC in the box (a Dell OptiPlex GX150) which I 
> am  not using but is detected as eth0.  I have tried taking both eth0 
> and lo  down with ifconfig <interface> down; I saw some posts in various 
> fora  saying that they had to do this to get things like ndiswrapper to 
> work (no  luck though).
> 
> 
> 
> Oh, and a piece of info that might help some of you:  In Canada, the  
> Netgear WG311v2's (acx111 chipset) are sold in the same boxes as the  
> WG311v1 (Linux-supported chipset).  It is not possible to tell them 
> apart  from inspection of the box, which is why I'm in this mess.
>