[Acx100-devel] new network card: Vigor 520 - working!

[Account f. S. B. (Privat) <Ste...@we...>]

Hi!

First my best greetings. - It works great!

I'm using a DrayTek Vigor 520 Wireless CardBus Card. (More Information 
in the attachment) I'm using the card together with a Vigor 2500We 
access point. I also use 128Bit encryption. Linux is a SuSE 8.2 pro. I 
downloaded Version 0.1g of the driver.

The Problems I noticed:

    * I used an external pcmcia application (as delivered with SuSE 8.2
      pro). With this I could not 'detect' the card when the module was
      inserted. (No start address for PCI memory region 1, pointer was
      NULL) - I switched to 'kernel'-pcmcia. You could add a note in the
      readme?
    * The *.BIN files are named quite different. You can see the names
      in the attached structure. The content is deleted. The files are
      uncompressed on the Installation Disk from DrayTek.
    * The start_net script is sensible if not called in the local
      directory. - Fixed.
    * 'iwconfig wlan0 rate 22M' makes trouble. But with changing back
      the card continues.

The changes I made:

    * I have other *.bin Files and used links for the two requested
      *.BIN files. (First time right)
    * I modified the 'start_net' script to be called from anywhere. I
      also added a plump 'iwconf $DEV key s:XXXXXXXXX' call.
    * I modified acx100.c for debugging. My card has a strange "name" in
      the EEPROM. (see messages)

Attachments:

    * Some output of tools:
          o 'cardctl ident' with both pcmcia methods (kernel, external)
          o The /var/log/messages output (or dmesg)
          o And where I found the firmware (executed.batch)
    * Directory structure with only the modified files - for using
      changes or reference of output in dmesg.


If there is anything else you need, please give me a note.

Best Regards
 Stefan Bergler