[Ndiswrapper-general] 0.8rc2, rtl8180 (sys 1.69) troubles.

[Romano G. <ro...@de...>]

Hi,

I am new to this list, so let me introduce myself: I am Romano Giannetti, I
am Italian, I live in Spain and I am a teacher in an University of Madrid.
And I swear I read the FAQ and tips ;-).

I think I have a problem with the ndiswrapper 0.8rc-2. I have a new cardbus
no-name card based on rtl8180. I use the last XP driver (1.69), I was not
able to find an older one to test... I compiled it with DEBUG=1 and with the
change (inferred from the list messages, because I had a reset every few
seconds):
   
--- /home/romano/lib/Jed_Backups/wrapper.c	2004-06-03 12:25:12.000000000 +0200
+++ wrapper.c	2004-06-03 13:39:52.000000000 +0200
@@ -285,8 +285,10 @@
 	{
 		int res;
 		handle->reset_status = 0;
-		printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. Resetting!\n");
-		res = doreset(handle);
+		// printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. Resetting!\n");
+		printk(KERN_INFO "ndiswrapper: Hangcheck returned true. NO Resetting! (Hack)\n");
+		// res = doreset(handle);
+                
 		DBGTRACE("%s : %08X, %d\n", __FUNCTION__, res, handle->reset_status);
 	}
 }

The problem: 
the drive seems to load OK (although I have a strange WARN on a
interrupt 10-nobody care), but I seem not to be able to change anything in
the configuration. I have no signal available at the moment (local problem),
but I understood that you should be able to do this: 
   
   [root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
 
eth0      no wireless extensions.
 
eth1      no wireless extensions.
 
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          RTS thr:2432 B   Fragment thr:2432 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-95 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 
[root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
[root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          RTS thr:2432 B   Fragment thr:2432 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-95 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
 
[root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0 essid ALUMNOS
[root@rukbat ndiswrapper-0.8-rc2]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:""
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power:20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/3
          RTS thr:2432 B   Fragment thr:2432 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:100/100  Signal level:-95 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

As you can see, nothing change. I read the FAQ and tried with WEP too, but
to no avail. 

I have put the dmesg output at http://perso.wanadoo.es/r_mano/syslog.txt ,
since I do not know if it is accepted in this list to attach a 20k gzipped
to a message. 

Thank you for any insight,
                          Romano 
                          
   
   


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Romano Giannetti             -  Univ. Pontificia Comillas (Madrid, Spain)
Electronic Engineer - phone +34 915 422 800 ext 2416  fax +34 915 596 569