Thread: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID
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From: <pha...@at...> - 2004-08-06 13:31:48
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I finally got it to work by turning the wireless transmitter/receiver on. My bad. Since my wireless card is internal, there's no indication (such as an LED) to let you know if your radio is active. Pressing Fn+F2 on the Latitude D800 keyboard toggles it off/on. The only way I can tell if it's on or not is by typing iwlist wlan0 scan. But this depends on the ndiswrapper being installed (ndiswrapper -i <whatever>) followed by loading the module (modprobe ndiswrapper). If I turn the radio off after all is installed, running iwlist wlan0 scan returns "No scan results". If I turn it on and run iwlist again, I still get "No scan results". I have to remove the driver and the module, reload the driver and the module before the scan is successful. Sure wish Dell had provided an LED indicating radio status. Thanks for all the help. Paul |
From: James M. <fis...@gm...> - 2004-08-06 17:53:45
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Paul, Do you get any messages in the log files or in your dmesg about not being able to determine what the Fn+F2 does? I get that everytime I press Fn+F2 to screw around with the wireless card and I can't tell if it works or not because my card is internal. I thought that maybe the bios catches the keystroke, turns the card on/off, and then passes it to the kernel but I have no idea. Thanks, James On Fri, 06 Aug 2004 13:31:38 +0000, pha...@at... <pha...@at...> wrote: > I finally got it to work by turning the wireless transmitter/receiver on. My bad. > > Since my wireless card is internal, there's no indication (such as an LED) to let you know if your radio is active. Pressing Fn+F2 on the Latitude D800 keyboard toggles it off/on. The only way I can tell if it's on or not is by typing iwlist wlan0 scan. But this depends on the ndiswrapper being installed (ndiswrapper -i <whatever>) followed by loading the module (modprobe ndiswrapper). If I turn the radio off after all is installed, running iwlist wlan0 scan returns "No scan results". If I turn it on and run iwlist again, I still get "No scan results". I have to remove the driver and the module, reload the driver and the module before the scan is successful. > > Sure wish Dell had provided an LED indicating radio status. > > Thanks for all the help. > Paul > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes on > Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? Now, > one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology > Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com > _______________________________________________ > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > Ndi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general > |
From: <az...@se...> - 2004-08-06 18:23:27
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 James McCarthy wrote: | Paul, | | Do you get any messages in the log files or in your dmesg about not | being able to determine what the Fn+F2 does? I get that everytime I | press Fn+F2 to screw around with the wireless card and I can't tell if | it works or not because my card is internal. I thought that maybe the | bios catches the keystroke, turns the card on/off, and then passes it | to the kernel but I have no idea. If you test a kernel without ACPI or using acpi=3Doff you should get Fn+F= 2 to work, atleast does it on my Dell Inspiron 8500. - -- ~ .''`. Torbj=F6rn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBE8yleY7jmtvbDP0RAoM9AJ9B99Lo27j9Z8VgD8OouRmBy/1VGgCfQiW5 ++ckSKnRUMD5Pt6lX4htieU=3D =3DMwV3 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Aaron S. <ast...@sp...> - 2004-08-10 19:48:50
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I have this same issue with the same NIC card, however it only occurs on my newer kernels. I am using this card now on Linux version 2.6.5-1.358 and it works.. As if I boot into any of the newer kernel that I pulled down using yum update, I cannot set essid. -Aaron ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Torbjörn Svensson <az...@se...> To: Ndiswrapper <ndi...@li...> Sent: Fri, 06 Aug 2004 20:23:34 +0200 Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > James McCarthy wrote: > | Paul, > | > | Do you get any messages in the log files or in your dmesg about not > | being able to determine what the Fn+F2 does? I get that everytime > I | press Fn+F2 to screw around with the wireless card and I can't > tell if | it works or not because my card is internal. I thought > that maybe the | bios catches the keystroke, turns the card on/off, > and then passes it | to the kernel but I have no idea. > > If you test a kernel without ACPI or using acpi=off you should get Fn+F2 > to work, atleast does it on my Dell Inspiron 8500. > > - -- > ~ .''`. Torbjörn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org > ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD > ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org > ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBE8yleY7jmtvbDP0RAoM9AJ9B99Lo27j9Z8VgD8OouRmBy/1VGgCfQiW5 > ++ckSKnRUMD5Pt6lX4htieU= > =MwV3 > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by OSTG. Have you noticed the changes > on Linux.com, ITManagersJournal and NewsForge in the past few weeks? > Now, one more big change to announce. We are now OSTG- Open Source Technology > Group. Come see the changes on the new OSTG site. www.ostg.com > _______________________________________________ > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > Ndi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general ------- End of Original Message ------- |
From: <az...@se...> - 2004-08-10 21:09:08
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Stranberg wrote: | I have this same issue with the same NIC card, however it only occurs | on my newer kernels. I am using this card now on Linux version | 2.6.5-1.358 and it works.. As if I boot into any of the newer kernel | that I pulled down using yum update, I cannot set essid. This has nothing to do with able to use special keys or not.. What happens when you try to set the essid? and are you using wep/wpa or anything else? Do you find your AP using 'iwlist scan'? - -- ~ .''`. Torbj=F6rn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBGTmIeY7jmtvbDP0RApVHAJ9MFa8PKYZCcIi96JTpAQLrSaRIQACdEL7K yMzg7FbOLHt4c44+nt166Xs=3D =3DX4lh -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Aaron S. <ast...@sp...> - 2004-08-12 19:07:57
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Nope not trying to set any special keys. I have a simple script that runs and sets my essid using iwconfig and then sets IP addy and routing. Works just fine on the original kernel but anything later and I cannot ever set essid. Now today. I am at a friends place where he requires WEP. For some reason I am unable to essid and wep keys here at the same time, on the old kernel. First time I tried this was today, funny enuff u should ask today :) And yes when I run iwlist scanning it does find my network. Just cant set essid, and I am using the same script on the later kernels that i used on the old one. On the newer kernels I reran the make install process to be sure all the stuff was in the right place for modprobe to find. -Aaron ---------- Original Message ----------- From: Torbjörn Svensson <az...@se...> To: Ndiswrapper <ndi...@li...> Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:09:29 +0200 Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Aaron Stranberg wrote: > | I have this same issue with the same NIC card, however it only occurs > | on my newer kernels. I am using this card now on Linux version > | 2.6.5-1.358 and it works.. As if I boot into any of the newer > kernel | that I pulled down using yum update, I cannot set essid. > > This has nothing to do with able to use special keys or not.. > What happens when you try to set the essid? and are you using > wep/wpa or anything else? Do you find your AP using 'iwlist scan'? > > - -- > ~ .''`. Torbjörn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org > ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD > ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org > ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQFBGTmIeY7jmtvbDP0RApVHAJ9MFa8PKYZCcIi96JTpAQLrSaRIQACdEL7K > yMzg7FbOLHt4c44+nt166Xs= > =X4lh > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank > Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > _______________________________________________ > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > Ndi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general ------- End of Original Message ------- |
From: James M. <fis...@gm...> - 2004-08-12 19:13:56
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Have you tried the newest CVS version that Giri announced? Also, try modprobing with the following - "modprobe ndiswrapper hangcheck_interval=3D-1". I was having trouble setting the essid until I added that to the command line. James On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:27:03 -0400, Aaron Stranberg <ast...@sp...> wrote: > Nope not trying to set any special keys. I have a simple script that runs= and > sets my essid using iwconfig and then sets IP addy and routing. Works jus= t > fine on the original kernel but anything later and I cannot ever set essi= d. > Now today. I am at a friends place where he requires WEP. For some reaso= n I > am unable to essid and wep keys here at the same time, on the old kernel. > First time I tried this was today, funny enuff u should ask today :) And= yes > when I run iwlist scanning it does find my network. Just cant set essid, = and I > am using the same script on the later kernels that i used on the old one.= On > the newer kernels I reran the make install process to be sure all the stu= ff > was in the right place for modprobe to find. >=20 > -Aaron >=20 >=20 >=20 > ---------- Original Message ----------- > From: Torbj=F6rn Svensson <az...@se...> > To: Ndiswrapper <ndi...@li...> > Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:09:29 +0200 > Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID >=20 > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > Aaron Stranberg wrote: > > | I have this same issue with the same NIC card, however it only occurs > > | on my newer kernels. I am using this card now on Linux version > > | 2.6.5-1.358 and it works.. As if I boot into any of the newer > > kernel | that I pulled down using yum update, I cannot set essid. > > > > This has nothing to do with able to use special keys or not.. > > What happens when you try to set the essid? and are you using > > wep/wpa or anything else? Do you find your AP using 'iwlist scan'? > > > > - -- > > ~ .''`. Torbj=F6rn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org > > ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD > > ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org > > ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > iD8DBQFBGTmIeY7jmtvbDP0RApVHAJ9MFa8PKYZCcIi96JTpAQLrSaRIQACdEL7K > > yMzg7FbOLHt4c44+nt166Xs=3D > > =3DX4lh > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank > > Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > > _______________________________________________ > > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > > Ndi...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general > ------- End of Original Message ------- >=20 >=20 >=20 >=20 > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > _______________________________________________ > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > Ndi...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general > |
From: Aaron S. <ast...@sp...> - 2004-08-15 00:07:41
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Thanks James, I will give this a shot! -A ---------- Original Message ----------- From: James McCarthy <fis...@gm...> To: Aaron Stranberg <ast...@sp...> Cc: Ndiswrapper <ndi...@li...> Sent: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 15:13:47 -0400 Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID > Have you tried the newest CVS version that Giri announced? Also, try > modprobing with the following - "modprobe ndiswrapper > hangcheck_interval=-1". I was having trouble setting the essid until > I added that to the command line. > > James > > On Thu, 12 Aug 2004 14:27:03 -0400, Aaron Stranberg > <ast...@sp...> wrote: > > Nope not trying to set any special keys. I have a simple script that runs and > > sets my essid using iwconfig and then sets IP addy and routing. Works just > > fine on the original kernel but anything later and I cannot ever set essid. > > Now today. I am at a friends place where he requires WEP. For some reason I > > am unable to essid and wep keys here at the same time, on the old kernel. > > First time I tried this was today, funny enuff u should ask today :) And yes > > when I run iwlist scanning it does find my network. Just cant set essid, and I > > am using the same script on the later kernels that i used on the old one. On > > the newer kernels I reran the make install process to be sure all the stuff > > was in the right place for modprobe to find. > > > > -Aaron > > > > > > > > ---------- Original Message ----------- > > From: Torbjörn Svensson <az...@se...> > > To: Ndiswrapper <ndi...@li...> > > Sent: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 23:09:29 +0200 > > Subject: Re: [Ndiswrapper-general] Re: Broadcom mini-PCI card - no ESSID > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > Aaron Stranberg wrote: > > > | I have this same issue with the same NIC card, however it only occurs > > > | on my newer kernels. I am using this card now on Linux version > > > | 2.6.5-1.358 and it works.. As if I boot into any of the newer > > > kernel | that I pulled down using yum update, I cannot set essid. > > > > > > This has nothing to do with able to use special keys or not.. > > > What happens when you try to set the essid? and are you using > > > wep/wpa or anything else? Do you find your AP using 'iwlist scan'? > > > > > > - -- > > > ~ .''`. Torbjörn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org > > > ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD > > > ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org > > > ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org > > > > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) > > > Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > > > > > iD8DBQFBGTmIeY7jmtvbDP0RApVHAJ9MFa8PKYZCcIi96JTpAQLrSaRIQACdEL7K > > > yMzg7FbOLHt4c44+nt166Xs= > > > =X4lh > > > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank > > > Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > > > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > > > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > > > Ndi...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general > > ------- End of Original Message ------- > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > > _______________________________________________ > > Ndiswrapper-general mailing list > > Ndi...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/ndiswrapper-general > > ------- End of Original Message ------- |
From: <az...@se...> - 2004-08-12 22:31:54
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Stranberg wrote: | Nope not trying to set any special keys. I have a simple script that | runs and sets my essid using iwconfig and then sets IP addy and | routing. Works just fine on the original kernel but anything later and | I cannot ever set essid. Now today. I am at a friends place where he | requires WEP. For some reason I am unable to essid and wep keys here | at the same time, on the old kernel. First time I tried this was | today, funny enuff u should ask today :) And yes when I run iwlist | scanning it does find my network. Just cant set essid, and I am using | the same script on the later kernels that i used on the old one. On | the newer kernels I reran the make install process to be sure all the | stuff was in the right place for modprobe to find. And what in this message should help me/anyone else to help you? You provided -nothing- to help us. Start checking logs and tell what it prints and so on, or you won't get -ANY- help at all! - -- ~ .''`. Torbj=F6rn Svensson, azoff (at) se (dot) linux (dot) org ~ : :' : 7EB9 2DC5 61AE DAB5 7099 BAC6 798E E39A DBDB 0CFD ~ `. `' http://azoff.homeip.net | http://azoff.tty0.org ~ `-- http://www.se.linux.org -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBG+/teY7jmtvbDP0RAjoaAJ0TPJw8o2wPco4pcUfZ2cxh45RWXgCeNcbE LaSB2l/l2jcAmU1ICcnb1GI=3D =3Dwqdx -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |