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[Wirelessdriver-support] Re: need help making driver work
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From: Rob M. <ro...@ma...> - 2002-10-26 03:13:43
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Looks like I should have gone through all of my email before responding
(not the first time that's happened).
Somebody else has discovered that this card isn't currently being
matched by our driver, but does work if you modify the appropriate
file. I'll make sure this gets into the next release, which I'm hoping
to have out sometime this weekend (if all goes well)
-Rob
On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 08:09 PM, Frank Foti wrote:
> I've got an airport card installed, and it works (very limited range
> of course). I can't see this interface named "en1." My available port
> configurations in the network control panel include Airport, Built In
> Ethernet, Internal Modem, and IrDA Modem Port. What else do you (or
> others) want to know about my setup?
> On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 07:57 PM, Rob McKeever wrote:
>
>> 1) When I suggested you send this message to the list, I had meant
>> wir...@li..., not the admin address.
>> There are many people much better than I at sorting out issues like
>> this remotely. I've CC'd my response to the list in case anyone else
>> has suggestions.
>>
>> 2) Do you have an Airport card installed? If not, then this driver
>> would appear to be working. You have an interface named "en1" that
>> has a valid IP address of 192.168.1.3.
>>
>> Any other details you can provide about your setup will probably make
>> this easier to sort out.
>>
>> -Rob
>>
>>
>> On Friday, October 25, 2002, at 07:24 PM, Frank Foti wrote:
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>>>> Can't seem to make this driver work. I have installed and
>>>> uninstalled the software, several times but no new network
>>>> interface options do not appear in my network menu. The second
>>>> time I installed this software, I saw the "en2" option show up,
>>>> then I froze, never to see it again.
>>>>
>>>> I've run the uninstall, and checked the new installer cleanup list
>>>> (nothing was left to clean up). however, when I do new installs,
>>>> it tells me I'm upgrading.
>>>>
>>>> Regardless, I still don't see the network interface to start this
>>>> process....any ideas?
>>>>
>>>> I'm running a Powerbook Titanium 667 with 10.2.1 installed.
>>>
>>> ...here is the script from the troubleshooting app
>>>
>>>
>>> Last login: Fri Oct 25 15:21:38 on console
>>> /Volumes/WirelessDriver\ beta\ 5.1/Utilities/TroubWelcome to Darwin!
>>> leshooting\ Info.command; exit
>>> [Frank-Fotis-Computer:~] ffoti% /Volumes/WirelessDriver\ beta\
>>> 5.1/Utilities/Troubleshooting\ Info.command; exit
>>>
>>> ### system info
>>>
>>> ProductName: Mac OS X
>>> ProductVersion: 10.2.1
>>> BuildVersion: 6D52
>>> Darwin Frank-Fotis-Computer.local. 6.1 Darwin Kernel Version 6.1:
>>> Fri Sep 6 23:24:34 PDT 2002; root:xnu/xnu-344.2.obj~2/RELEASE_PPC
>>> Power Macintosh powerpc
>>> ppc7450
>>>
>>> ### wireless driver files installed
>>>
>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Oct 25 08:31 WirelessDriver.kext
>>> drwxr-xr-x 3 root wheel 102 Jul 27 13:22 IOPCCardFamily.kext
>>> ls: /Library/PreferencePanes: No such file or directory
>>>
>>> ### wirelesscard info
>>>
>>> | | "VersionOneInfo" = ("NETGEAR MA401RA Wireless
>>> PC","Card","I$
>>> | | +-o pccardb,7300@0,0 <class IOPCCard16Device>
>>> | | "IOName" = "pccardb,7300"
>>>
>>> ### network info
>>>
>>> lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
>>> inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000
>>> gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280
>>> stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280
>>> en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
>>> 1500
>>> inet6 fe80::203:93ff:fe45:99e%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
>>> ether 00:03:93:45:09:9e
>>> media: autoselect (none) status: inactive
>>> supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>
>>> 10baseT/UTP <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex>
>>> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <half-duplex>
>>> 100baseTX <half-duplex,hw-loopback> 100baseTX <full-duplex>
>>> 100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX <full-duplex>
>>> 1000baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback> 1000baseTX
>>> <full-duplex,flow-control> 1000baseTX
>>> <full-duplex,flow-control,hw-loopback>
>>> en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu
>>> 1500
>>> inet6 fe80::230:65ff:fe01:f31b%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5
>>> inet 192.168.1.3 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
>>> ether 00:30:65:01:f3:1b
>>> media: autoselect status: active
>>> supported media: autoselect
>>>
>>> ### wd command line tool status
>>>
>>> /Volumes/WirelessDriver beta 5.1/Utilities/Troubleshooting
>>> Info.command: WirelessConfig: command not found
>>> logout
>>> [Process completed]
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> --
>> "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
>>
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"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur."
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