Thread: [zd1211-devs] zd1211 on edgy
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From: Igor D. <igo...@gm...> - 2006-10-28 22:29:14
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hi folks, i have the device Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 <http://www.zyxel.com/product/model.php?indexcate=1085455224> simple question: is it possible to run it with ubuntu edgy and what do I have to do for that? i also should mention that i need it to work with WPA. should i use the new zd1211rw or the old zd1211 with edgy? i hope someone will help me. sorry for the bad english. greets, igor |
From: eric <eri...@gm...> - 2006-10-29 01:37:29
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Igor Dragicevic wrote: > hi folks, > > i have the device Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 > <http://www.zyxel.com/product/model.php?indexcate=1085455224> > > simple question: is it possible to run it with ubuntu edgy and what do I > have to do for that? > i also should mention that i need it to work with WPA. > > should i use the new zd1211rw or the old zd1211 with edgy? > > i hope someone will help me. Igor, Ubuntu Edgy Released version have the zd1211rw driver installed by default. The basic functions are operational for many USB wireless hardware that are listed and tested on http://zd1211.ath.cx/ I did a simple stress test using "rsync" command, transferring files as large as 10GB each and a source directory files totaling more than 30G+ continuously without any problem. WPA encryption was also enabled. Right now I'm getting a slow throughput of about 1.7MB/sec peak regardless of how I set the rate (tested at 10M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M). The other minor problem is noisy message outputs from "dmesg". I'm getting lots of these debugging output messages: printk: 442 messages suppressed. TKIP: replay detected: STA=00:51:18:4a:dc:c2 previous TSC 00000003a .. received... TSC 0000033... (something like that) Anyway, the best thing to do is just plug it in and see if it works. Good luck, eric |
From: Igor D. <igo...@gm...> - 2006-10-29 21:50:30
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Hi Eric, when I plug the device in, nothing happens. ;-) sudo lsmod dosn't show any zd1211rw module loaded. iwconfig doesn't show any wireless interfaces. "sudo modprobe zd1211rw" loads the driver correctly, but after that nothing happens again. iwconfig keeps showing NO wireless devices. dmesg shows "usbcore: registered new driver zd1211rw" that is all. at least I would expect a wlan0 interface to appear.. what else can I try? thanks, Igor eric schrieb: > Igor Dragicevic wrote: > >> hi folks, >> >> i have the device Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 >> <http://www.zyxel.com/product/model.php?indexcate=1085455224> >> >> simple question: is it possible to run it with ubuntu edgy and what do I >> have to do for that? >> i also should mention that i need it to work with WPA. >> >> should i use the new zd1211rw or the old zd1211 with edgy? >> >> i hope someone will help me. >> > > Igor, > > Ubuntu Edgy Released version have the zd1211rw driver installed by > default. The basic functions are operational for many USB wireless > hardware that are listed and tested on http://zd1211.ath.cx/ I did a > simple stress test using "rsync" command, transferring files as large as > 10GB each and a source directory files totaling more than 30G+ > continuously without any problem. WPA encryption was also enabled. > > Right now I'm getting a slow throughput of about 1.7MB/sec peak > regardless of how I set the rate (tested at 10M, 24M, 36M, 48M, 54M). > The other minor problem is noisy message outputs from "dmesg". I'm > getting lots of these debugging output messages: > > printk: 442 messages suppressed. > TKIP: replay detected: STA=00:51:18:4a:dc:c2 previous TSC 00000003a .. > received... TSC 0000033... (something like that) > > Anyway, the best thing to do is just plug it in and see if it works. > > Good luck, > eric > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ > Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs > > > |
From: Daniel D. <ds...@ge...> - 2006-10-30 02:58:26
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Hi, Igor Dragicevic wrote: > Hi Eric, > > when I plug the device in, nothing happens. ;-) > > sudo lsmod dosn't show any zd1211rw module loaded. > iwconfig doesn't show any wireless interfaces. The G220 ID was only added very recently, it takes time for this to propagate through the kernel development trees, and even longer for distros to ship it. For now you should just add the ID manually. Daniel |
From: eric m. <eri...@gm...> - 2006-10-31 01:51:18
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Igor Dragicevic wrote: > > Hi Eric, > > when I plug the device in, nothing happens. ;-) > > sudo lsmod dosn't show any zd1211rw module loaded. > iwconfig doesn't show any wireless interfaces. > > "sudo modprobe zd1211rw" loads the driver correctly, but after that > nothing happens again. > iwconfig keeps showing NO wireless devices. > dmesg shows "usbcore: registered new driver zd1211rw" > > that is all. at least I would expect a wlan0 interface to appear.. > > what else can I try? > > thanks, > Igor Igor, As Daniel said, your hardware's ID probably has not been added yet on Ubuntu's Edgy. Before you lose any hope, try this: 1. disconnect the USB wireless card from your PC. 2. reboot the machine 3. connect the USB wireless card 4. check again if the device drvier finally loaded iwconfig dmesg | grep -e usb -e 1211 # make sure usb devices have no error while loading If that doesn't work, then you either you have to wait for Ubuntu to update their kernel with the latest changes in zd1211rw module or build/make/compile the latest zd1211rw snapshots. Below are my own personal custom build notes for zd1211rw (warn: may not be too helpful): # move the existing zd1211 module into a temporary directory sudo -i modprobe -r zd1211rw cd ; mkdir 1211mod mv /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw 1211mod mv /lib/firmware/2.6.17-10-generic/zd1211 1211mod # download the zd1211rw source files and Ubuntu's development build tools cd 1211mod wget http://www.deine-taler.de/zd1211/snapshots/zd1211rw_fw_2006-10-30.tar.bz2 wget http://www.deine-taler.de/zd1211/snapshots/zd1211rw_2006-10-30.tar.bz2 apt-get install build-essential # extract build and install tar -vxjf zd1211rw_fw_2006-10-30.tar.bz2 tar -vxjf zd1211rw_2006-10-30.tar.bz2 cd zd1211rw_fw_2006-10-30 make clean all install # build / install firmware cd zd1211rw_2006-10-30 # edit zd_usb.c and add your hardware's ID lsusb # display USB's ID # example output: # Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0586:3401 Zyxel ZyAIR G-220 vi zd_usb.c # add the following line: { USB_DEVICE(0x0586, 0x3401), .driver_info = DEVICE_ZD1211 }, # next to: { USB_DEVICE(0x0586, 0x3402), .driver_info = DEVICE_ZD1211 }, make rm # make sure zd1211rw.ko is not loaded make clean all modules_install ins # build / install kernel module # make sure the modules.* files has updated the latest changes cd /lib/modules/2.6.17-10-generic grep 0586 modules* | grep zd1211rw # sample output: # modules.alias:alias usb:v0586p3401d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip* zd1211rw depmod # execute if above change did not register |