wlan netgear ma401

From: Michael H. Fischer (mhf_at_mhf.at)
Date: 10/30/03 

Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 21:14:18 +0100

dear community,

on my dell inspiron 8200 i'm running suse linux 8.2 recently upgraded to
9.0. the problems with my wireless network were the same in both versions.
the internal mini-pci wavelan-card is disabled because there is no
hardware-driver avaliable yet.
in my oppinion everything is as it should be, but i seem to be unable to
transport any data via this connection.

is there anyone who has this wavelan-card in use and who could share
some experiences with me?

[(mhflap)[mhf]:/home/mhf] (1015) > cat
/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-pcmcia-1
BOOTPROTO='static'
BROADCAST='192.168.111.255'
DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK='yes'
IPADDR='192.168.111.223'
MTU=''
NETMASK='255.255.255.0'
NETWORK='192.168.111.0'
REMOTE_IPADDR=''
STARTMODE='hotplug'
UNIQUE='O8sC.jrBDbmL7DWA'
WIRELESS_ESSID='mhf.at_001'
WIRELESS_KEY=''
WIRELESS_MODE='Managed'
WIRELESS_NICK='mhf.at_001'
WIRELESS_NWID=''

[(mhflap)[mhf]:/home/mhf] (1015) >/usr/sbin/ifconfig
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:30:AB:07:EA:F7
           inet addr:192.168.111.223 Bcast:192.168.111.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
           inet6 addr: fe80::230:abff:fe07:eaf7/64 Scope:Link
           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
           RX packets:380 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
           RX bytes:19352 (18.8 Kb) TX bytes:504 (504.0 b)
           Interrupt:5 Base address:0x180

[(mhflap)[mhf]:/home/mhf] (1008) > wavemon
??Interface??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?wlan0 (IEEE 802.11-DS), ESSID: "mhf.at_001", nick: "mhf.at_001"
 
  ??Levels?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?link quality: 92/92
 
  ?signal level: -251 dBm (0.00 uW)
 
 
?========================================================================
?noise level: -145 dBm (0.00 uW)
 
  ?=============================================
 
    ?signal-to-noise ratio: -106 dB
 
 
?========================================================================
 
??Statistics?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?RX: 287 (15414), TX: 4 (504), inv: 0 nwid, 0 key, 0 misc
 
  ??Info???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?frequency: 2.4370 GHz, sensitivity: 1/3, TX power: 15 dBm (31.62 mW)
 
  ?mode: managed, access point: 00:09:5B:3B:E6:E0
 
    ?bitrate: 11 Mbit/s, RTS thr: off, frag thr: off
 
      ?encryption: n/a
 
        ?power management: off
 
 
??Network???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????
?if: wlan0, hwaddr: 00:30:AB:07:EA:F7
 
  ?addr: 192.168.111.223, netmask: 255.255.255.0, bcast:
192.168.111.255
 
????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

[(mhflap)[mhf]:/home/mhf] (1012) > ping mhf.at -I wlan0
PING mhf.at (217.172.161.46) from 192.168.111.223 wlan0: 56(84) bytes of
data.
 From mhflap.mhf.at (192.168.111.223): icmp_seq=4 Destination Host
Unreachable
 From mhflap.mhf.at (192.168.111.223) icmp_seq=4 Destination Host
Unreachable

[(mhflap)[root]:/home/mhf] (1012) > tail -f /var/log/messages
Oct 30 20:57:53 mhflap last message repeated 9 times
Oct 30 20:57:53 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: socket 1: Intersil PRISM2 11 Mbps
Wireless Adapter
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: module
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default//pcmcia/hermes.o not available
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: executing: 'modprobe -v hermes'
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: sr0: CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + /sbin/insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Using
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/hermes.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: module
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default//pcmcia/orinoco.o not available
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: executing: 'modprobe -v orinoco'
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + /sbin/insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Using
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson
<hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: module
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default//pcmcia/orinoco_cs.o not available
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: executing: 'modprobe -v orinoco_cs'
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + /sbin/insmod
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_cs.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Using
/lib/modules/2.4.21-99-default/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/orinoco_cs.o
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: + Symbol version prefix ''
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: orinoco_cs.c 0.13e (David Gibson
<hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: Station identity 001f:0004:0001:0003
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: Looks like an Intersil firmware
version 1.3.4
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode
supported
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: WEP supported, 104-bit key
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: MAC address 00:30:AB:07:EA:F7
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: Station name "Prism I"
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: ready
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap kernel: wlan0: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io
0x0180-0x01bf
Oct 30 20:57:54 mhflap cardmgr[1444]: executing: './network start wlan0'
Oct 30 20:57:55 mhflap kernel: wlan0: Error -110 setting multicast list.
Oct 30 20:57:55 mhflap /etc/hotplug/net.agent[2317]: Interface wlan0 is
handled by service PCMCIA ... exiting
Oct 30 20:57:55 mhflap kernel: wlan0: New link status: Connected (0001)

best of regards, 

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