trying to configure a DWL-500

[Kwabbernoot]

Hi Roberto,

You should use interface wlan0 instead of wifi0.

Regards,
Arnaud

Roberto De Leo wrote:
> Hi,
> I spent a whole day trying to configure correctly my DWL-500 card under 
> Linux (Slackware 9.1) but still something is not working, is someone out 
> there using this card succesfully?
> 
> After long google searches I've managed to let the PCMCIA card detected 
> by setting the right memory ranges for the Ricoh RL5c475 cardbus bridge 
> in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts; I tried all modules I knew of and the only 
> drivers that get me the double high beep are the hostap ones (I also 
> tried the orinoco_cs one from the pcmcia-cs package 3.2.7 and the one 
> from the linux-wlan project [I tried versions 0.2.0, 0.2.1pre19 and 
> 0.2.1pre21] but I always get the wrong beeps and no wifi device 
> afterwards).
> When the hostap modules are loaded I can see the card:
> 
> # cardctl info
> PRODID_1="D"
> PRODID_2="Link DWL-650 11Mbps WLAN Card"
> PRODID_3="Version 01.02"
> PRODID_4=""
> MANFID=0156,0002
> FUNCID=6
> 
> # iwconfig wifi0
> wifi0     IEEE 802.11-DS  Mode:Ad-Hoc
>          Encryption key:off
>          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> But if I try to configure its IP number with ifconfig then something 
> goes wrong:
> 
> # ifconfig wifi0 up
> # iwconfig wifi0
> wifi0     no wireless extensions.
> 
> These are the relative error msgs I get from dmesg:
> 
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0xffff
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c5bb6d40, type=0, res=-1)
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> wifi0: MAC port 0 enabling failed
> wifi0: could not enable MAC port
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd_issue: cmd reg was busy for 5000 usec
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd_issue - timeout - reg=0xffff
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: entry still in list? (entry=c5bb6d40, type=0, res=-1)
> wifi0: hfa384x_cmd: interrupted; err=-110
> hostap_cs: Shutdown failed
> 
> The fact that something was wrong was already clear from /var/log/messages:
> 
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card Services 3.2.7
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel:   kernel build: 2.4.26 #1 SMP Mon May 17 
> 13:51:43 UTC 2004
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel:   options:  [pci] [cardbus] [apm]
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe:
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel:   Ricoh RL5C475 rev 80 PCI-to-CardBus at 
> slot 02:08, mem 0xf1001000
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel:     host opts [0]: [pci only] [io 3/6/1] 
> [mem 3/6/1] [pci irq 19] [lat 32/176] [bus 3/6]
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel:     PCI card interrupts, polling interval 
> = 1000 ms
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon cardmgr[10534]: watching 1 socket
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: memory probe 0xf1001000-0xf1ffffff: 
> excluding 0xf1001000-0xf10fefff 0xf17f1000-0xf18eefff
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: socket 0: D-Link DWL-650 11Mbps 
> WLAN Card
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: hostap_cs: 0.2.1 - 2004-05-06 (Jouni 
> Malinen <jkmaline at cc.hut.fi>)
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x03e0-0x04cf: clean.
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x04d8-0x04ff: clean.
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x1000-0x17ff: clean.
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: Vcc 3.3, irq 19, 
> io 0x0400-0x043f
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: hostap_cs: first command failed - 
> assuming card does not have primary firmware
> May 17 17:37:41 nehwon kernel: hostap_cs: first command failed - 
> assuming card does not have primary firmware
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: executing: './network start wifi0 
> 2>&1'
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: + /usr/local/sbin/iwconfig wifi0 
> mode Ad-Hoc
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: + Error for wireless request "Set 
> Mode" (8B06) :
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: +     SET failed on device wifi0 
> ; Operation not supported.
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: + /usr/local/sbin/iwconfig wifi0 
> essid "pippo"
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: + Error for wireless request "Set 
> ESSID" (8B1A) :
> May 17 17:37:42 nehwon cardmgr[10535]: +     SET failed on device wifi0 
> ; Invalid argument.
> 
> I could find no hint on the net on how to fix this problem and I'm about 
> to give up, any suggestion would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Roberto De Leo
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