Networking :: Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Card Configuration



I'm new to DSL and am having difficulty getting my Aironet 350 card to work.  I've tried several configurations, but nothing works--I cannot connect to a wireless router, with or without encryption.

Here's some info on my card:

[/home/dsl]# cardctl ident
Socket 1:
 product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001"
 manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157
 function: 6 (network)

[/home/dsl]# cardctl config
Socket 0:
 Vcc 5.0V  Vpp1 5.0V  Vpp2 5.0V
 interface type is "memory and I/O"
 irq 3 [exclusive] [level]
 function 0:
   config base 0x03e0
     option 0x45 status 0x00 pin 0x00
   io 0x0100-0x013f [16bit]

[/home/dsl]# cardctl status
Socket 0:
 5V 16-bit PC Card
 function 0: [ready]

[/home/dsl]# cardctl info
PRODID_1="Cisco Systems"
PRODID_2="350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter"
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
cdMANFID=015f,000a
FUNCID=6
PRODID_1="3Com Corporation"
PRODID_2="3CCFE575BT"
PRODID_3="LAN Cardbus Card"
PRODID_4="001"
MANFID=0101,5157
FUNCID=6

Here's the configuration command I've been using (key x'd out):
[/home/dsl]# iwconfig wifi0 mode managed essid runway channel 10 key xx:xx:xx:xx:xx

Here's the result--no connection to essid "runway"! ?
[/home/dsl]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  
         Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  
         Bit Rate:0kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/65535  
         Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Encryption key:****-****-**   Security mode:open
         Power Management:off
         Link Quality:176/10  Signal level:-114 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
         Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wifi0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  
         Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00  
         Bit Rate:0kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/65535  
         Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
         Encryption key:****-****-**   Security mode:open
         Power Management:off
         Link Quality:176/10  Signal level:-114 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
         Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
         Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth1      no wireless extensions.

The pump command results in a failure:
/home/dsl]# pump -i wifi0
Operation failed.
[/home/dsl]#

One thing I noticed in using iwlist--see below.
[/home/dsl]# iwlist wifi0 power
wifi0     Supported modes :
                       o Receive all packets (unicast & multicast)
                       o Receive Unicast only (discard multicast)
                       o Receive Multicast only (discard unicast)
         Fixed period  ;  min period:0us
                          max period:5s
         Fixed timeout ;  min timeout:0us
                          max timeout:67.1078s
         Current mode:off

Looks like the receiver mode is off.  How do I turn it on?
Maybe this is my problem with this card.

Would appreciate some help with this.
Just a quick question: did you try the iwconfig gui tool? (in DSLPanel)
Yes, I used the GUI tool, and no joy--it still did not connect.
Well, I don't know what happened.  I opened the DSL panel and clicked on "lwconfig" and "OK".  The card connected!  I did not enter any information--just accepted the defaults.  However, when I do a 'iwlist eth0 scanning' I don't see the router that I'm connected to (looking at the hardware addresses listed).
OK, I see the router I'm connected to now.  I must have overlooked it earlier.
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