Senao NL-2511CD ext HelpForum: Networking Topic: Senao NL-2511CD ext Help started by: draynag Posted by draynag on Jan. 19 2006,11:24
Ok, I bought this card because it was supposed to be the easiest to get running, but.......I must be really dense.I have tried all the gui tools and futzed around with manual configs too, but no progress. The strange part is: ifconfig=nothing iwconfig=wlan0, no wireless extensions dmesg= cardmgr: /sbin/ifup wlan0 cardmgr: IBBS not started, resultcode=invalid_parameters cardmgr: run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/linux-wlan-ng_pre-up exited with a return code 1 I tried adding it manually to /etc/network/interfaces but still doesnt work. Machine is a Thinkpad 380z, p2=266, 64Mb Posted by G-Stress on Feb. 13 2006,22:51
Yea I'm having pretty much the same problem. I just got my Senao 2511 CD Plus ext2 200mw card today and I tried it with auditor and back track so far and I get the same result iwconfig=lo no wireless extensions, eth0 no wireless extensions" and in back track lo, eth0 and sit0 no wireless extensions? I've tried about 6 different cards now and all got the same result I also have a dwl-g650 with the same result. My lap-top is a HP Pavilion zv5370us AMD 64. 1800mhz, 512 MB Ram. I'm fairly a noob with linux I can get around but as in installing device driver's right now I'm a bit lost.
Posted by tempestuous on Feb. 14 2006,00:21
Your network device first requires a driver, and as with most OS's the correct driver depends on the chipset.Investigate which chipset you have. In the case of the D-Link DWL-G650, there are 3 different versions - revision A, B, and C containing different chipsets. Posted by G-Stress on Feb. 14 2006,04:28
Yea my dwl-g650 I believe is revision B I know it uses the Atheros chipset and I have successfully broken WEP in windows with the Atheros driver with that card. I tried the ndiswrapper with that card and everytime it said invalid driver. Now I'm wondering is there something else I need to do or I just need to install the driver's for each card, the correct driver's? All I need is to get one card working and then I can figure the rest out myself at least I think so I would prefer to get the Senao card working it uses the Prism chip.
Posted by tempestuous on Feb. 14 2006,07:02
OK. For Atheros-based devices your best solution is the MADWiFi driver.For DSL 2.0 and 2.1 (2.4.31 kernel) you can use the this dsl package < ftp://ibiblio.org/pub....ifi.dsl > There is an info file with instructions at the same location. There is discussion about this driver here < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=10389 > DSL 2.2 (2.4.26 kernel) may already have the MADWiFi driver, I don't know. Check for its presence with "modinfo ath_pci".
Prism2/2.5/3 (b mode) or PrismGT (g mode)? If Prism2, launch the DSLpanel, then click Prism2. Enter your SSID, and enter your WEP key - making sure to place a colon between every 2 characters. Click OK. Ping your wireless router to check if it's working. Posted by G-Stress on Feb. 14 2006,17:49
Man I'd say this has been the most helpful information yet:) I'm gonna try this out when I get back from pickin up my friend. Okay but what is the "DSLpanel" Also when installing the driver's for example the madwifi driver do I use ndiswrapper to install it? I did try that before not sure if I installed the right file but it said >ndiswrapper -l (driver) invalid driver!As for my Senao card to my understanding it uses the prism2.5 chip. I was thinkin maybe it could be a problem with my pc socket but at boot it does say it found it starting cardmgr then somewhere else in the boot it indicates "no sockets found"? I really appreciate the info and help, BIG Thanks:) Posted by tempestuous on Feb. 15 2006,00:30
The DSLpanel is right there on your desktop.
No no no. MADWiFi is a native Linux driver. Read the info file as I said before. ndiswrapper is for "wrapping" a Window$ driver. Use it only when there is no Linux driver available. To check whether your system is recognising the Senao card, run these 2 commands in an xterminal - "cardctl status" and "cardctl ident" Posted by G-Stress on Feb. 15 2006,01:06
Man I'm gettin sooooo close. I downloaded the madwifi driver for my Atheros card and I forgot I've tried that before but when I goto open it, it asks to open it with what. This time I chose the wireless configuration and it said no wireless card found. Last time I didn't know what to open it with. I ran the cardctl status and cardctl ident commands on both cards and got the same result "No such device". No I just checked out like the main page and realized DSL is "Damn Small Linux". I have been using whoppix 2.7. Is that any different? Did I attmept to install the madwifi driver correctly? Tempestuous man your good. You explain things in a more user friendly way for noobs with linux:) Just to verify if I could my actual pc socket is a Texas Instruments PCI-1620 Cardbus controller with UltraMedia. It does day at boot PCMCIA Found starting cardmgr. So my socket is fine right? Posted by G-Stress on Feb. 16 2006,16:04
Anybody... goin once, goin twice, sold to the next user who decides to help a fellow noob out:)
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