Linksys WCP11 V4.0Forum: Networking Topic: Linksys WCP11 V4.0 started by: meeper34 Posted by meeper34 on May 03 2006,00:21
Hi,I searched the forum and saw one post on a Linksys WCP11 V4.0 wireless card and tried what they suggested, but I still can't get it working. I ran ndiswrapper successfully, but the pump command is failing. Also, how can I specify the network name to connect to? Has anyone had success with this wireless card, and if so, could you help me? thanks! Posted by roberts on May 03 2006,01:02
There is a writeup on such card located < here >In summary: Grab the Windows 2000 driver (v173) from the realtek site Copy NET8180.INF and rtl8180.sys to your home dir Use the ndiswrapper GUI and enter fields especially the driver enter NET8180.INF or use the following as an example to fetch dynamic IP 1. ndiswrapper -i NET8180.INF 2. ndiswrapper -l 3. modprobe ndiswrapper 4. iwconfig this will show an unconfigured card 5. iwlist wlan0 scan will show access points 6. iwconfig wlan0 essid your_essid_here 7. iwconfig wlan0 key xx:xx:xx:.... 8. pump -i wlan0 Posted by tedmoore99 on May 07 2006,12:43
I need to jump in right here and add my lament:I have a Compaq Armada 1750 laptop with the freaded WPC11, ver 4 card in it. I also cannot get it to work. My other OS is ME and the card works when I am running ME. I have followed your excellent instructions but when I try the command "iwlist wlan0 scan" I get an error message indicating that no such device exists. When I run the "ndiswrapper -l" it states hardare is present. I am determined to fight this battle through to the end, with a little help from my friends at dsl forums! --Ted Posted by roberts on May 08 2006,17:51
This might possibly suggest a hardware issue.I would at least try some combinations of boot options such as... pnpbios=off pci=bios noapic Posted by meeper34 on May 09 2006,02:10
I haven't had any luck with my card yet either. I followed the procedures above, and keep getting:modprobe ndiswrapper: dmesg: ndiswrapper (ndiswrapper_load_driver: 108): couldn't load driver 'lsrtnds' ndiswrapper: driver lsrtnds (cisco-linksys, ...) loaded. I also tried with the NET8180.INF driver and same result. I will try the new suggestions you added. Thanks! Posted by newOldUser on May 09 2006,11:30
Just my 2 cents worth of info...I use a LinksysWCP11 v4.0 just about everyday with DSL 2.3 and a Toshiba Satellite 2805 I have a frugal install with persistent home and opt directories my /opt/bootlocal.sh looks like this: #!/bin/bash # put other system startup command here sudo /opt/myndis.sh /opt/myndis.sh looks like this: #!/bin/bash /usr/local/bin/ndiswrapper.sh /opt/wpc11v4/net8180.inf wlan0 WIFINAME 1111111111 where WIFINAME is the wireless routers broadcast SID and 1111111111 is the encryption code The /opt/wpc11v4/ directory contains 10 files one of them is the net8180.inf file. The last part of my dmesg listing looks like this: mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice ndiswrapper version 0.10 loaded (preempt=no,smp=yes) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 14:00.0 to 64 ndiswrapper: using irq 11 wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:0f:66:3b:ae:d5 using driver rtl8180.sys ndiswrapper device wlan0 supports WPA with AES/CCMP and TKIP ciphers ndiswrapper: driver rtl8180.sys (Realtek,10/07/2004,5.173.1007.2004) added apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x02 (Driver version 1.16) apm: overridden by ACPI. My grub boot parms are: root=/dev/hda5 vga=normal quiet pci=noacpi apm frugal dma toram mydsl=hda6 restore=hda5 home=hda5 opt=hda5 host=DSL230 I know someone (yes.. despite what others might say, I know people outside of cyperspace...) with an old Compaq laptop. Next time I see him I'll see if I can get the card working in his. I'm not sure what model it is. Good luck. Posted by Nym1 on May 09 2006,12:03
Hello,This reply is has been posted "wirelessly" via a linksys wpc11 ver. 4 pcmcia card using ndiswrapper as described by Roberts, above. (If one chooses the command line method, precede the commands shown by "sudo"). The card is in an IBM Thinkpad X20 that is running DSL 2.3. DSL 2.3 was booted via GRUB as shown below: title DSL with toram, mydsl, restore kernel /boot/linux24 root=/dev/hda4 quiet vga=normal acpi=off apm noscsi frugal dma toram mydsl=hda4 restore=hda4 initrd /boot/minirt24.gz Good luck. Posted by tedmoore99 on May 20 2006,19:49
I am writing this "worelessly" on my Compaq Armada. Thanks for all of the help. I kept messing with the boot codes and presto!--Ted Posted by tedmoore99 on May 20 2006,20:22
An Addendum to my last post:I tried to add the "toram" option at boot time and the ndiswrapper program gave me the following error: "could not allocate 2042 bytes of DMA memory" My Armada has 61MB of ram, shouldn't that be enough to rum "toram"? I have 3Gs of swapspace. Oh well, I still can write "wirelessly" without toram! --Ted Posted by roberts on May 20 2006,23:57
Ted,Please share your boot codes. We all want to know the sceret of the Armada. Posted by tedmoore99 on May 21 2006,00:13
I am almost embarrassed to have to say this but the final boot codes after some more experimentation turn out to be:noacpi, noapm, noscsi, dma, mydsl=hda4, home=hda4, opt=hda4, frugal Apparently when I was using "toram" the ndiswrapper program came up with that memory error. However, I am up and running wirelessly and I thank you all for your help. I tried to use NewOldUser's shell scripts and they work flawlessly. The wireless card installs automatically at bootup. Thanks --Ted Posted by tedmoore99 on May 22 2006,16:26
One more entry and I'm done with this topic. I found 160 MB of additional ram, installed it in my trusty Armada, rebooted and ran the "toram" option and everything worked flawlessly. My wireless card works as well, so the problem was ram all along. Hope this helps someone else.--Ted |