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mrmarley

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Posted: Jan. 25 2007,22:29

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Slackware_10.1_on_a_PC110#PCMCIA_configuration
that IS the Solution (hope so). I could prevent the pcmcia card form taking IRQ 11.
But in the Frugal Install I don't know how to change this file...

ottershaw

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Posted: Feb. 07 2007,20:22

Hello All,

DSL v 3.2 is Damn Near Perfect ! If I can just get this one little issue solved, I'll swear off WINBLOZE forever.

My problem is similar to mrmarley's above. It involves not being able to access a WPA enabled AP. The important difference is that in my case the card is recognized as interface ath0.

The D-Link WNA-2330 (wireless a,b,g) on my Thinkpad 600e works perfectly under Knoppix 5.1.1 using either the wext or madwifi drivers.

wpa_supplicant -iath0 -Dwext -c/path/to/wpa_supplicant.conf
pump -iath0

The commands above work great in Knoppix, but bork big-time in DSL3.2.

ERROR message reads in part:

wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]Operation not supported
Failed to enable WPA in the driver

There seem to be some difference(s) in the wpa_supplicant on DSL 3.2. (-ng ?)

I have read most of the postings on the site related to the wpa_supplicant issue and have tried most of the suggestions. The ndiswrapper method also failed to enable wpa on the card. FWIW ndiswrapper doesn't work in KNOPPIX 5.1.1 with this card.

Please let me know if more info will help.

Hardware:
IBM Thinkpad 600e
400 mhz, 384 mb RAM
Atheros Wlan Card plugged into the pc card slot.
(changing slots does not help)

Output of the PCMCIA Tool:
PRODID_1="Atheros Communication, Inc."
PRODID_2="AR5001-0000-0000"
PRODID_3="Wireless LAN Reference Card"
PRODID_4="00"
MANFID=0271,0012
FUNCID=6

Cheers,

Gordon Ottershaw
Pittsburgh, PA

Onyarian

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Posted: Feb. 08 2007,19:11

I have the same problem.
It works perfect with WEP, but i can't make it to work with WPA (wpa_supplicant).
this card is configurated with madwifi.

D-Link DWL-G650 cardbus, Compaq armada 1700, DSL 3.2, 96ram.

Thanks

jimmit

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Posted: Feb. 12 2007,04:07

ottershaw/onyarian,

I'm using a DLINK DWL-AG650 to connect to a WPA access point using the ndiswrapper and wpa_supplicant. madwifi wasn't working with wpa_supplicant for me and I actually had to unload madwifi to get it working.