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Topic: ATMEL wireless pcmf502rd driver no longer n distro, Driver was present in earlier distros

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pinguino

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Posted: Oct. 05 2005,09:55

Dear Tempestuous

many thanks for the atmelwlandriver.dsl I have just downloaded and your prompt reply.
Could you please drop few lines explaining how to use the atmelwlandriver.dsl.
Do I need to tar or to place it in a particular directory?
I suppose I am not quite sure I know what I am doing but hope this could help someone else in this fantastic DSL comunity.

Regards

Pinguino

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Posted: Oct. 06 2005,12:52

To install the driver package, in EmelFM select atmelwlandrivers.dsl and press "MYDSL"
## or the manual way - open an xterminal
sudo /etc/init.d/mydsl-install /<mylocation>/atmelwlandrivers.dsl

sudo su
## now we need to run "depmod", which is easy with a HD install,
## but difficult with the liveCD because much of the filesystem is read-only.
## map the new modules
depmod
## you will see "*** Unresolved symbols" errors for some modules
## don't worry, these errors are for other unrelated modules
## load the drivers
modprobe pcmf502re # or one of the other versions
## if no error messages, this should create a network interface, atml0
## can check this by running "ifconfig -a"
## now set up the wireless network
iwconfig atml0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode Managed

## now standard network stuff -
## for automatic IP
pump -i atml0
## or for static IP
## modify /etc/resolv.conf to include your nameservers, then -
ifconfig atml0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 atml0 # or whatever your router's IP is

pinguino

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,07:01

Ok guys

I have done my homework but failed miserably. I still need your help.
I have installed the drivers that Tempestuous has provided me with and followed all the steps untill

pump -i atml0

which failed. I have also tryed the static IP. It seems it sets all the variables correctly but one of the light on the card keeps blinking (which means the card is not yet associated).
The good news is that after reboot, when cardmgr starts I hear two high pitch beeps (before it was one high pitch beep and one low flop beep) and now the card keeps blinking while before was solid.

Am I doing something wrong?
I have temporarely disabled security on the router to simplyfy thing so I am only using
iwconfig atml0 essid belkin54g mode Managed
(DSL would be the second client, I already have XP on another pc).
What is my nameservers? I have changed /etc/resolv.conf as follow

search localdomain
nameserver 192.168.2.1

192.168.2.1 is my router IP. Is that correct? Then

ifconfig atml0 192.168.2.3 broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0

route add default gw 192.168.2.1 atml0.

There is something else that do not understand.
Why was not able to compile the drivers myself? I am basically trying to follow houseofcraig steps such as in http://www.houseofcraig.net/atmel_guide.php

I have downloaded in /tmp gcc1 and then in EmelFM pressed "MYDSL"
I have downloaded in /tmp kernelsource.dsl and then in EmeFM pressed "MYDSL"

now I get sensible answer when I do gcc --version and make --version
however ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/Makefile says No such files or directory. Why is that?

Guys as always yor help will be very much appreciated

Cheers

Pinguino

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,13:47

Unless your router has a true nameserver itself, your nameservers will be those of your Internet Service Provider. They will be able to tell you the correct IP addresses.

"search" should be their search domain.

I think "broadcast" should be 192.168.2.255, but it might be easier to leave this out altogether and just have -
ifconfig atml0 192.168.2.3

pinguino

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,19:55

Ok guys

I have got my F5D6020 ver 2 up and running and am posting from my garden. only kiddng it is raining out there

1) I would like to thank this forum and DSL since without it I would have not been able to connect wirelessly with an old laptop 64M 2G HD.

2) Many thanks to Tempestuous. It is really good to see guys that have used DSL longer and generally know more linux to help the newby. Unfortunally I did not managed to use his drivers. I am sure I have done something wrong. The good things is that you learn from every post. Even a single comand is precious to a newby

3) I have recompiled the drivers myself following a step by step instruction from http://www.houseofcraig.net/atmel_guide.php

Just few comments that to many will sound bloady obvious but still may help some other newby. I am running DSL 1.5 HD installed. Get yourself gcc compiler. Click on the desktop icon MyDSL>system>gcc1.dsl and download in /tmp.
Now in Emelfm select the file and click to mydsl (not sure this is necessary). Do the same for the kernelsource.dsl.

Running XTerminal you should be able to get sensible answers to gcc --version and make --version.

I was stuck with veryfing the presence of the correct kernel source. ls /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/Makefile was always returning No such file or directory exist

I found a clue in
http://www.houseofcraig.net/belkin_howto.php
basically I needed to link Makefile and used the comand:
ln -s /usr/src/Makefile /lib/modules/`uname -r` /build

after that just follow all the steps. I did not end up having atml0 but had eth0. I have jut carryed on substituting atml0 with eth0. Eventually I was able to ping the router but not the internet. I run then netcardconfig and was up and running.

Hope this helps someone else sorry for this long post

1) This card does not work out of the box for DSL1.5 as stated in the wiki. It does work out of the box for DSL0.6
2) Can we hope to have this drivers included again in future releases?
3) Does anyone know how to configure for WPA security?At the moment I am only filtering MAC address and am a bit paranoid.

Seeya

Pinguino

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