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Topic: How to get my Wireless card to work, Can someone tell me?

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NettoBr

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,09:55

Thanks Tempestuous,

What do I do now?

I have run mkwriteable, copied both files to dirs... have tried many button from DSL menu...

My Wlan Pcmcia is recognized by Linux, cardbus is activated, but not eth0...

But the worst Idea is next boot I have to do it all again and again...

Is there a way to rewrite a new image of DSL with that file there?

Thanks again,

NettoBr
Brazil, land of beatiful places and women...

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Posted: Oct. 11 2005,13:32

To make new files "permanent" in DSL, you need to Backup/Restore. Open /home/dsl/filetool.lst in a text editor, add the following files (don't include the leading /), and save -

usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/isl3890
etc/hotplug/firmware.agent

Now in the DSLpanel, press Backup/Restore, and Backup the files to your chosen device.
Use the boot option "restore=xxx"

To load the driver and configure your wireless network, run these commands -

modprobe prism54
## there should now be a network interface created, eth0
## can check this by running "ifconfig -a"
## now set up the wireless network
iwconfig eth0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode Managed
## for automatic IP
pump -i eth0
## or for static IP
## modify /etc/resolv.conf to include your nameservers, then -
ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0 # or whatever your router's IP is

You could save these commands as a script.

neonuke

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Posted: Nov. 02 2005,08:58

Quote (tempestuous @ Oct. 11 2005,09:32)

ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0 # or whatever your router's IP is

I get this error:

SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I'm using DSL 1.5 Live CD.

neonuke

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Posted: Nov. 03 2005,05:01

OK, sorry but I'm a noob. Forgot to copy the firmware.agent file

TravMan1963 Offline

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Posted: Dec. 01 2005,23:24

Were you successful in making the WG111 work?

my SN starts with WG7214... which, according to netgear - is version 1. On the other side of the nic - it has wg111V2....

I have successfully completed all the steps as listed - the files are saved for reboots with the (.) filetool.lst (I didn't see the "." - it's all good now... files saved ok)...

I've also tried the ndiswrapper approach - (v1.1 of ndiswrapper 2.01 of DSL)... with different versions of the inf file (all give the error of invalid driver).

using modprobe54 gives this error:

/lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/prism54/prism54.o:
init_module: No such device

and errors with same directory tree insmod /(directory)/prism54.o failed

and
(directory): insmod prism54 failed

I've searched and searched - but have found nothing that WORKS... yet...

?ideas?

additionally - when entering the wep key - is that in binary(!) or hex - or decimal?

TIA...TM

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