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net8185 : driver installed

RTL8185 Linux Driver v1027.0823.2007 for linux kernel 2.6

  - Support Client mode for either infrastructure or adhoc mode
  - Support WEP and WPAPSK/WPA2PSK connection

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< Component >
The driver is composed of several parts:
    (1)source code
	rtl8185.tar.gz
	stack.tar.gz

    (2)Script ot build the modules
        makedrv

    (3)Script to load/unload modules
        wlan0up
        wlan0down

    (4)Script and configuration for DHCP
	wlan0dhcp
        ifcfg-wlan0

    (5)Supplicant source code
	wpa_supplicant-0.4.9.tar.gz
    	
    (6)Example of supplicant configuration file
	wpa1.conf


< Installation >
Running the scripts can finish all operations of building up modules from source code and start the nic:

	(1)Build up the driver from the source code
         	./makedrv

    	(2)Load the driver module to kernel and start up nic
    		./wlan0up
           (if "insmod: error inserting 'r8180.ko': -File exists." met,
	        ./wlan0rmv
		./wlan0down
		./wlan0up
	    should be OK.
	   )
	(3)Refer to < Set wireless lan MIBs > to set Wireless LAN specific parameters.





< Set wireless lan MIBs >
This driver uses Wireless Extension as an interface allowing you to set
Wireless LAN specific parameters.

Current driver supports "iwlist" to show the device status of nic

        iwlist wlan0 [parameters]
where

        parameter explaination      	[parameters]    
        -----------------------     	-------------   
        Show available chan and freq	freq / channel  
        Show and Scan BSS and IBSS 	scan[ning]          
        Show supported bit-rate         rate / bit[rate]        
        Show Power Management mode      power             

For example:

	iwlist wlan0 channel
	iwlist wlan0 scan
	iwlist wlan0 rate
	iwlist wlan0 power


Driver also supports "iwconfig", manipulate driver private ioctls, to set MIBs.

        iwconfig wlan0 [parameters] [val]
where

        parameter explaination      [parameters]        	[val] constraints
        -----------------------     -------------       	------------------
        Connect to AP by address    ap              		[essid]
        Set the essid, join (I)BSS  essid             		[mac_addr]
        Set operation mode          mode          		{Managed|Ad-hoc}
        Set keys and security mode  key / enc[ryption]          {N|open|restricted|off}


For example:

	iwconfig wlan0 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
	iwconfig wlan0 essid "ap_name"
	iwconfig wlan0 mode Ad-hoc
	iwconfig wlan0 mode essid "name" mode Ad-hoc
	iwconfig wlan0 key 0123456789 [2] open
	iwconfig wlan0 key off
	iwconfig wlan0 key restricted [3] 0123456789

< Getting IP address >
After start up the nic, the network needs to obtain an IP address before transmit/receive data.
This can be done by setting the static IP via "ifconfig wlan0 IP_ADDRESS" command, or using DHCP.

If using DHCP, setting steps is as below:
	
	(1)connect to an AP via "iwconfig" settings
		iwconfig wlan0 essid [name]	or
		iwconfig wlan0 ap XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX

	(2)run the script which run the dhclient
		./wlan0dhcp
           or 
		dhcpcd wlan0
              	(Some network admins require that you use the
              	hostname and domainname provided by the DHCP server.
              	In that case, use 
		dhcpcd -HD wlan0)



< WPAPSK >
WPA_SUPPLICANT help the network to communicate under the protection of WPAPSK mechanism
	
	(1)Unpack source code of WPA supplicant:
		tar -zxvf wpa_supplicant-0.4.9.tar.gz
		cd wpa_supplicant-0.4.9
	
	(2)Create .config file:
		cp defconfig .config
		
	(3)Edit .config file, uncomment the following line:
		#CONFIG_DRIVER_IPW=y.
		
	(4)Build WPA supplicant:
		make
        
	If make error for lack of <include/md5.h>, install the openssl lib:
	 1. Install the openssl lib from corresponding installation disc:
	    Fedora Core 2/3/4/5/6/7(openssl-0.9.71x-xx),
	    Mandrake10.2/Mandriva10.2(openssl-0.9.7x-xmdk),
	    Debian 3.1(libssl-dev), Suse 9.3/10.0/10.1(openssl_devl),
	    Gentoo(dev-libs/openssl), etc.
	 2. Download the openssl open source package from www.openssl.org, build and install it.
	 
	(5)Edit wpa_supplicant.conf to set up SSID and its passphrase.
	For example, the following setting in "wpa1.conf" means SSID to join is "BufAG54_Ch6" 
	and its passphrase is "87654321".

		network={
			ssid="BufAG54_Ch6"
			proto=WPA
			key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
			pairwise=CCMP TKIP
			group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
			psk="87654321"
			priority=2
		}
	Note: 1. proto=WPA for WPA, proto=RSN for WPA2.
              2. If you want to connect an AP which works under WPA2 mixed mode, you'd better
                 use Realtek customed wpa_supplicant package.
	

	(6)Execute WPA supplicant (Assume 8185 and related modules had been loaded):
		./wpa_supplicant -D ipw -c wpa1.conf -i wlan0 &

00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 20)
Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8185 IEEE 802.11a/b/g Wireless LAN Controller
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5
I/O ports at c400 [size=256]
Memory at eb102000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2