Thanks for taking care of my problem akaBeaVis


I've checked the symlink and it point to the right place (i had installed the source with the rpm) I think the issue is somewhere related to the makefile. But after having checked it I didn't found any clue. (no line is refered to the /usr/include directory nor /usr/src/linux-`uname -r`/include )

Anyway, after re-reading your first post, i've decided to recreate a config file , this time with only the driver, without installing application nor non-important stuff. It seems the make all process passed, and the make install too.

But now on boot time I got errors messages:

depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/kernel/drivers/net/pcifvnet.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/pcmcia/pcmf502r.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/pcmcia/pcmf502r3.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/pcmcia/pcmf502rd.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/pcmcia/pcmf502re.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/pcmcia/pcmf504.o
depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.25mdk/tokeepforchange/pcmf502rd.o

Compilation have probably gone wrong somewhere.....

Could it be a compiler issue?

I get the same thing, although I only compile the one module: pcmf502rd.o, the others are for different hardware than I have.

I have yet to figure it out, even so, the module works. I've looked at the symbols with a depmod -av, but the list is long and tiresome, and since the module works, it hasn't been worth it to track this down.

I get the same thing with the 8211.o module, and it works too. I dunno, it *is* kinda weird.

Thanks for helping me anyway, it is definitely weird indeed.

I'll carry on looking for a solution.
(Why would this damn card only work under Windo$)

If I found it, i let you know

Just because you get unresolved symbols is no reason to give up. Does the module load? do you get a device registered after it loads? I wouldn't give up just yet. also, is there an FCCID number on the device somewhere? if there is, we can look up some pictures of it to see what chips are inside, this would help to see which of those pcmf*.o drivers you need to load for it.

i don't know if the module load, but i do not have any device registered afterwards.

On the device I found the model name: Sitecom WL-011. There is also the mac adresse and a serial number on a sticker, that all.

I'll try on the manufacturer's website to get the specs

I discovered that the atmel drivers are already available in the mandrake 9.1 release.
The only problem was that the driver could not be found during boot.
So i searched for it and found it in: /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/kernel/3rdparty/atmelwlan/pcmf502_revd as module pcmf502_revd.o.gz, i copied it to /lib/modules/2.4.21-0.13mdk/pcmcia and renamed it to pcmf502rd.o.
Now the module loads perfectly.

I only have one problem, i cant get an IP adress from my DHCP server.

Does anybody know how to resolv this?

Greatings,

Dennis

OK thanks, now modules load correctly, but the card manager still does not recognize my PC card So the card is not linked to a eth# and is not working yet.

But it is better than before. Thanks

You said you can get Ip adresse from the DHCP server... but can you contact it? I mean are you sure, now that your pc card is working, that the card's parameters are well configured (WEP encription method, channel, ISSID, ...etc...) and that all your wireless network share the same configuration? if not you won't be able to have a wifi access.

With iwconfig i can see that my ap is found with the correct configuration. So i should get an IP address from my dhcp server (a SME server/router)

My internal Intel e100 gets a ip and with windows it also works.

If you cannot have an IP address, try to setup your card in a different way, without using DHCP. If you can browse the network, then there is a DHCP server issue, if not, then your WiFi card cannot connect to your Wireless router.

Which module did finally work for you?

I ask because I got the Wireless Network Broadband Kit from Sitecom very cheap ( 99€ )

It consists of an accesspoint/switch/router-device, a Cardbus Card (the WL-011v2) and a USB-Wlan adapter.

The USB device uses the ATMEL driver and I got it working but the cardbus card is not detected by any of the modules.

cardctl ident says:

I can load all modules fine but none of them are used. They also don't put out an error message and the card is not autodetected like the USB device.

Needless to say that there is no eth0, eth1 or wlan0 device.

I've already contacted the support as their website doesn't give *any* information about the interiors of the cards But I'm still waiting for a reply. And since I found this thread I thought to give it a chance to ask what I might have done wrong.

As I said the ATMEL drivers work for the USB device but not for the cardbus device. So I think I installed them correctly.

Well, I'm still stuck on that part.

I got the driver module properly installed but the PC Card isn't recognised yet.

My card manager says at boot: Unsupported device

I tried to link up my card with a module in the card manager conf but it didn't seems to work...........

I'm still checking, but if you say that the usb is functionning, i might try it to check where is the difference.

If you got infos from sitecom, please let us know, it might be precious help

I just sent them another mail - this time to the English site, as they appear to be more up to date and because I know much more about the issue right now - and I also pointed them to this thread.

Surprise surprise,

according to the mail I just got the PC-card doesn't use the Atmel drivers.

The support wrote the following:

USB Adapter is Atmel AT76C503A
PC-Card is AMD AM 1772

yes, AMD and probably this one: http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20021218S0026

So far I haven't found any drivers.

Is the PC card Model WL-011?

If so, I now understand why it is not working....

Thanks for the info anyway

I'm still trying to figure out.

It is very likely that there are two versions of the WL-011. On my card it says "WL-011v2". A friend has the same (?) card but it only says WL-011 there. I might be able to check that tomorrow if he doesn't forget the card.

Today I lent him mine and he said that no driver on the web worked for him with my card. I didn't give him the CD but I mailed him the drivers after he asked me. - it speaks for itself that the driver cd is a burned one and not a pressed one - So far I have no response from. Tomorrow I will know more.

It really sucks that they don't keep up their website at all. There is no mention whatsoever about a 2nd version. The WL-011 is supposed to work with Linux according to the English website but the lady from the support says no as their is no working driver for Linux for the AMD am-1772.

So far I'm a little in between cause I'm still waiting for another reply from sitecom support and Issam. My dad had a nice idea: He has an Issam notebook with an AMD Wlan card and Issam also sells notebooks with Linux preinstalled. They don't have a driver on their site but I asked the support for it anyway.

I keep you updated on my experience with an original WL-011. Too bad he wants to install Linux as well. This way he wants to keep his card .. if I get it working though.