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Old 02-22-2004, 06:12 PM   #1
Corp186
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MN-520 problems


Let's see, I've tried my old edimax RTL8180 card........ Then I went to get a DWL-650 but it was rev P.... So now I'm finally trying the MN-520. I have edited /etc/pcmcia/config as instructed in the forums and I have gotten the card to seem like it wants to work. Once, in an open system without WEP, I was able to get it to connect by specifying:

Mode: Auto
SSID: MyNetwork
Channel: MyChannel
Transmit Rate: 11 mbps
Key: MyKey (What I would be changing my key to after I found out that the open system worked)

I then deactivated it, and activated it. From then on I get weird blinking lights. The Power is always on. Wireless blinks about once every half-second, and about every second or two, flashes very fast for a half second, and then back to the blinking every half-second. After some time (a few minutes) the fast blinking doesn't happen anymore, and only the slow blinking persists. It seems as though all of a sudden the card has gone berserk. I tried to change some settings like mode to managed and ad-hoc and tried lowering the transmit rate, but to no avail. If anyone can help, I would appreciate it very much. My whole weekend has been devoted to Linux + Wireless with no results and $50 bucks down (I can always return of course, but come on....).

Thanks

dmesg:

hermes.c
orinoco.c
orinoco_cs.c //All loaded correctly
divert: allocating divert_blk for eth1
eth1: Station identity 001f:0009:0001:0004
eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 1.4.9
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key //could be the problem, I have router set to 64-bit
eth1: MAC Address XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
eth1: Station name "Prism I" //could also be the problem, isn't this a Prism II card?
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: VCC 5.0, irq 3, io 0x0100-0x013f
eth1: New link status: Association Failed (0006)
 
Old 02-22-2004, 08:05 PM   #2
Corp186
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SWEEEEEEEEEEET!!!

Well, I decided to try wlan-ng. Amazing. It works. It really really works!

So you can disregard the last comment, unless you want to try to figure out why it didn't work for me like if did many other people.

Thanks!
 
  


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