Linksys WPC54G

I just got a new wireless G network up and running (with the windows side of the network that is)

I found a tutorial on an earlier model Linksys WPC11, which is 802.11b. http://linux.oldcrank.com/tips/wpc11/ and tried the techniques, but it did not work.

Has anyone gotten the newer "54g" series cards working in Linux? I am on Red Hat 8, and would appreciate any help I can get.

Dolamite

Hey Dolamite --

I am trying to do the exact same thing. Were you able to find an answer to your question? I have been trying feverishly for the past 3 hours to get a Linksys WPC54G card working under RedHat 8. Any help would be appreciated. kyknos2001@hotmail.com.

thanks,

Carsten

i've been too busy with school, no time for this at the moment....

sorry.... i'm sure something will come along though...

Just a friendly bump to the top, as I am having this same issue.

Running RH 8, tried with kernel 2.4.18-14 and 2.4.18-26.8.0
wlan-ng 0.0.15 and 0.2.0

prism2_cs is loading, however linux still doesn't see my card. When I plug in my card, this is what shows up in /var/log/messages:

Mar 10 13:48:10 hell kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0002)
Mar 10 13:48:10 hell cardmgr[612]: socket 0: CardBus hotplug device
Mar 10 13:48:11 hell /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: ... no modules for PCI slot 02:00.0


if I try an ifup wlan0, I get:
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.

Determining IP information for wlan0...SIOCSIFADDR: No such device
wlan0: unknown interface: No such device
wlan0: unknown interface: No such device
failed.


Anyone have any ideas, or do I return the card for a netgear?

Thanks

I too am interested in this. I'm looking to purchase a wireless lan setup for home. I was looking at this exact model, but if there is no luck, I'd be better off looking elsewhere.

Keep this updated it you find anything out. Thanks.

--TDP

why is everyone so afraid of running cable?

just kidding

Cute..

But the question should be is why do I want to be able to surf from my bed.

--TDP

interesting.....but also fairly disgusting

No, just lazy. Sometimes I'd like to relax after work and chat/browse. It's rare. And after sitting in a chair all day, to come home and sit in a chair is alot of the same.

Of course, beign able to sit on the couch, and move to the kitchen, and then move upstairs without even having to worry about a cable is nice.

After helping my cousin setup one at his house, I'm jealous.

--TDP

Hi,

I am having the same problem, if you manage to get it working, please post "HOW TO" instructions.

Thanks in advance
Thanh

I found this thread during a google search. Has anyone been able to figure this out? I'm running Suse 8.2

I'm using Redhat 9 where wireless worked out of the box. I wanted to use Kismet/Air Snort so I installed the wlan-ng drivers, then I ran into the problem discribed above.

I found a set of RPM for installing wlan-ng at:
http://prism2.unixguru.raleigh.nc.us/

--
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Function not implemented.
--

This was using 'ifup wlan0'.

Then I configured the card with the following commands and had no such error and everything worked fine.

--
iwconfig wlan0
ip link set up wlan0
ip addr add <your_ip/netmask> dev wlan0
ip route add default via <your_gw_up> dev wlan0
--

Instead of the last line I just set my default gateway with:
route add default gw <your gw IP>

daevans, what card did you buy?

the 54g's are not yet supported. broadcom is lagging in releasing linux support.

Lagging? From what I've read/heard they are outright refusing ....