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Old 06-23-2009, 11:29 AM   #1
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vntwusb wifi module problem


I was trying to get via wifi usb module to work. I got the module installed with the help from General Failure throw this post.

Now I see the driver installed and it actually sees the usb module

Here is lsusb output:
Quote:
Bus 1 Device 2: ID 160a:3184
Bus 1 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
Bus 2 Device 1: ID 0000:0000
I tried to go throw the steps from here, but I am lost somewhere.

When booting I get those messages:
Quote:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory
/etc/rc.d/rc.M: eth0 information: 'Any ESSID'
Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Cannot allocate memory
Here is the output of ifconfig -a before installing the module:
Quote:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
And here it is after installing the module:
Quote:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

vntwpa Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-6C-6F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:2048 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Here is dmesg results regarding this point:
Quote:
/Files/VT/driver/main_usb.c: VIA Networking Wireless LAN USB Driver 1.19_12
VIA Networking Wireless LAN USB Driver Ver. 1.19_12
Copyright (c) 2004 VIA Networking Technologies, Inc.
usb 1-2: reset high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usbcore: registered new interface driver vntwusb
No matter what alias I set in modprobe.conf ifconfig doesn't see it.

Also here is the output of iwconfig after installing the module:
and after installing the module:
Quote:
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 802.11-a/b/g ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=1 Mb/s Sensitivity=0/255
Retry min limit:8 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

vntwpa no wireless extensions.
I have to note that my ethernet card is not working here and I don't know why, but I still haven't searched on that, but just wanted to point that cause it's using eth0 instead wlan0.

Thanks all in advance.

Last edited by NightHorse; 06-23-2009 at 11:32 AM.
 
Old 06-24-2009, 07:57 AM   #2
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Just for noting. I have solved the ethernet problem. Had to install the driver for my card. Am still stuck with wireless. Aint there anyway to help debugging it farther??

Why am I have eth0 with all address of zeros?? And what is vntwpa is there for??
 
Old 06-24-2009, 12:14 PM   #3
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I checked the Mac address of my module and it's totally different than what's there in ifconfig.
 
Old 06-25-2009, 05:38 AM   #4
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I have tried the module on windows and it worked fine. So it's software problem. I have tried an earlier driver and now when i use iwlist to scan for networks, it doesn't give an error but just say no networks found but there are network detected on windows.

I think the main problem is the wrong hardware address. What could cause the detection of fault address???
 
  


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