config wireless card in laptop

maniannam · 12-31-2008, 08:42 AM

Hi All,

I have compaq laptop and i installed fedora 8.
I used to config wifi card through ndiswrapper. I followed the below link.

Wireless Networking with ndiswrapper | TUX

i got error while execute "modprobe ndiswrapper"

[root@maniannam ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
FATAL: Module ndiswrapper not found.

This is my Hardware details and kernel version.

[root@maniannam ~]# uname -r
2.6.25.14-69.fc8

[root@maniannam ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HEM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5006EG 802.11 b/g Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)
02:01.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
[root@maniannam ~]#

Please any one help to me.....

Advance thanks....

reddazz · 12-31-2008, 08:53 AM

Hi. Why don't you try Fedora 10. Many Atheros based wireless cards work out of the box and ndiswrapper is not needed.

farslayer · 12-31-2008, 09:50 AM

I would give ath5k, or openHAL a shot. http://madwifi-project.org/

I am running my Atheros AR5007 with OpenHAL and it works just fine..
ndiswrapper is just an extra layer that should not be needed for this wireless chipset.

GlenDobbs · 12-31-2008, 10:16 AM

If you are sure you want ndiswrapper you will need to install it.

maniannam · 01-01-2009, 06:29 AM

Thanks for your reply....

I download madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3875-20081105 this version and done make and make install without error.

Then, config wlan0 interface. even through, its not working

[root@maniannam madwifi-hal-0.10.5.6-r3875-20081105]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"tpghyd" Nickname:"maniannam"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retry

ff RTS thr

ff Fragment thr

ff
Encryption key

ff
Power Management

ff
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-96 dBm Noise level=-96 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.

farslayer · 01-01-2009, 03:37 PM

Looks like oyu have astart on it.. the radio appears to be on at least.
Lets verify what modules you have loaded A quick overview of my wireless

lsmod | grep ath

I would expect to see ath_pci and ath_hal loaded.

Hmm then I run across this..

Quote:

I just installed working madwifi on my F9 Eee PC using madwifi in livna-testing:
yum –enablerepo=livna-testing
install kmod-madwifi

maniannam · 01-02-2009, 05:33 AM

I think mine is wrong....

[root@maniannam conf]# lsmod | grep ath
dm_multipath 18505 0
dm_mod 48521 3 dm_mirror,dm_log,dm_multipath
ath5k 111689 0
mac80211 175669 1 ath5k
cfg80211 25417 2 ath5k,mac80211

Brian1 · 01-02-2009, 10:36 AM

Modules look correct. The ones mention are from the older madwifi source. The new stuff is ath5k with use of mac80211 and cfg80211. It used with many new cards that are what is refered to as softmac.

Now are you connecting to a non secured router. One without WEP, WPA, or WPA2 enabled. If not I would diasble those on the router for the bit of time to test to see if you can connect to an unsecured router. Once you do that then you can work on setting up your security level.

Brian

farslayer · 01-02-2009, 11:49 AM

This how-to is referring to the Atheros ar5007 but it's rather interesting considering..

the modules I mentioned are from the current snapshot of the OpenHAL driver

Code:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AspireOne
Wireless module

*  There has been some confusion as to which wireless driver provides the best performance and reliability. I have found the following:
          o madwifi from kernel (ath_pci) - does not attach to hardware.
          o ath5k from intrepid backports (ath5k) - connects to hardware, but experiences disconnects on medium to 
            heavy wireless activity, and can not communicate with some AP's using WPA2 PSK.
          o madwifi-hal from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/ (ath_pci) - Everything works. 
I recommend using the most recent snapshot of madwifi-hal from http://snapshots.madwifi-project.org/

technically yes the ath5k driver 'should' work, but in practice it may not.
Of course this issue may be that the User is running Fedora 8 and not Fedora 10..
the Wireless driver ath5k in F8 would be much older that what is provided in F10..

maniannam · 01-07-2009, 07:41 AM

I tried without WEP, WPA these thing enabled.
Even though not working....

[root@maniannam-linux named]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"tpghyd"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr

ff Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key

ff
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

eth0 no wireless extensions.

tun0 no wireless extensions.

[root@maniannam-linux named]#

farslayer · 01-07-2009, 08:51 AM

what does the entry look like in the dmesg log when the card comes up ? are there any errors showing there ??

or a (HAL Status ##) at the end of one of the dmesg lines..

You can also check the support section for madwifi. http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/Support

I see afew other commments of card is on, can detect AP's but can't connect. so the answers may already be there.

maniannam · 01-08-2009, 07:25 AM

my dmesg result

eth0: link down
eth0: link up, 10Mbps, half-duplex, lpa 0xE430
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

maniannam · 01-08-2009, 07:29 AM

and my message showing some error

Jan 8 08:41:00 maniannam-linux nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: parsing /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0 ...
Jan 8 08:41:00 maniannam-linux nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: read connection 'System tpghyd (wlan0)'
Jan 8 08:41:00 maniannam-linux nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: Ignoring connection 'System tpghyd (wlan0)' and its device because NM_CONTROLLED was false.
Jan 8 11:22:53 maniannam-linux system-config-network[4603]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0
Jan 8 11:22:53 maniannam-linux nm-system-settings: ifcfg-fedora: updating /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0
Jan 8 18:47:39 maniannam-linux kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Jan 8 18:55:40 maniannam-linux kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

farslayer · 01-08-2009, 08:27 AM

Have you gone through the troubleshooting document ? http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/User...roubleshooting

Exactly which Driver do you have currently installed and where did you get it ?
- Installed madwifi from Fedora Livna repository
- Downloaded driver from madwifi site (WHICH ONE)
- using driver that came on system.
- other.

please post the output of the following commands:
(USE [CODE] TAGS around your replies so it will be easier to read)

lsb_release -a

lsmod

cat etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

lspci -v - Post only the section related to the Wireless card.

There will be a line in the lscpi -v output that starts with Memory and has a number..
Memory at 6c000000
Make sure your interface is DOWN and insert the number returned into the following command.

ath_info 0x6c000000
post the output

again make sure you use [code] tags around your replies otherwise this will be impossible to read.

maniannam · 01-17-2009, 01:17 AM

Sorry..... I am in out of station, so I couldn't access internet regularly. Tomorrow i will reach the office. So Tomorrow i will send the details.

Once again sorry for the late

Regards,
maniannam