Getting 802.11B Wireless Card to Work under Knoppix 3.3

JockVSJock · 05-10-2004, 09:21 PM

Like alot of threads on the list, I've been trying to get wirelss and linux to work together for awhile...

My friend loaned me a Lucent Tech 802.11 B card and I think I'm almost there...Here is my output...

Output for cardctl commands

Code:

cmmiller@probot:/root/knoppix$ cardctl info
PRODID_1="Lucent Technologies"
PRODID_2="WaveLAN/IEEE"
PRODID_3="Version 01.01"
PRODID_4=""
MANFID=0156,0002
FUNCID=6

Code:

cmmiller@probot:/root/knoppix$ cardctl ident
Socket 0:
  product info: "Lucent Technologies", "WaveLAN/IEEE", "Version 01.01", ""
  manfid: 0x0156, 0x0002
  function: 6 (network)

Code:

cmmiller@probot:/root/knoppix$ cardctl config
Socket 0:
  Vcc 5.0V  Vpp1 0.0V  Vpp2 0.0V
  interface type is "memory and I/O"
  irq 3 [exclusive] [level]
  function 0:
    config base 0x03e0
      option 0x41
    io 0x0100-0x013f [16bit]

Code:

cmmiller@probot:/root/knoppix$ cardctl status
Socket 0:
  5V 16-bit PC Card
  function 0: [ready]

Here is my iwconfig, my AP is 802.11 b/g and it is encrypted. I believe that I have to set the essid, do I set that under /etc/pcmcia and where do I set the wep key?

Also this is what my iwconfig looks like.

Code:

cmmiller@probot:/root/knoppix$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 15
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 16.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/242700000
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

thanks

2Gnu · 05-10-2004, 09:50 PM

iwconfig eth1 essid <your_essid>
iwconfig eth1 key <12345abcdef...>
That should do it.
If not, post the output of lsmod.

JockVSJock · 05-10-2004, 10:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 2Gnu
iwconfig eth1 essid <your_essid>
iwconfig eth1 key <12345abcdef...>
That should do it.
If not, post the output of lsmod.

AP is Kid Gloves, do I need to input as kid_gloves or Kid_Gloves?

When issuing the following command, here is the output:

Code:

cmmiller@probot:~$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid Kid Gloves
Error : unrecognised wireless request "Gloves"

cmmiller@probot:~$ iwconfig eth1
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 15
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 16.
Some things may be broken...

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"Kid"  Nickname:"HERMES I"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.457GHz  Access Point: 44:44:44:44:44:44
          Bit Rate:11Mb/s   Tx-Power=15 dBm   Sensitivity:1/242700000
          Retry limit:4   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off

Code:

cmmiller@probot:~$ lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by    Not tainted
orinoco_cs              4916   0
orinoco                35372   0 [orinoco_cs]
hermes                  5156   0 [orinoco_cs orinoco]
autofs4                 8756   0 (unused)
af_packet              13448   0
nls_iso8859-1           2844   0 (unused)
ntfs                   51168   0 (unused)
msdos                   4652   0 (unused)
via82cxxx_audio        19452   0
ac97_codec             11884   0 [via82cxxx_audio]
uart401                 6052   0 [via82cxxx_audio]
sound                  55244   0 [via82cxxx_audio uart401]
soundcore               3428   4 [via82cxxx_audio sound]
via-rhine              13968   1
mii                     2240   0 [via-rhine]
crc32                   2816   0 [via-rhine]
serial                 51972   0
usb-uhci               21836   0 (unused)
usbcore                57472   0 [usb-uhci]
ds                      6536   1 [orinoco_cs]
yenta_socket            9408   1
pcmcia_core            39712   0 [orinoco_cs ds yenta_socket]
apm                     9768   2
rtc                     6908   0
ext3                   63940   1
jbd                    46100   1 [ext3]

Here is my lspci

Code:

cmmiller@probot:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. P/KN266 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6912 Cardbus Controller
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. Intel 537 [AC97 Modem] (rev 80)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]

level · 05-10-2004, 10:28 PM

Try:

iwconfig eth1 essid "Kid Gloves" (You need the quotes if you use a space in your name)

Also, your interface is down.

ifconfig eth1 up

JockVSJock · 05-11-2004, 09:45 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by 2Gnu
iwconfig eth1 essid <your_essid>
iwconfig eth1 key <12345abcdef...>
That should do it.
If not, post the output of lsmod.

With iwconfig eth1 essid "Kid Gloves"

I can get power to my card, but how do I know if I am successful when inserting the wep file?

I've tried some of the iwlist commands and don't get any output whatsoever.

2Gnu · 05-11-2004, 10:00 PM

iwconfig eth0 will list the card settings, including WEP key and SSID. That way, you can tell if it "took."