I posted this in laptops but i dont think im going to get a reply:

ok, so i have a wireless router all ready to go. It works with my SMC card in windows but now i have this card
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...1076%20P&Tab=0
and no matter what i do i cant get it to work for me in vector linux. Heres some more information you might need to give me a hand. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


cartctl ident
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root@laptop:/# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "3Com Corporation", "3C589D", "TP/BNC LAN Card Ver. 2a", "000002"
manfid: 0x0101, 0x0589
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
product info: "PROXIM", "LAN PC CARD HARMONY 80211B", "", ""
manfid: 0x0126, 0x0002
function: 6 (network)


uname
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Linux laptop 2.4.22 #1 Sun Oct 12 13:05:31 CDT 2003 i586 unknown

dmesg
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root@laptop:/# dmesg|tail -n 20
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x120-0x127 0x220-0x22f 0x378-0x37f 0x388-0x38f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
eth0: 3Com 3c589, io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:60:08:B3:2E:89
8K FIFO split 5:3 Rx:Tx, auto xcvr
hermes.c: 4 Dec 2002 David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au>
orinoco.c 0.13d (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
orinoco_cs.c 0.13e (David Gibson <hermes@gibson.dropbear.id.au> and others)
eth1: Station identity 001f:0000:0000:0008
eth1: Looks like an Intersil firmware version 0.8.0
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth1: MAC address 00:02:78:E0:11:77
eth1: Station name "Prism I"
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io 0x0180-0x01bf
eth0: flipped to 10baseT
eth0: flipped to 10baseT

iwconfig
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root@laptop:/# iwconfig eth1 essid default
root@laptop:/# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"default" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm Sensitivity:1/3
Retry min limit:8 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0/92 Signal level:134/153 Noise level:134/153
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


ifconfig
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root@laptop:/# ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:78:E0:11:77
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:100
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:5 Base address:0x180

SO everything looks fine but this is where i run into trouble:


ifconfig eth1 up
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root@laptop:/# ifconfig eth1 192.168.0.201 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out

dmesg
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root@laptop:/# dmesg|tail
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth1: MAC address 00:02:78:E0:11:77
eth1: Station name "Prism I"
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io 0x0180-0x01bf
eth0: flipped to 10baseT
eth0: flipped to 10baseT
hermes @ IO 0x180: Timeout waiting for command completion.
eth1: Error -110 enabling MAC port

iwconfig
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root@laptop:/# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:"default" Nickname:"Prism I"
Mode:Managed Bit Rate:11Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
RTS thr:off
Encryption key:off


and one more dmesg for good measure


dmesg
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root@laptop:/# dmesg|tail -n 20
eth1: Ad-hoc demo mode supported
eth1: IEEE standard IBSS ad-hoc mode supported
eth1: WEP supported, 104-bit key
eth1: MAC address 00:02:78:E0:11:77
eth1: Station name "Prism I"
eth1: ready
eth1: index 0x01: Vcc 5.0, irq 5, io 0x0180-0x01bf
eth0: flipped to 10baseT
eth0: flipped to 10baseT
hermes @ IO 0x180: Timeout waiting for command completion.
eth1: Error -110 enabling MAC port
hermes @ IO 0x180: Timeout waiting for command completion.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.
hermes @ IO 0x180: Error -16 issuing command.


Any help at all would be amazing. If you need anymore information just let me know and ill gladly get it for you.