From: Peter K. Lee (pkl_at_duke.edu)
Date: 2002-03-17 21:30:37 UTC
doh, yes, I stand corrected... its prism2.o and prism2_cs.o I'm talking
about, not pcmcia(blah). if you previously installed wlan-ng, the
cardmgr has the tendency to load prism2_cs.o (wlan-ng driver) instead of
prism2.o (host-ap driver), so removing wlan-ng.conf did the trick for
me...
thanks kristian for the correction,
peter
On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 15:51, Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
> You mean prism2.o and prism2_cs.o? I've never needed to install
> linux-wlan-ng first. The two will conflict since they both are for the
> same type of card. You need...
>
> /lib/modules/x.x.x/pcmcia/prism2.o (the module)
> /etc/pcmcia/prism2.conf (the PCMCIA card bindings), and
> "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)" (Wireless extensions) enabled in the kernel
>
> But that's about it.
>
> -Kristian
>
> On 17 Mar 2002, Peter K. Lee wrote:
>
> > hello, I just got on the list couple of days ago... meaning I "just"
> > got the thing working...
> >
> > It looks like this might be the problem:
> >
> > 1. having wlan-ng previously *does* matter, but not as long as you're
> > not still loading the wlan-ng driver instead of the new host-ap driver.
> > I had to end up deleting the wlan-ng.conf from the /etc/pcmcia directory
> > to keep the pcmcia_cs.o module from loading instead of the pcmcia.o (the
> > new one).
> >
> > check via 'lsmod' and see if pcmcia_cs.o is still loading for your
> > box...
> >
> > that did the fix for me.
> > hope it helps!
> >
> > -Peter K. Lee
> >
> >
> > On Sun, 2002-03-17 at 03:42, Kristian Hoffmann wrote:
> > > It sounds like you don't have the "Wireless LAN (non-hamradio)" kernel
> > > option enabled. It's under "Network Device Support". That option enables
> > > the wireless extensions in the kernel.
> > >
> > > -Kristian
> > >
> > > On Sun, 17 Mar 2002, Chung Ho Nam wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > Actually, I have set wlan0 interface up and I also tried "iwconfig wlan0"
> > > > but it still shows "no wireless extension".
> > > >
> > > > Maybe, I forgot to mention one point. I did install wlan-ng driver in my
> > > > redhat (2.4.18). But now, I install HostAP in a freshly compiled kernel
> > > > (say 2.4.18-1). Is wlan-ng the cause of this problem?? If it is really the
> > > > problem source, what should I do??
> > > >
> > > > Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > LH (from HK)
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > >>(2) I can find my wlan0 interface in "ifconfig -a". But "iwconfig" shows
> > > > >>nothing. What should I do??
> > > > >
> > > > >You must either set wlan0 interface up or run 'iwconfig wlan0' (iwconfig
> > > > >only lists interfaces that are up unless explicitly specified
> > > > >on the command line).
> > > > >
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