Dear All, I have been trying to configure and get my Siemens SpeedStream cardbus PC card model SS 1021. This card is supposed to work in Linux although not officially supported by Siemens. From what I have found through my research it uses the orinoco driver. There are some instructions deep inside the SpeedStream website for Linux provided as an example that read like this: Installing PCMCIA on Linux/UNIX Systems * Overview The following information is provided as a courtesy. We do not support the use of our products on Linux or Unix systems. * Solution Example only: Configuring for Linux Orinoco Driver § SpeedStream Product: 1021 § OS: Linux 2.4.18 § Driver: PCMCIA-3.1.33+. The latest version can be found at sourceforge.net (see link in Further Information section). In this example the [CONFIG_PCMCIA] is not enabled in the kernel; instead the PCMCIA-3.1.33 suite is used. 1. Confirm that the Linux kernel was compiled with option [CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS] enabled. 2. Confirm the Wireless Tools package is installed (this is included in Redhat Linux 7.2+). 3. Append following to the [/etc/pcmcia/config] file: card "SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA" manfid 0x02ac, 0x0002 bind "orinoco_cs" 4. Make sure you let the PCMCIA package use its own network scripts during installation. 5. Include the following information in your [/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts] file: *,*,*,00:30:F1:*) INFO="SpeedStream WLAN" ESSID="[provide your network name here]" MODE="Managed" KEY="[if you use encryption, provide your key here]" I am an extreme newbie when it comes to networking and especially wireless networking. I have read and studied through as much of the wireless info as I can. I followed many directions and still it is not working . I am sure once I configure this correctly it shall work. I used the pcmcia that was provided with Suse 8 which is not the same version as above but is version 3.1.31-107.. Should I install the latest version of the pcmcia and if so do I need to uninstall the old version first? What files do I need to configure for this card? I have wireless tools installed although I am not sure how to use them. I have followed many directions however they do not all give the same instructions. There seem to be so many files to configure and it is not clear to me how to exactly configure some of them. If anyone can help me through this I will appreciate it greatly. This card is on my compaq laptop presario 1700T with 40 gigs of harddrive and 320 + megs of ram. I know the card works because I use it with Windows 2000 on the same laptop. I would prefer to use it in my Linux. My accesspoint/router is the SpeedStream 2624 wireless. The router seems to be working very well. My Suse Linux Suse8 on my desktop which is wired into the wireless SpeedStream works well with the router. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you. Sincerely, Marcia
Marcia, What exactly isn't working. Is the module orinoco_cs even getting loaded when you put the card in? If you type "lsmod | grep orinoco_cs" it will tell you. Also, if you have questions about the configuration settings in each file, ask away. I will answer them to the best of my ability. I am nowhere near a wireless networking expert, but I have been able to set up a microsoft wireless nic card under linux ( :P microsoft!!). I seem to have a fairly good understanding of the workings each config file now, and I'm sure if I answer wrong, someone else here will correct me. So write me back with some more specifics and we'll take it from there. On Fri, 2003-04-11 at 16:16, Marcia wrote:
Dear All,
I have been trying to configure and get my Siemens SpeedStream cardbus PC card model SS 1021. This card is supposed to work in Linux although not officially supported by Siemens. From what I have found through my research it uses the orinoco driver. There are some instructions deep inside the SpeedStream website for Linux provided as an example that read like this: Installing PCMCIA on Linux/UNIX Systems
* Overview The following information is provided as a courtesy. We do not support the use of our products on Linux or Unix systems.
* Solution Example only: Configuring for Linux Orinoco Driver
§ SpeedStream Product: 1021
§ OS: Linux 2.4.18
§ Driver: PCMCIA-3.1.33+. The latest version can be found at sourceforge.net (see link in Further Information section).
In this example the [CONFIG_PCMCIA] is not enabled in the kernel; instead the PCMCIA-3.1.33 suite is used.
1. Confirm that the Linux kernel was compiled with option [CONFIG_NET_WIRELESS] enabled.
2. Confirm the Wireless Tools package is installed (this is included in Redhat Linux 7.2+).
3. Append following to the [/etc/pcmcia/config] file:
card "SpeedStream Wireless PCMCIA"
manfid 0x02ac, 0x0002
bind "orinoco_cs"
4. Make sure you let the PCMCIA package use its own network scripts during installation.
5. Include the following information in your [/etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts] file:
*,*,*,00:30:F1:*)
INFO="SpeedStream WLAN"
ESSID="[provide your network name here]"
MODE="Managed"
KEY="[if you use encryption, provide your key here]"
I am an extreme newbie when it comes to networking and especially wireless networking. I have read and studied through as much of the wireless info as I can. I followed many directions and still it is not working . I am sure once I configure this correctly it shall work. I used the pcmcia that was provided with Suse 8 which is not the same version as above but is version 3.1.31-107.. Should I install the latest version of the pcmcia and if so do I need to uninstall the old version first? What files do I need to configure for this card? I have wireless tools installed although I am not sure how to use them.
I have followed many directions however they do not all give the same instructions. There seem to be so many files to configure and it is not clear to me how to exactly configure some of them. If anyone can help me through this I will appreciate it greatly.
This card is on my compaq laptop presario 1700T with 40 gigs of harddrive and 320 + megs of ram. I know the card works because I use it with Windows 2000 on the same laptop. I would prefer to use it in my Linux. My accesspoint/router is the SpeedStream 2624 wireless. The router seems to be working very well. My Suse Linux Suse8 on my desktop which is wired into the wireless SpeedStream works well with the router. Any suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Marcia
Dear Michael, I appreciate your offer of help. Thanks alot. Michael Sacco wrote:
Marcia,
What exactly isn't working. Is the module orinoco_cs even getting loaded when you put the card in? If you type "lsmod | grep orinoco_cs" it will tell you.
Nothing shows or seems to happen.
Also, if you have questions about the configuration settings in each file, ask away. I will answer them to the best of my ability. I am nowhere near a wireless networking expert, but I have been able to set up a microsoft wireless nic card under linux ( :P microsoft!!).
It sounds like you know alot more about wireless than I then.
I seem to have a fairly good understanding of the workings each config file now, and I'm sure if I answer wrong, someone else here will correct me.
So write me back with some more specifics and we'll take it from there.
Here is some info from my system:
cat /etc/sysconfig/network/wireless # If you have a wireless NIC and want to set some special wireless parameters # then you can do that here in this file globally for all cards you have. But # you can write each of these variables to the interface specific ifcfg-* files # to handle things per card. # # There is a detection if a NIC is wireless or not. This detection is used as # long as WIRELESS="". But you can switch it 'off' with WIRELESS=off (or 'no') # or enable it globally with WIRELESS=yes. WIRELESS="yes" # The following variable names match the option names of iwconfig. Have a look # at 'man iwconfig' for details. # If WIRELESS_NICK is empty we use the hostname; all other variables do nothing # if empty. WIRELESS_MODE="Managed" WIRELESS_ESSID="SpeedStream" WIRELESS_NICK="" WIRELESS_NWID="" WIRELESS_FREQ="" WIRELESS_CHANNEL="11" WIRELESS_SENS="" WIRELESS_RATE="" WIRELESS_KEY="" WIRELESS_RTS="" WIRELESS_FRAG="" # If you need other options for iwconfig, want to use iwspy or iwpriv, then # write the complete option string as you would append it to one of these tools # to the variables below. WIRELESS_IWCONFIG_OPTIONS="" WIRELESS_IWSPY_OPTIONS="" WIRELESS_IWPRIV_OPTIONS="" cat /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng.conf card "Intersil PRISM2 Reference Design 11Mb/s WLAN Card" manfid 0x0156, 0x0002 bind "orinoco_cs" # bind "prism2_cs" cat /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth-pcmcia BOOTPROTO="dhcp" DHCLIENT_SET_DOWN_LINK="yes" STARTMODE="hotplug" UNIQUE="" cat /proc/net/wireless Inter-| sta-| Quality | Discarded packets | Missed face | tus | link level noise | nwid crypt frag retry misc | beacon lsmod Module Size Used by Not tainted snd-pcm-oss 45152 1 (autoclean) snd-mixer-oss 11136 0 (autoclean) lp 5824 0 (autoclean) snd-maestro3 13732 1 snd-pcm 58528 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-maestro3] ipv6 123424 -1 (autoclean) snd-timer 11456 0 [snd-pcm] snd-ac97-codec 24196 0 [snd-maestro3] snd 31720 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-maestro3 snd-pcm snd-timer snd-ac97-codec] soundcore 3268 3 [snd] ds 6816 1 i82365 23312 1 pcmcia_core 43008 0 [ds i82365] isa-pnp 27816 0 (unused) joydev 5728 0 (unused) evdev 3904 0 (unused) input 3072 0 [joydev evdev] usb-uhci 20996 0 (unused) usbcore 55136 1 [usb-uhci] parport_pc 25448 1 (autoclean) parport 21856 1 [lp parport_pc] reiserfs 158816 1 Thanks again for the offer of help. Sincerely, Marcia
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