Problem with Wireless D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card
We are testing a Linux migration for a client using a wireless network in
one branch office. We built a test machine that dual boots Windows 2000 and
Suse 8.2 to test the D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card.
Under Windows 2000, the card works fine. Under Linux, we are stuck, and are
asking for help, please.
Here's what we've done so far:
0. We installed the drivers from http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/,
as recommended by the chipset manufacturer. We noted on the project's
discussion forum that others have gotten this card to work under other Linux
distros. We've tried using both YaST and hand configuration of config files.
This is what we've noted:
1. Drivers seem to load OK at bootup:
(Selection from /var/log/boot.msg)
Aug 15 17:28:35 rnome-02 kernel: Inspecting
/boot/System.map-2.4.20-4GB-athlon
Aug 15 17:28:35 rnome-02 kernel: Loaded 20846 symbols from
/boot/System.map-2.4.20-4GB-athlon.
Aug 15 17:28:35 rnome-02 kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.4.20.
Aug 15 17:28:35 rnome-02 kernel: Loaded 396 symbols from 20 modules.
Aug 15 17:28:35 rnome-02 kernel: ath_hal: 0.9.5.3 BETA (Sam Leffler
On Saturday 16 August 2003 05:23, L. Mark Stone wrote:
We are testing a Linux migration for a client using a wireless network in one branch office. We built a test machine that dual boots Windows 2000 and Suse 8.2 to test the D-Link DWL-G520 PCI card.
Under Windows 2000, the card works fine. Under Linux, we are stuck, and are asking for help, please.
Here's what we've done so far:
0. We installed the drivers from http://sourceforge.net/projects/madwifi/, as recommended by the chipset manufacturer. We noted on the project's discussion forum that others have gotten this card to work under other Linux distros. We've tried using both YaST and hand configuration of config files. This is what we've noted:
I just bought a Linksys WAP55AG access point and WPC55AG PCMCIA card because the madwifi driver support was there. I had better luck setting it up as a "hotplug" device (I have an e100 eth0 device built-in to the mobo on my laptop). Here is what I did: 1 - Compiled/installed the madwifi-20030802 driver kit 2 - Added alias ath0 ath_pci pre-remove ath0 rmmod wlan ath_hal to /etc/modules.conf.local and ran depmod -ae 3 - Created /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-ath0 like this STARTMODE='hotplug' BOOTPROTO='static' IPADDR='192.168.1.22' NETMASK='255.255.255.0' PREFIXLEN='24' BROADCAST='192.168.1.255' REMOTE_IPADDR=' ' LABEL=' ' RUN_POLL_TCPIP=' ' SCOPE=' ' IP_OPTIONS=' ' MTU=' ' LLADDR=' ' LINK_OPTIONS=' ' WIRELESS='yes' WIRELESS_MODE='Managed' WIRELESS_ESSID='<my ESSID>' WIRELESS_NICK='gryffindor-wlan' WIRELESS_NWID=' ' WIRELESS_FREQ=' ' WIRELESS_CHANNEL='' WIRELESS_SENS=' ' WIRELESS_RATE=' ' WIRELESS_KEY='<my ESSID>' WIRELESS_RTS=' ' WIRELESS_FRAG=' ' WIRELESS_IWCONFIG_OPTIONS=' ' WIRELESS_IWSPY_OPTIONS=' ' WIRELESS_IWPRIV_OPTIONS=' ' 4 - Created /etc/sysconfig/network/ifroute-ath0 like this default 192.168.1.1 - - Now, when I want to use the wireless, I just "ifdown eth0" and pop in the card, and it all comes up. I get immediate connection on the 11g band, I have not yet gotten the 11a band to work. Mark Almeida -- Powered by SuSE Linux Pro 8.2/Kmail 1.5.3
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