On Sun, 17 Feb 2008 14:59:30 +0000, Timothy Murphy wrote: > Amadeus W.M. wrote: > >> I have this Linksys WPC11 wireless pcmcia card (Prism2) that I use with >> my laptop under F8. It used to work fine in previous Fedora versions >> (circa FC4), but not in F8. When I insert it, it doesn't make any >> sound. The power light is on and steady, and the link line is on but >> blinking. >> >> /sbin/pccardctl ident >> >> does find it and so does lspcmcia. >> >> I have >> >> alias wlan0 orinoco_cs >> >> in /etc/modprobe.conf, and lsmod shows >> >> orinoco_cs >> orinoco >> hermes >> hostap_cs >> >> >> /sbin/ifconfig -a does report sit0, wifi0-00 and wlan0 besides eth0 and >> lo. >> >> However, when I try to configure and bring the card up from within >> system-config-network it fails trying to determine the IP information. > > To me that sounds more like a dhcp problem. What does /var/log/messages > say on the subject? And does the access point or machine you are trying > to connect to get any DHCPREQUESTs > > Also, does ifconfig see the card? > And are you running NetworkManager or not? > > > -- This is what /var/log/messages says when I insert the card: Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 0 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia0.0 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: , irq 3, io 0x3080-0x30bf Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: NIC: id=0x801b v1.0.0 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: PRI: id=0x15 v1.1.0 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: STA: id=0x1f v1.4.2 Feb 17 13:54:19 zeus kernel: wifi0: Warning: secondary station firmware version 1.4.2 does not seem to work in Host AP mode Then [root@zeus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network stop Shutting down loopback interface: [ OK ] [root@zeus ~]# /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface wlan0: Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) : SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported. Determining IP information for wlan0... failed. [FAILED] and finally this is what follows in /var/log/messages (during my network restart): Feb 17 13:56:45 zeus system-config-network[17253]: -+ //etc/modprobe.conf #011eth0 alias 3c59x Feb 17 13:56:46 zeus system-config-network[17253]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-wlan0 Feb 17 13:56:46 zeus system-config-network[17253]: chmod 0644 //etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801 Feb 17 13:56:54 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6 Feb 17 13:56:55 zeus avahi-daemon[2173]: Registering new address record for fe80::206:25ff:fe2c:5051 on wlan0.*. Feb 17 13:57:00 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11 Feb 17 13:57:11 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13 Feb 17 13:57:24 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15 Feb 17 13:57:39 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #13 lo, ::1#123 Enabled Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #14 wlan0, fe80::206:25ff:fe2c:5051#123 Enabled Feb 17 13:57:47 zeus ntpd[2030]: Listening on interface #15 lo, 127.0.0.1#123 Enabled Feb 17 13:57:55 zeus dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. So yes, it looks like a dhcp problem. I'm not sure pcmcia works ok to begin with. The "wifi0: unknown hardware address type 801" can't be good. More info: [root@zeus ~]# /sbin/pccardctl ident Socket 0: product info: "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wireless Network PC Card", "ISL37300P", "RevA" manfid: 0x0274, 0x1613 function: 0x6 (network), 9 [root@zeus ~]# /sbin/lspcmcia -v Socket 0 Bridge: [yenta_cardbus] (bus ID: 0000:02:04.0) Configuration: state: on ready: yes Voltage: 5.0V Vcc: 5.0V Vpp: 0.0V Socket 0 Device 0: [hostap_cs] (bus ID: 0.0) Configuration: state: on Product Name: The Linksys Group, Inc. Instant Wireless Network PC Card ISL37300P RevA Identification: manf_id: 0x0274 card_id: 0x1613 function: 6 (network) prod_id(1): "The Linksys Group, Inc." (0xa5f472c2) prod_id(2): "Instant Wireless Network PC Card" (0x590eb502) prod_id(3): "ISL37300P" (0xc9049a39) prod_id(4): "RevA" (0x57a66194) Thanks for any suggestions. -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list