ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 OK cool. Reboot the system, and see what happens after this, you should be OK hopefully. If not, you may need to add ndiswrapper to the /etc/modprobe.preload file. Just add the word "ndiswrapper" to the bottom of the list. ra0 is fine, as this is the name of your device from the ifconfig -a. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 No light on card after reboot The end of syslog look like this Feb 16 17:00:22 ast2 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 in terval 7 Feb 16 17:00:29 ast2 dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 in terval 8 Feb 16 17:00:37 ast2 dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. Feb 16 17:00:37 ast2 ifplugd(ra0)[2682]: client: Determining IP information for ra0... failed. Feb 16 17:00:37 ast2 ifplugd(ra0)[2682]: Program execution failed, return value is 1. Feb 16 17:00:37 ast2 ifplugd(ra0)[2682]: Exiting. Feb 16 17:01:00 ast2 CROND[4029]: (root) CMD (nice -n 19 run-parts --report /etc /cron.hourly) I will add 'ndiswrapper' to /etc/modprobe.preload and boot again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 No light on the card after reboot. I have not set IP address for the access point yet but even without the light on the card should be there....right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 a section of 'dmesg' look like this: ndiswrapper: driver rt2500 (Ralink Technology, Inc.,06/10/2004, 2.02.06.0000) loaded PCI: Enabling device 0000:05:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64 ndiswrapper: using irq 9 wlan0: vendor: 'IEEE 802.11g Wireless Card.' wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:90:f7:05 using driver rt2500, 1814:0201.5.conf wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x4ff: excluding 0x130-0x137 0x200-0x207 0x220-0x22f 0x388-0x38f 0x3b8-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7 cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 It should be yes. Not all access points relay DHCP information, so you might have to use static IP. I have to with mine. Oh, one more thing, your /etc/modprobe.conf file should read: alias ra0 ndiswrapper which could be why there is a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Ian, As far as I understand the following is the proof that my card and driver is OK: ndiswrapper: driver rt2500 (Ralink Technology, Inc.,06/10/2004, 2.02.06.0000) loadedPCI: Enabling device 0000:05:00.0 (0000 -> 0002) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:05:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 9 (level, low) -> IRQ 9 PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:05:00.0 to 64 ndiswrapper: using irq 9 wlan0: vendor: 'IEEE 802.11g Wireless Card.' wlan0: ndiswrapper ethernet device 00:11:50:90:f7:05 using driver rt2500, 1814:0201.5.conf wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA; AES/CCMP with WPA My monitor (lover right screen) show ra0 connected. I think we are very close I don't know what to put in the mcc for which now show up in internet setup Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Should be configured as a LAN connection and nothing else, since it's ethernet based wireless connection. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 When I first got this card I do as usual just put the card in because often it just work. The reason I am saying that is the 'ra0' just turned up. After I start working on this ndiswrapper ting it keept on with the ra0. perhaps it should actually be 'wlan0' Just a tought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 I have a funny feeling that you still have a Mandriva module loading for your card as well as ndiswrapper. Does an lsmod show the ra2550 or whatever the module name as being loaded? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 here is the whole lsmod [root@ast2 arne]# lsmod Module Size Used by md5 3552 1 ipv6 222304 8 af_packet 15848 3 floppy 53620 0 rt2500 156672 0 pcmcia 19752 4 yenta_socket 18952 3 rsrc_nonstatic 10400 1 yenta_socket pcmcia_core 40964 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic video 14020 0 thermal 10760 0 tc1100_wmi 5092 0 processor 17844 1 thermal ibm_acpi 23968 0 fan 3172 0 container 3008 0 button 4848 0 battery 7460 0 ac 3268 0 ide_cd 35812 0 loop 13544 0 ndiswrapper 169460 0 nvram 7080 0 tsdev 5856 0 uhci_hcd 27792 0 usbcore 100572 3 ndiswrapper,uhci_hcd evdev 7296 0 ext3 115016 2 jbd 44760 1 ext3 sd_mod 15120 0 ahci 8292 0 ata_piix 6820 0 libata 38980 2 ahci,ata_piix scsi_mod 115336 3 sd_mod,ahci,libata Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Yes, rt2500 is on the list, so Mandriva is still loading this. This will be causing some of the issues for you. Does this module get listed in /etc/modprobe.preload? If so, can you remove from here. Make sure ndiswrapper is loaded in modprobe.preload as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 rt2500 is not listed in /etc/modprobe.preload ndiswrapper is listed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 OK, try this: modprobe -r rt2500 to remove it from memory, then do the same for ndiswrapper: modprobe -r ndiswrapper Now load ndiswrapper again: modprobe ndiswrapper and then follow the steps for the iwscan etc as per the manual after the modprobe ndiswrapper command. Also, it might be worthwhile checking /etc/modprobe.conf and returning it to this before loading: alias wlan0 ndiswrapper and report back how you're getting on. EDIT: Sorry, not iwscan but iwconfig, and all the rest after this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arne Posted February 16, 2006 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 (edited) before I do iwconfig and before I do alias wlan0 ndiswrapper I hav e alias ra0 ndiswrapper in modprobe.conf. Should I remove alias ra0 ndiswrapper first???? Edited February 16, 2006 by Arne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 16, 2006 Report Share Posted February 16, 2006 Before you load ndiswrapper again, make this change so that it reads: alias wlan0 ndiswrapper as we changed it before, because of the rt2550 module creating the device ra0. So this was a red-herring before. So, once it matches above, load the module using modprobe, and then carry on with iwconfig, etc, etc as per ndiswrapper install document (after the modprobe ndiswrapper command in ndiswrapper docs). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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