Re: Cisco MPI 350 wireless Apadter
- From: Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com>
- To: Sripathy K <sripathy k gmail com>
- Cc: networkmanager-list gnome org
- Subject: Re: Cisco MPI 350 wireless Apadter
- Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2007 09:27:10 -0500
On Sat, 2007-02-03 at 16:35 +0530, Sripathy K wrote:
> I was trying
>
> On 2/1/07, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 23:34 +0530, Sripathy K wrote:
> >
> >
> > On 1/31/07, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com> wrote:
> > On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 18:04 +0530, Sripathy K
> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On 1/30/07, Dan Williams <dcbw redhat com > wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2007-01-30 at 11:27 +0530,
> Sripathy K
> > wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I recently installed FC6 on my T42. The
> wireless
> > connection
> > > doesnot
> > > > work. The airo driver seems to be
> present but the
> > > NetworkManager fails
> > > > to configure this adapter.
> > > >
> > > > I have done a bit of googling and found
> a few old
> > threads
> > > which
> > > > recomend downgrading the wireless
> adapters
> > firmware. Is this
> > > a
> > > > necessity even now?
> > > >
> > > > I did download from cisco website the
> > > linux-acu-driver-v21.tar.gz
> > > > driver, but it fails to compile on this
> machine.
> > >
> > > FC6 is known to work with airo cards, at
> least with
> > firmware
> > > from
> > > 5.00.02 to 5.60.08 inclusive. It may work
> with
> > later firmware
> > > versions.
> > > What firmware version does your card
> have? If you
> > have
> > > _anything_ less
> > > than 5.30.17, I would definitely recommend
> updating
> > your
> > > firmware.
> > >
> > > cat /proc/driver/aironet/eth0 /Status
> > >
> > > The aironet directory in my systems is empty. Am i
> missing
> > something
> > > here?
> > > On Windows the firmware version is 5.60.21
> >
> >
> > If you run '/sbin/lsmod | grep airo', what do you
> get?
> >
> > $$sripathy$$:
> >
> > The card is listed through that command. Its not used by any
> one though.
>
> So do you get something like this or not?
>
> [dcbw localhost]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep airo
> airo_cs 10561 1
> airo 76513 1 airo_cs
>
> If you just have 'airo', that's fine too.
>
> > I did an update from yum to kernel version 2.6.19.x.
> I see
> > that there is a eth1 directory in
> "/proc/driver/aironet". The
> > firmware version from the "Status" is 5.60.21.
>
> > I have a Cisco 350 series wireless LAN Adapter. Does airo
> driver work
> > with this card? I saw a few mpi350 specific drivers. Do we
> need to use
> > them.
>
> Yes, the airo driver will work for this card. The mpi350
> specific
> drivers are really, really, really old and will not work for
> you. The
> only driver you should be using is the 'airo' driver included
> in the
> linux kernel by default.
>
> So when you say that NetworkManager "fails to configure" the
> card, what
> exactly do you mean? What are you trying to do that is not
> working for
> you?
>
> Sorry for getting back late on this. I was out from email access.
> There are two scenarios which i have listed, both are from different
> locations (different wireless AP's).
>
> Case 1:
> I have a WEP enabled wireless router which requies a security
> key. I am using the system-config-network GUI tool to enable the
> wireless card on my laptop. If i dont use a
> WEP, on the wireless device, the current airo driver works fine.
>
> Case 2:
> However if i enable WEP on the wireless device(router), the
> system-config-network GUI, is not able to determine the IP address.
>
> Let me know if you are looking for any specific information which will
> help me get this working.
Aha :) You probably want to take this to Fedora-specific lists; you're
using system-config-network on Fedora, not NetworkManager. This list is
specific to the NetworkManager tool, which isn't what you're using.
Try:
http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
Cheers,
Dan
> Thanks for your help.
> Sripathy
>
>
>
> Dan
>
> > Thank for your help with this.
> > Sripathy
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Sripathy
> > >
> > >
> > > firmware version is in the output of that
> command,
> > in the
> > > "Firmware
> > > Version" field.
> > >
> > > Dan
> > >
> > > > Any ideas on how to get this working?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your help.
> > > > Sripathy
> > > >
> > > > PS: I could not find anything from
> the archives
> > of this
> > > mailing
> > > > list.
> > > >
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> >
> >
>
>
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