Nael Mohammad wrote:
After installing RC1 and in process of downloadingThe current pcmcia-cs package and the MDK kernel already contain the drivers for the Linksys WPC11 version 3 cards (orinoco_cs). The problem is that MDK ships a config file which is missing a valid entry for the card. Even the config included in the base pcmcia-cs package has an outdated entry. The other more major problem is that even though MDK is shipping the driver, it isn't included in the list of drivers in the configuration tool. This has been this way at least since beta2, and I've reported it about 4 times, but no one will comment as to if or when it will be fixed.
RC2, I noticed that Linksys Wireless PC Cards Version
3 is not supported just like the NETGEAR wireless nic
cards.
Frank Griffin wrote:
I just tried an RC1 install on the laptop with the Linksys WPC11. In spite of the fact that the orinoco_cs driver is compiled and present in /lib/modules, there is still no entry in the MDK drop-down driver list for it during install.Also, the card is not detected because the pcmcia-cs package config file has still not had the WPC11 entry added to it. Is there some problem with doing this ? From the changelog, I can see that the package was rebuilt after beta4, and I've been reporting this since beta2. As I've pointed out, the MDK config contains much less than the config which is included with the pcmcia-cs version from which it's built, and even the current author's config has an outdated entry for the card which will not work.
If the driver were included in the Draknet choices, at least I would be able to configure manually. But without Draknet's help, I don't seem to be able to find all of the hidden places that are supposed to contain things like IP address, Gateway, etc.
Frank Griffin wrote:
The problem I reported for b3 still exists:
The config entry as shipped in 3.2.0 is for an older version of the card, and the above entry needs to be added. Also, the orinoco_cs driver is shipped with the MDK kernel, but does not appear in the Network Wizard selection list during the install. Is there any reason why all of the built drivers shouldn't be selectable ?The problem is twofold: (1) The /etc/pcmcia/config that ships with Beta3 is not the config that is part of pcmcia-cs-3.2.0. It is about 6K shorter, and contains no entries at all for the Linksys Wireless cards.(2) The /etc/pcmcia/config that is part of 3.2.0 is wrong in regards to the Linksys WPC11. The entry needs to read: card "Linksys WPC11 11Mbps 802.11b WLAN Card" version "The Linksys Group, Inc.", "Instant Wireless Network PC Card" bind "orinoco_cs" The version line in the existing file is wrong (at least for my version of the card).Finally, the b4 network install autodetect did not detect my serial PCMCIA card and flag "modem" as a configurable option. b3 didn't detect it either, although b2 did.
