On Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:45, you wrote: > On Mon, 27 Sep 2004 20:56:37 +1200 > > Andrew Errington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: <snip> > > I am using this with Debian 3.0 (woody), with kernel 2.4.18. Version > > 0.3 would not compile, for I don't know what reason. Version 0.2 > > looked a lot different, and *did* compile. Plug in the USB dongle and > > off it went. I played with some of the wlanctl-ng commands in the PDF > > file, then had to turn on the DHCP server on the DLink AP and I could > > see the new IP address with ifconfig. > > > > The reason I say it's a qualified success is because I'm not sure what > > to do next. > > > > 1) It seems to work > > 2) The driver is about a year old, but seems to have been dropped by > > 'the community' > > 3) The usb driver in the kernel has a bug which prevents the dongle > > from being set up when it is plugged it. The patch provided to fix > > this works. 4) To get it going I had to recompile my kernel, but I > > don't have everything going with the new kernel I built. > > build it again with the right confguration - start with the config from > the original kernel and add what you nned to get the zydas card going.
Well, there's nothing in the kernel I need to add. All I need is the patched usb.c and hub.c and the drivers themselves. > i see the kernel patches are only for (some of) the 2.4 series - have > you found any for the 2.6 series? or have they been assimilated into the > kernel tree? which kernel are you using? "I am using this with Debian 3.0 (woody), with kernel 2.4.18" - is what I wrote. I have not looked for any other kernel patches as I don't need them. I tried Knoppix 3.6, which uses kernel 2.4.27, and that still had the usb bug, so I'm not sure if or where the fix has been incorporated. > >This means I have had to > > switch between the stock kernel to surf the web (wired) and the new > > kernel to build the wireless drivers. Now they're going I might see if > > I can just put them in /lib/modules/xxx and have them work with the > > stock kernel. > > unlikely to work unless you built them against the same kernel source > (including patches) and the same .config. > > > Anyway, that's where I'm at. I haven't tried any of the wireless tools > > yet, but there's not much I can see from here apart from the AP in the > > hall. What I meant by 'seeing' was 'seeing other wireless devices'. I don't think any of my neighbours have wireless APs turned on, ergo, the only one I can see is the one I already know about because I put it there. > you probably need to set up some routing, can you ping the AP? > your post is a bit inadequate on describing what comes after the AP - > how is the AP connected to the net, etc "In the hallway is a DLink DWL900AP+ connected to my home network." I suppose I did not mention that my home network is connected to Telstra Cable through a router. Running dhclient on wlan0 got me an IP address from the AP and set up routing. As well as VNC-ing to the server on the home LAN I could browse the internet at large. Andy
