Hello,
I recently got an A-LINK 54Mbit/s USB stick, which is recognized as
follows in 2.6.20-grade kernel (actually 2.6.20-1.rt2.0111 on FC6):
zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: firmware version 4725
zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 full 00-02-72 AL2230_RF pa0 g--N
zd1211rw 2-2:1.0: eth1
SoftMAC:
Pekka Savola wrote:
Also, if I manually do 'ifconfig eth1 up' before ESSID is set, it'll
work without problem.
This is a distro bug - it should bring the interface up before using it.
Many drivers require the interface to be up before scanning is possible,
since for a lot of hardware,