Re: [zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
On Tuesday 06 March 2007 18:05:57 you wrote: Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: I was reading the speed from iwconfig and KWireLess. I didn't attempt to change the speed, I just let it autonegotiate and figured that would connect at the best possible speed. I thought iwconfig would be a reliable way to read the speed but I may need educating further :) There is currently no automatic rate selection. See the driver homepage at http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/DriverRewrite Sorry Daniel - I had skim read through it but missed that. My bad - I am rather distracted right now with writing up my thesis... I would say that this device works really well then - I assume 11 Mbps is the default speed. It successfully authenticates with my access point using WPA2 PSK and transfers are solid. Forgot reply-all last time too... May be I should leave the interweb along for tonight :D Marcus - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
On Wednesday 28 February 2007 03:01:54 you wrote: Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: This is my first time trying out this driver, so please be gentle if I have missed anything obvious. I checked what I could see to make sure no one had gone through this already. I just got a USB wireless adapter with an ADSL router and thought I would give it a try - it seems to very nearly work. Things you ask for on the wiki: Brand Retail Product: ZyXEL G-202 Wireless USB Adapter USB ID: 0586:3410 Chip ID: zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211 chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- I just looked at the windows driver for this hardware. I have not seen the driver files named in this way before. Anyway, some strings in the .sys files suggest that this is a 1215 chip, which is actually just an alternative name for zd1211b. So, it looks like you may have specified the wrong device type in your modification to the driver, and this may be causing you some of the problems you are seeing. You were right! It seems to be working pretty well with zd1211b. I am sending this email through a connection using the device, wpa_supplicant and WPA2. It does seem to be limited to 11 Mbit/s though - I will see if I can figure this out. I will use this as my main connection for a while to see how stable it is but so far it looks good. The output from dmesg also looks better now, zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: firmware version 4725 zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211b chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: eth1 Thanks for your help (I should have probably just tried the b type driver). Let me know if there is any more I can do to help get this device supported by the driver. Thanks, Marcus - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
[zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
Hi, This is my first time trying out this driver, so please be gentle if I have missed anything obvious. I checked what I could see to make sure no one had gone through this already. I just got a USB wireless adapter with an ADSL router and thought I would give it a try - it seems to very nearly work. Things you ask for on the wiki: Brand Retail Product: ZyXEL G-202 Wireless USB Adapter USB ID: 0586:3410 Chip ID: zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211 chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- FCC ID: M4Y-XG-760N (I think - the letters are tiny) I compiled the in-kernel driver, using the Gentoo patched kernel sources, version 2.6.20. After I added the USB ID in the kernel source and recompiled the driver seems to work to a point as it was able to detect the nearby access points, but when I tried to actually associate with one it failed. The output I got is shown below, cryos-lap ~ # /etc/init.d/net.eth1 restart * Caching service dependencies ... [ ok ] * Stopping eth1 * Bringing down eth1 * Shutting down eth1 ... [ ok ] * Starting eth1 * Configuring wireless network for eth1 Error for wireless request Set Frequency (8B04) : SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted. Let me know if there is anymore I can do to help get this adapter working - it seems to be very close already and is bundled with ZyXEL routers right now. Thanks, Marcus - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
Hi Daniel, On Tuesday 27 February 2007 19:54:55 Daniel Drake wrote: Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: * Starting eth1 * Configuring wireless network for eth1 Error for wireless request Set Frequency (8B04) : SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted. Is this halting the entire process? It just dies and gives up at this point. Presumably you set a channel in your networking configuration. zd1211rw (and many other wireless drivers) rejects this, as in managed mode, scanning is used to find the channel (it's not something that the user should have control over). I didn't set the frequency, I had actually assumed it was the driver trying to set its own frequency to match that of the AP. Not sure where the frequency request came from then - I just set the essid and key for it. I was trying to use simple WEP. To start with, you should just start by working on the command line without any init scripts. Sorry, I am not really an expert with the command line tools for wireless stuff just yet. Scanning for access points with iwlist eth1 scan works without any problems but I can't seem to associate with an access point. Run iwevent in one console to keep track of status. Then in another console run: ifconfig eth1 up iwconfig eth1 essid foo key bar If association succeeds (watch the iwevent window), run: dhcpcd eth1 Association kept failing everytime I tried this. I have used this access point with my atheros based miniPCI card using the madwifi-ng drivers and the same set up. Here is what iwevent gave me, 20:03:36.971946 eth1 Set ESSID:cryos 20:03:36.972410 eth1 Set Encryption key:------** 20:03:36.972435 eth1 Set Encryption key:on Security mode:open 20:03:40.358455 eth1 Scan request completed 20:03:40.373287 eth1 Custom driver event:authenticated 20:03:45.381628 eth1 Custom driver event:associating timed out Let me know if there is anymore I can do to help get this adapter working - it seems to be very close already and is bundled with ZyXEL routers right now. If it is new it may be based on the AL2230S radio rather than the AL2230. zd1211rw currently doesn't support AL2230S, and also has a bug where it detects it as AL2230 (and doesn't really work as it should). This may explain some of the problems you are seeing. To confirm whether you have an AL2230 or AL2230S, try the vendor driver: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/VendorDriver And use this procedure to check the RF type: http://zd1211.ath.cx/wiki/RfTypes#HowdoIfindoutwhichRFispresentinmydevice I will have my own AL2230S within the next few days and will then solve these issues. I couldn't get the driver to compile, but just noticed the patch for 2.6.20 kernels... I don't have time tonight but I will try to take another look this weekend. Upon insertion I get the following output if it helps at all. usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 4 usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice usb 1-6: firmware version 0x4330 and device bootcode version 0x4810 differ zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: firmware version 4605 zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211 chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: eth1 Let me know if it would be useful to work on this further. To be honest I was more interested in whether this device worked as I don't really need it too much just yet. I can turn WEP off on that access point if it helps, I also have my real access point using WPA2 which I could test if this gets working later but I didn't want to complicate it too much just yet. Thanks for getting back to me. Hope life in the States is treating you well! Marcus - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: I didn't set the frequency, I had actually assumed it was the driver trying to set its own frequency to match that of the AP. Not sure where the frequency request came from then - I just set the essid and key for it. I was trying to use simple WEP. Nope - those messages come from iwconfig. The driver (well, the stack) does find the channel automatically, which is why you aren't allowed to do it through iwconfig. It's more sensible to use wpa_supplicant to handle your network configuration (even for open/WEP) but I still advise getting it going manually first. Let me know if it would be useful to work on this further. To be honest I was more interested in whether this device worked as I don't really need it too much just yet. I can turn WEP off on that access point if it helps, I also have my real access point using WPA2 which I could test if this gets working later but I didn't want to complicate it too much just yet. Next step would be to try the vendor driver with your existing setup. That way you find out if it is AL2230S or not, and also whether the vendor driver works with your AP (our code is based off that, so if it works then at least we have something to work from). Daniel - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
Re: [zd1211-devs] ZyXEL G-202 USB Wireless Adapter - Nearly Works
Marcus D. Hanwell wrote: Hi, This is my first time trying out this driver, so please be gentle if I have missed anything obvious. I checked what I could see to make sure no one had gone through this already. I just got a USB wireless adapter with an ADSL router and thought I would give it a try - it seems to very nearly work. Things you ask for on the wiki: Brand Retail Product: ZyXEL G-202 Wireless USB Adapter USB ID: 0586:3410 Chip ID: zd1211rw 1-6:1.0: zd1211 chip 0586:3410 v4810 high 00-13-49 AL2230_RF pa0 g--- I just looked at the windows driver for this hardware. I have not seen the driver files named in this way before. Anyway, some strings in the .sys files suggest that this is a 1215 chip, which is actually just an alternative name for zd1211b. So, it looks like you may have specified the wrong device type in your modification to the driver, and this may be causing you some of the problems you are seeing. Daniel - Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.phpp=sourceforgeCID=DEVDEV ___ Zd1211-devs mailing list - http://zd1211.ath.cx/ Unsubscribe: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/zd1211-devs
