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dids22

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Registered: 2007-01-02

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model loading

hi

I'm trying install a wireless network card - edimax ew-7128G ( RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI)
so, i installed the driver (rt2x00-cvs).
But
according to wiki  "When the driver is loaded, you will have two interfaces, wmaster0 and wlan0."
the output of ifconfig have only "Eth0" and "lo".

ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1A:92:20:F8:D7  
          inet addr:84.18.99.123  Bcast:255.255.255.255  Mask:255.255.254.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:576  Metric:1
          RX packets:18359 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11126 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:9516893 (9.0 Mb)  TX bytes:1060869 (1.0 Mb)
          Interrupt:17 Base address:0x2000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:2800 (2.7 Kb)  TX bytes:2800 (2.7 Kb)

that mean the driver not loaded - well that not true, see the output of lsmod

Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  255044  10 
it87                   17424  0 
hwmon_vid               3200  1 it87
i2c_isa                 3456  1 it87
nvidia               7241972  24 
agpgart                27224  1 nvidia
fuse                   39188  2 
reiserfs              234880  1 
ppdev                   7556  0 
arc4                    2176  2 
ecb                     3072  2 
lp                      9348  0 
rc80211_simple          4224  1 
snd_seq_oss            29312  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      6528  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                46672  4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          6924  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
rt61pci                24320  0 
rt2x00pci               7552  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              16000  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
crc_itu_t               2304  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              124292  4 rc80211_simple,rt61pci,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211                5128  1 mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            3200  1 rt61pci
snd_pcm_oss            37024  0 
snd_mixer_oss          14592  1 snd_pcm_oss
pcspkr                  2944  0 
psmouse                35984  0 
serio_raw               5764  0 
parport_pc             35556  1 
parport                31304  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
ppp_generic            23828  0 
slhc                    5760  1 ppp_generic
k8temp                  4864  0 
rtc_cmos                7328  0 
rtc_core               14984  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2944  1 rtc_core
usbhid                 38048  0 
hid                    26240  1 usbhid
ff_memless              5256  1 usbhid
snd_hda_intel         277532  2 
snd_pcm                69124  2 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer              19332  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc          7816  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
snd_hwdep               7300  1 snd_hda_intel
snd                    45028  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_hwdep
soundcore               6496  1 snd
i2c_nforce2             5248  0 
i2c_core               20352  4 it87,i2c_isa,nvidia,i2c_nforce2
sg                     26652  0 
tsdev                   6720  0 
evdev                   8192  4 
thermal                10888  0 
processor              24788  1 thermal
fan                     3844  0 
button                  6160  0 
battery                 8324  0 
ac                      4100  0 
forcedeth              44168  0 
ext3                  119432  3 
jbd                    54312  1 ext3
mbcache                 6916  1 ext3
sr_mod                 14756  0 
cdrom                  34336  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 22784  6 
ehci_hcd               30732  0 
ohci_hcd               19588  0 
usbcore               112520  4 usbhid,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
sata_nv                15620  5 
ata_generic             5380  0 
pata_amd               10244  0 
libata                108084  3 sata_nv,ata_generic,pata_amd

any suggestions?

thanks

Last edited by dids22 (2007-09-24 11:59:47)

luca

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From: Rome

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 280

Re: model loading

Hi dids22,
which is the output of iwconfig?

dids22

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Registered: 2007-01-02

Posts: 251

Re: model loading

mm

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: model loading

ifconfig wlan0 up

should make it visable with ifconfig

iwconfig wlan0 essid $ESSID

to have it connect to a not secured AP

Last edited by klixon (2007-09-24 13:17:06)

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dids22

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Re: model loading

what is that "wmaster0" interface?

klixon

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Registered: 2007-01-17

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Re: model loading

what is that "wmaster0" interface?

After some random googling, found this email that explains where it comes from.

Last edited by klixon (2007-09-24 13:15:43)

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dids22

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Registered: 2007-01-02

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Re: model loading

thanks

one more thing: do you know a software that can scan networks? ( i tried wifi radar but i didn't see any option for scaning)

klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: model loading

iwlist wlan0 scan

does the trick if i'm not mistaken...

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codemac

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Re: model loading

kismet is pretty rockin' as well.  And iwlist isn't support on some cards with some drivers (it used to not be supported on ipw*, but it is now)

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klixon

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From: Nederland

Registered: 2007-01-17

Posts: 525

Re: model loading

kismet is pretty rockin' as well.  And iwlist isn't support on some cards with some drivers (it used to not be supported on ipw*, but it is now)

iwlist is supported on this chipset with these drivers though
Although this chipset does need firmware to actually work...

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