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WPC300N in Linux
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mgl-linux
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Posts: 1
Registered: 07-19-2006
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I recently bought the wpc300n and wrt300n combination to use on my existing LAN and an old dell Inspiron 7500 laptop that I wanted to use wireless. Everything went well and the laptop works great under Windows XP.
Operational Results: From 40 feet away, I am getting data rates of 276Mbps. Not bad even though it intefaces to a LAN running at 100Mbps and then a DSL service running at about 780Kbps. (The pipeline just keeps getting narrower after that).
Anyway, my problem is that I dual boot Linux Kubuntu 6.06 with Win XP and I want to shift away from XP to Linux. Unfortunately, I cannot get Linux to recognize the PCMCIA card. I am a beginner at this so i am looking for basic help.
I did try to go through Linksys support but unfortunately, even though this product is supposed to be running linux internally, Linksys has very little or no expertise in the Linux area. All they support is Windows operating systems.
I then tried various net sites but do not see any detailed information on these products.
I can see that one approach is to use "ndiswrapper" and use the Windows drivers. However, from what I can understand from the ndiswrapper documentation found at http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List#L I need, at a bare minimum, some of the information listed for another of the Linksys products:
# Card: Linksys #[WPC54G v4], 54mbps -- [link here|List#WPC54G v4]
* Chipset: AirConn? IPROCOMM IPN 2220 (rev 01)
* pciid: 17fe:2220
* Driver: Linksys ftp://ftp.linksys.com/pub/network/WPC54G%20v4%20driver%20rev%201.22.1.2004.zip
* Used ndiswrapper -i WLINPDS.INF on Debian Sarge for the Linksys driver. Worked perfectly.
* Driver:IPN2220 ftp://ftp.rediris.es/sites/arklinux.org/arklinux/arklinux.org/apt/arklinux/dockyard/en/i586/RPMS.contrib/driver-ipn2220-2.10.03.2004-1ark.i586.rpm
* Other: Debian/Sarge 2.6.11, Ndiswrapper 1.1 with module asistant.Works with WEP 64bits and 128bits and WAP-PSK,other encription not tested
So, does anyone have a real Linux driver for the WPC300N or do you know any of the details of the WPC300N like the chipset, pciid, etc. that are required by ndiswrapper??
In linux:
#cardctl config
Socket 0:
Vcc 3.3V Vpp1 3.3V Vpp2 3.3V
interface type is "cardbus"
irq 11 [exclusive] [level]
function 0:
Socket 1:
Vcc 3.3V Vpp1 3.3V Vpp2 3.3V
interface type is "cardbus"
irq 11 [exclusive] [level]
function 0:
root@mickeyo:~# cardctl ident
Socket 0:
product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001"
manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157
function: 6 (network)
Socket 1:
no product info available
# cardctl insert 1
ioctl(): Device or resource busy
# cardctl resume
ioctl(): Function not implemented
ioctl(): Function not implemented
#
So, linux seems to see the PCMCIA slots and it sees my ethernet card on slot 0 but it does not see the Linksys WPC300N card in slot 1.
Any help would be much appreciated.
mgl.linux
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07-19-2006 01:38 PM
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Re: WPC300N in Linux
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lpko
Newbie
Posts: 1
Registered: 03-25-2007
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Card: [Linksys] WPC300N PCMCIA v1 (US Version)
* Chipset: Broadcom
* Driver: BCM40100/bcmwl5 (http://www.station-drivers.com/telechargement/broadcom/BCM40100.exe)
* Other: Ubuntu Edgy (6.10), ndiswrapper version 1.34
(http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List)
To make this work in linux you must install
-ndiswrapper-1.x
Try to use version 1.9. If it completely fails, use 1.34. I got it to work with 1.34, but considering how old my computer is, etc, etc, you might have more luck than I did.
-ndisgtk
Ok, this is not absolutely necessary, but it is very nice to have a user interface rather than having to use the command line
-your proprietary windows drivers. Consult the list here: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/mediawiki/index.php/List
If you then want to use WPA you have to install wpa-supplicant. I have never succeeded at that, so good luck!
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03-25-2007 08:43 PM
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