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Re: [LUG] Ubuntu + Cisco Aironet 340 = Problems

 

iwconfig just gives eth0, lo and ra0 (another PCMCIA adaptor)

ifconfig gives info on the same things.


I have tried it without my Ralink in, but it doesn't make a difference.


Kevin Lucas wrote:
> Whats the output from iwconfig and ifconfig?
>
>
> On Fri, 2007-05-11 at 07:29 +0100, Josh Davies wrote:
>   
>> Mark Jose wrote:
>>     
>>> On Thursday 10 May 2007 22:59, Josh Davies wrote:
>>>   
>>>       
>>>> Hi, I just joined, I was told about this LUG by Mark Jose.
>>>>
>>>> I am trying to get a Cisco Aironet 340 to work on a laptop with Ubuntu
>>>> installed. At first I tried with Edgy. When the card is inserted, the
>>>> lights flash for ~5 seconds, and then stop. (In windows, the lights are
>>>> constantly flashing, even when not connected to a network).
>>>>
>>>> "lspcmcia" reports that the slot is empty.
>>>>
>>>> Just after inserting the card, "dmesg | tail" says "cs: pcmcia_socket0:
>>>> time out after reset."
>>>>
>>>> I think the drivers are called "airo_cs", but "sudo modprobe airo_cs"
>>>> does nothing.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>  From what I have read, I belive that the 2.6.X Kernels support this
>>>> card, so I don't see why it isn't working.
>>>>
>>>> I tried upgrading to Feisty, but the exact same problems occur.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Any ideas?
>>>>     
>>>>         
>>> Hi Josh,
>>> Welcome to the LUG :)
>>> A quick read around seems to indicate that the airo_cs is only part of the 
>>> system you need. There should also be something like airo itself. The _cs 
>>> part is the "card services" part, which needs loading after the airo driver. 
>>> I only found info on the older airo.o (2.4 kernel driver). However, the 
>>> Ubuntu wiki mentions Aironet 350 series using airo and airo_cs pcmcia cards.
>>>
>>> I think it will be a case of logically working through the issue.
>>> Are you using encryption on the wireless? Just wondering if that is causing it 
>>> to fail after a few seconds. It may be worth turning it off for testing and 
>>> see what happens.
>>> By modprobe airo_cs does nothing - do you mean it returns you to the prompt? 
>>> That means it has loaded the driver - you can check with lsmod.
>>> It is possible Ubuntu loads the relevant drivers anyway - I haven't got that 
>>> card so I don't know. lsmod would show you if it was there though. 
>>>
>>> Mark 
>>>
>>>   
>>>       
>> After booting, there is no mention of airo or airo_cs in lsmod, however, after 
>> doing "sudo modprobe airo_cs", both airo and airo_cs are present at the top of 
>> lsmod. BUT, when inserting the card, the same thing happens, the lights flash for 
>> a few seconds, then blank out. lspcmcia still says the slot is empty.
>>
>> Turning the wireless encryption off doesn't help.
>>
>>
>>     


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