i did a "modprobe hostap_cs" then an "lsmod" and it seems to have loaded the module..
however, the cardinfo program still says unsupported card, when i insert this supposed prism 3 airvast wn-100 card.
anyone have any ideas?
thanks,
george
hi,
just burned the new knoppix 3.4 and i wanted to get my prism 3 card working (airvast wn-100, cheap $20 card i thought would work out of the box with knoppix 3.3, but turned out to be prism 3 and not prism 2.5)
i emailed the company for a driver and they pointed me to hostap. i know knoppix 3.4 5/4 has hostap, but it doesn't seem to load automatically when i boot up (kernel 2.4 or 2.6).
i'm not very adept with linux, but i tried to do a
insmod hostap_cs
but got a bunch of unresolved link errors. anyone know how to use the new hostap drivers??
thanks,
george
i did a "modprobe hostap_cs" then an "lsmod" and it seems to have loaded the module..
however, the cardinfo program still says unsupported card, when i insert this supposed prism 3 airvast wn-100 card.
anyone have any ideas?
thanks,
george
so i've figured out my own problem.. boy, is linux complicated.. kinda
so i had forgotten that if don't own one of the popular cards, you have to modify the config files for in the /etc/pcmcia directory.
specifically, i modified the wlan-ng.conf
and added the following lines:
which i got from typing 'cardctl ident' from a shell. actually all the other entries in wlan-ng.conf had the line: bind "prism2_cs" but for some reason, that didn't work for me.Code:card "Airvast WN-100" version "WLAN", "PRISM PCMCIA CARD", "37300P", "Revision B6" manfid 0x50c2, 0x7300 bind "orinoco_cs"
but orinoco_cs did.
to use the hostap driver, you have to modify the hostap_cs.conf
with the same lines as above, except that the last line should be (obviously)
bind "hostap_cs"
apparently, you should only list your card in either the wlan-ng.conf or hostap_cs.conf, but not both, cause it'll try and load both drivers and confuse things. i think i had both files modified at some point and it didn't work. but i'm not really sure cause i was trying so many different things.. i finally decided to just use the orinoco driver since it set my card directly to 'managed' mode instead of 'master' mode for the hostap, since i'm not yet looking to use the other hostap functionality.
after modifying either the wlan-ng.conf or hostap_cs.conf, you have to restart the cardmgr so it reads the new config files and thus recognize your card. that entails:
1. sudo kill -HUP `cat /var/run/cardmgr.pid` (which i got off of another website)
2. re-inserting your card (should be a high pitched tone; if it's a lower pitched tone, it still doesn't recognize your card)
3. then play with iwconfig settings, or use the wlcardconfig / netcardconfig scripts from the knoppix menu
i hope this helps people with cheaper generic prism cards.. i was also pleased to read that most prism 3 cards are backwards compatible with prism 2, 2.5 cards.
i wonder if anyone knows if i could get my Airvast WN-100 card information to be included in the standard wlan-ng.conf, so i won't have to modify this file everytime I have boot to knoppix.
please let me know, and i'll send this info to them.
i actually think that the lines:
should be in a file other than the wlan-ng.conf, since it didn't work when i put: bind "prism_cs" on the last line.Code:card "Airvast WN-100" version "WLAN", "PRISM PCMCIA CARD", "37300P", "Revision B6" manfid 0x50c2, 0x7300 bind "orinoco_cs"
it may fit well into the config-2.4 file..
anyone know how to get that file to include my card info??
WD 2TB Certified Refurbished Elements, External Hard Drive - RWDBU6Y0020BBK-WESN
$49.99
Western Digital 4TB WD Purple Surveillance HDD, Internal Hard Drive - WD43PURZ
$96.99
Seagate Exos X16 ST14000NM001G 14TB 512E SATA 6Gb/s 3.5" Enterprise Hard Drive
$169.99
Seagate ST9450404SS 9PY066-080 Savvio 450GB 10K 10k 2.5" 6G SAS Hard Drive
$15.00
HGST Ultrastar DC HC520 12TB SATA 6Gb 256MB 3.5" Enterprise HDD- HUH721212ALE601
$89.99
Seagate Exos 7E10 ST2000NM000B 2TB 7200RPM SATA 6.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive
$29.99
HGST Ultrastar HE10 HUH721010ALE600 10TB SATA 6Gb/s 7200RPM 3.5" Enterprise HDD
$69.99
2TB 3.5" HDD Sata Mixed Brands hard drive Tested Formatted
$18.99
WD 16TB Elements Desktop, Certified Refurbished Hard Drive - RWDBWLG0160HBK-NESN
$209.99
1TB HDD/SSD 2.5" SATA Hard Drive for Laptop with Win 10/Win 11 Pro Pre-installed
$45.95