WG511 not working

Hello,

So far I tried two different WLAN adapters. First was the WG511 from
NETGEAR an d the second was the Fujitsu Siemens Connect2Air E-5400.
But I had no luck with these guys.
All NIC are PCMCIA adapters! The FSC adapter use the Intersil GT chip.
I haven't any information about the NETGEAR card.
I also tried three different Linux distributions SuSE 9.1, Mandrake 10
und Fedora Core 2. My laptop is a Yakumo QD (SIS Chipset and Celeron
CPU). I posted some information which seems important to me.

Some
- PCMCIA service is running
- I copied the firmware to /usr/hotplug/firmware (not sure about the
dir) without any effect to my NICs
- when i insert the card into my PCMCIA slot it doesn't appear a new
message in /var/log/messages
- my Linux doesn't seems to notice that a card was inserted or not
- there seems to be no difference between both adapters

I would be happy for any help !
Thanks !
Alex



> lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_intel8x0 30829 0
snd_ac97_codec 58821 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_pcm 83529 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_timer 25413 1 snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 8393 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_mpu401_uart 7361 1 snd_intel8x0
snd_rawmidi 21733 1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device 6473 1 snd_rawmidi
snd 45477 7
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore 7713 1 snd
parport_pc 21249 1
lp 9133 0
parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp
autofs4 20677 0
ds 12869 2
yenta_socket 15937 1
pcmcia_core 51336 2 ds,yenta_socket
sunrpc 141861 1
sis900 15941 0
sg 28513 0
scsi_mod 105360 1 sg
microcode 5601 0
nls_utf8 1729 1
ntfs 122612 1
dm_mod 47317 0
joydev 7169 0
ohci_hcd 19793 0
ehci_hcd 27973 0
button 4825 0
battery 7117 0
asus_acpi 9177 0
ac 3533 0
md5 3905 1
ipv6 217349 8
reiserfs 234901 1

lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev
02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual
PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL
Media IO] (rev 14)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
FireWire Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller
(rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter

> cardctl ident
Socket 0:
no product info available

> dmesg
Linux Kernel Card Services
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:0a.0 [1019:b733]
Yenta: adjusting diagnostic: 40 -> 60
Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:0a.0, mfunc 0x000c1002, devctl 0x44
Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0040, PCI irq 11
Socket status: 30000020
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297 0x378-0x37f
0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
parport0: irq 7 detected
lp0: using parport0 (polling).
lp0: console ready
ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49325 usecs
intel8x0: clocking to 48000
cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding
0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: excluding
0x60000000-0x60ffffff
cs: warning: no high memory space available!
cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: excluding 0xd0000-0xdffff
cs: memory probe 0x0e0000-0x0effff: excluding 0xe0000-0xeffff
cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff
cs: memory probe 0x0f0000-0x0fffff: excluding 0xf0000-0xfffff

Alex wrote:
> Hello,
>
> So far I tried two different WLAN adapters. First was the WG511 from
> NETGEAR an d the second was the Fujitsu Siemens Connect2Air E-5400.
> But I had no luck with these guys.
> All NIC are PCMCIA adapters! The FSC adapter use the Intersil GT chip.
> I haven't any information about the NETGEAR card.
> I also tried three different Linux distributions SuSE 9.1, Mandrake 10
> und Fedora Core 2. My laptop is a Yakumo QD (SIS Chipset and Celeron
> CPU). I posted some information which seems important to me.
>
> Some
> - PCMCIA service is running
> - I copied the firmware to /usr/hotplug/firmware (not sure about the
> dir) without any effect to my NICs
> - when i insert the card into my PCMCIA slot it doesn't appear a new
> message in /var/log/messages
> - my Linux doesn't seems to notice that a card was inserted or not
> - there seems to be no difference between both adapters
>
> I would be happy for any help !
> Thanks !
> Alex
>
>
>
>
>>lsmod
>
> Module Size Used by
> snd_intel8x0 30829 0
> snd_ac97_codec 58821 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_pcm 83529 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_timer 25413 1 snd_pcm
> snd_page_alloc 8393 2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
> gameport 4033 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_mpu401_uart 7361 1 snd_intel8x0
> snd_rawmidi 21733 1 snd_mpu401_uart
> snd_seq_device 6473 1 snd_rawmidi
> snd 45477 7
> snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_ mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
> soundcore 7713 1 snd
> parport_pc 21249 1
> lp 9133 0
> parport 35977 2 parport_pc,lp
> autofs4 20677 0
> ds 12869 2
> yenta_socket 15937 1
> pcmcia_core 51336 2 ds,yenta_socket
> sunrpc 141861 1
> sis900 15941 0
> sg 28513 0
> scsi_mod 105360 1 sg
> microcode 5601 0
> nls_utf8 1729 1
> ntfs 122612 1
> dm_mod 47317 0
> joydev 7169 0
> ohci_hcd 19793 0
> ehci_hcd 27973 0
> button 4825 0
> battery 7117 0
> asus_acpi 9177 0
> ac 3533 0
> md5 3905 1
> ipv6 217349 8
> reiserfs 234901 1
>
> lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host (rev
> 02)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual
> PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS962 [MuTIOL
> Media IO] (rev 14)
> 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]: Unknown device 0016
> 00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> FireWire Controller
> 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
> 00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller
> (rev a0)
> 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
> Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900
> PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus Controller
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
>
>
>>cardctl ident
>
> Socket 0:
> no product info available
>
>
>>dmesg
>
> Linux Kernel Card Services
> options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:0a.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> Yenta: CardBus bridge found at 0000:00:0a.0 [1019:b733]
> Yenta: adjusting diagnostic: 40 -> 60
> Yenta: Using CSCINT to route CSC interrupts to PCI
> Yenta: Routing CardBus interrupts to PCI
> Yenta TI: socket 0000:00:0a.0, mfunc 0x000c1002, devctl 0x44
> Yenta: ISA IRQ mask 0x0040, PCI irq 11
> Socket status: 30000020
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297 0x378-0x37f
> 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> parport0: PC-style at 0x378 (0x778) [PCSPP,TRISTATE]
> parport0: irq 7 detected
> lp0: using parport0 (polling).
> lp0: console ready
> ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:00:02.7[C] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
> intel8x0_measure_ac97_clock: measured 49325 usecs
> intel8x0: clocking to 48000
> cs: memory probe 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff: excluding
> 0xa0000000-0xa0ffffff
> cs: memory probe 0x60000000-0x60ffffff: excluding
> 0x60000000-0x60ffffff
> cs: warning: no high memory space available!
> cs: memory probe 0x0d0000-0x0dffff: excluding 0xd0000-0xdffff
> cs: memory probe 0x0e0000-0x0effff: excluding 0xe0000-0xeffff
> cs: memory probe 0x0c0000-0x0cffff: excluding 0xc0000-0xcffff
> cs: memory probe 0x0f0000-0x0fffff: excluding 0xf0000-0xfffff

Hi Alex,

I have a WG511 which works just fine on my Debian laptop. Unfortunately I don't really remember how I managed to
"convince" it to start (it was about a year ago). Anyway, I can give you a few tips:
- If I remember correctly, I used the firmware from the Windows driver (!), not the one from the net. The firmware file
is on the windows partition somewhere under c:/program_files/netgear/driver, and is called wg511.arm or something
similar. That is - if you also keep windoze on your laptop . Perhaps the one from the net works, too.
- You also need to load the Linux driver called prism54
- If your laptop doesn't notice when a new card is inserted/removed, check "/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" - it should
contain the name of the program which is called when something is inserted/removed. On my laptop that program is a shell
script (do a man hotplug). If you're patient, you can follow what happens and which is the directory where you have to
place the firmware file.

See if this helps, otherwise I'll check my laptop configuration and get back to you with more details.

Mihai

>
> Hi Alex,
>
> I have a WG511 which works just fine on my Debian laptop. Unfortunately
> I don't really remember how I managed to "convince" it to start (it was
> about a year ago). Anyway, I can give you a few tips:
> - If I remember correctly, I used the firmware from the Windows driver
> (!), not the one from the net. The firmware file is on the windows
> partition somewhere under c:/program_files/netgear/driver, and is called
> wg511.arm or something similar. That is - if you also keep windoze on
> your laptop . Perhaps the one from the net works, too.
> - You also need to load the Linux driver called prism54
> - If your laptop doesn't notice when a new card is inserted/removed,
> check "/proc/sys/kernel/hotplug" - it should contain the name of the
> program which is called when something is inserted/removed. On my laptop
> that program is a shell script (do a man hotplug). If you're patient,
> you can follow what happens and which is the directory where you have to
> place the firmware file.
>
> See if this helps, otherwise I'll check my laptop configuration and
> get back to you with more details.
>
> Mihai
>

For netgear use the madwifi driver. Google madwifi, click second link
for the madwifi FAQ. Click Item #2 Getting the driver. Follow
instructions. Worked first try for me (WAG511).

Thank you for your answers !

I have some new information related to my problem. Yesterday I tried
Knoppix 3.6. First with the 2.6 kernel. The result was the same like
in all other distros. But when I start the Knoppix with 2.4 kernel
something has changed.

Knoppix (kernel 2.4):
> lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host
(rev 02)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual
PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) (rev 14)
0000:00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
FireWire Controller
0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513
[IDE]
0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem
Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
[SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
Controller (rev 0f)
0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
Controller
0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus
Controller
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
[SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
0000:02:00.0 ffff: Illegal Vendor ID: Unknown device ffff (rev ff

> dmesg
Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0030, PCI irq 16
Socket status: 30000020
cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0xffff, device 0xffff
PCI: device 02:00.0 has unknown header type 7f, ignoring.
cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xc00-0xc1f
cs: IO port probe 0x0820-0x08ff: excluding 0x820-0x87f
cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: excluding 0x800-0x80f
cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297 0x2f8-0x2ff
0x378-0x37f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.

> cardctl ident
Socket 0:
no product info available

The 2.4 kernel seems to notice when I have inserted an adapter but
didn't get the correct vendor ID. I don't know why. Any Ideas ?

Today I did the same procedure on a laptop of a friend. Started
Knoppix with linux 2.6. And... It found the wlan adapter (both!). I
ran "cardctl ident", which returns "insersil" and "isl3890" on the
display.

So these are information to make all things more confusing. Any
further help is much appreciated!

Thanks !
Alex

PS: I take a look on the MADwifi driver now. Never heard of it before!

Alex wrote:
> Thank you for your answers !
>
> I have some new information related to my problem. Yesterday I tried
> Knoppix 3.6. First with the 2.6 kernel. The result was the same like
> in all other distros. But when I start the Knoppix with 2.4 kernel
> something has changed.
>
> Knoppix (kernel 2.4):
>
>>lspci
>
> 0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 651 Host
> (rev 02)
> 0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] Virtual
> PCI-to-PCI bridge (AGP)
> 0000:00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> SiS85C503/5513 (LPC Bridge) (rev 14)
> 0000:00:02.3 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> FireWire Controller
> 0000:00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513
> [IDE]
> 0000:00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem
> Controller (rev a0)
> 0000:00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> [SiS] Sound Controller (rev a0)
> 0000:00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.2 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0
> Controller (rev 0f)
> 0000:00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0
> Controller
> 0000:00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS]
> SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
> 0000:00:0a.0 CardBus bridge: ENE Technology Inc CB1410 Cardbus
> Controller
> 0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems
> [SiS] 65x/M650/740 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter
> 0000:02:00.0 ffff: Illegal Vendor ID: Unknown device ffff (rev ff
>
>
>>dmesg
>
> Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
> options: [pci] [cardbus] [pm]
> Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0030, PCI irq 16
> Socket status: 30000020
> cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0xffff, device 0xffff
> PCI: device 02:00.0 has unknown header type 7f, ignoring.
> cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: excluding 0xc00-0xc1f
> cs: IO port probe 0x0820-0x08ff: excluding 0x820-0x87f
> cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x080f: excluding 0x800-0x80f
> cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x290-0x297 0x2f8-0x2ff
> 0x378-0x37f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7
> cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
>
>
>>cardctl ident
>
> Socket 0:
> no product info available
>
> The 2.4 kernel seems to notice when I have inserted an adapter but
> didn't get the correct vendor ID. I don't know why. Any Ideas ?
>
> Today I did the same procedure on a laptop of a friend. Started
> Knoppix with linux 2.6. And... It found the wlan adapter (both!). I
> ran "cardctl ident", which returns "insersil" and "isl3890" on the
> display.
>
> So these are information to make all things more confusing. Any
> further help is much appreciated!
>
> Thanks !
> Alex
>
> PS: I take a look on the MADwifi driver now. Never heard of it before!

Alex,
As you i never get success with WG511 card, my card is detected with
Prism54 chipset.
I tryed with several kernel level under Debian 2.4.x, 2.6.8, with kernel
delvered with distribution then compiling myself latest kernel without
get sucess.
One thing that should be invertigate is, is cards that seams tested as
working was builded with the same shipset that i and you have.
As wou should know, Netgear sold 2 different harware version WG511 (v1)
and WG511 v2, and also for each model there is several country where
this card is producted with different firmware level.

Mine WG511 (v1) come from China and is in version 3, i bought 2 weeks ago.
All things can be seen at back side of the card.

Now i will try to use it with ndiswrapper module, i hope to found a
solution to get working wireless network under linux .

Sorry it was not a solution !.