Wireless D-Link PCI card trouble

I've been trying to get the wireless D-Link DWL-520 PCI card to work under
Mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-37) without much luck so far.

I believe this is a Rev E1 card (at least the label on the box says H/W:E1).
The Linux Wlan web page lists it as having a Prism3 SSF chipset:
http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

When Mandrake boots up, it detects it as a Prism2.5 card and tries to load
the drivers, but I get some errors.

This is what lspci lists:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
(rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev
03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev
01)
00:0d.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
(rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3] (rev
a3)

But doing modprobe prism2_pci prints this error:
/lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module:
Operation not permitted
Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz
failed
modprobe: insmod prism2_pci failed

And spits this out in dmesg:
orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> and others)
orinoco_pci.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> & Jean
Tourrilhes <(E-Mail Removed)>)
PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
Detected Orinoco/Prism2 PCI device at 00:0d.0, mem:0xDE000000 to 0xDE000FFF
-> 0xe0911000, irq:11
Reset
done.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...;
Clear
Reset............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......;
pci_cor : reg = 0x0 - 1A75 - 1A43
hermes @ MEM 0xe0911000: Timeout waiting for card to reset (reg=0x0000)!
eth0: failed to initialize firmware (err = -110)
eth0: Failed to register net device


How would I go about diagnosing the problem further? Is there something I
can try, or should I give up on the card and return it. In that case, any
recommendations for 802.11b cards that will work flawlessly under Linux?

Thanks!


--Noel

Noel Llopis <(E-Mail Removed)> writes:

]I've been trying to get the wireless D-Link DWL-520 PCI card to work under
]Mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-37) without much luck so far.

]I believe this is a Rev E1 card (at least the label on the box says H/W:E1).
]The Linux Wlan web page lists it as having a Prism3 SSF chipset:
]http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
]
]When Mandrake boots up, it detects it as a Prism2.5 card and tries to load
]the drivers, but I get some errors.

]This is what lspci lists:
]00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
](rev 03)
]00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev
]03)
]00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
]00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
]00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
]00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
]00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 04)
]00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port (rev
]01)
]00:0d.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
](rev 01)
]01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3] (rev
]a3)

]But doing modprobe prism2_pci prints this error:
]/lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module:
]Operation not permitted
]Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including
]invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
] You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
]modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz
]failed
]modprobe: insmod prism2_pci failed

]And spits this out in dmesg:
]orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> and others)
]orinoco_pci.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> & Jean
]Tourrilhes <(E-Mail Removed)>)
]PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
]Detected Orinoco/Prism2 PCI device at 00:0d.0, mem:0xDE000000 to 0xDE000FFF
]-> 0xe0911000, irq:11
]Reset
]done.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...;
]Clear
]Reset............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......;
]pci_cor : reg = 0x0 - 1A75 - 1A43
]hermes @ MEM 0xe0911000: Timeout waiting for card to reset (reg=0x0000)!
]eth0: failed to initialize firmware (err = -110)
]eth0: Failed to register net device


]How would I go about diagnosing the problem further? Is there something I
]can try, or should I give up on the card and return it. In that case, any
]recommendations for 802.11b cards that will work flawlessly under Linux?

Try either ndiswrapper or linuxant driverloader (US$20) which use the
windows drivers to run these wireless cards.

Noel Llopis wrote:

> I've been trying to get the wireless D-Link DWL-520 PCI card to work under
> Mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-37) without much luck so far.
>
> I believe this is a Rev E1 card (at least the label on the box says
> H/W:E1). The Linux Wlan web page lists it as having a Prism3 SSF chipset:
> http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
>
> When Mandrake boots up, it detects it as a Prism2.5 card and tries to load
> the drivers, but I get some errors.
>
> This is what lspci lists:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge
> (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge
> (rev 03)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev
> 04) 00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port
> (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan chipset
> (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3] (rev
> a3)
>
> But doing modprobe prism2_pci prints this error:
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module:
> Operation not permitted
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
> You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> modprobe: insmod /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz
> failed
> modprobe: insmod prism2_pci failed
>
> And spits this out in dmesg:
> orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> and others)
> orinoco_pci.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> & Jean
> Tourrilhes <(E-Mail Removed)>)
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
> Detected Orinoco/Prism2 PCI device at 00:0d.0, mem:0xDE000000 to
> 0xDE000FFF -> 0xe0911000, irq:11
> Reset
>
done.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...;
> Clear
>
Reset............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......;
> pci_cor : reg = 0x0 - 1A75 - 1A43
> hermes @ MEM 0xe0911000: Timeout waiting for card to reset (reg=0x0000)!
> eth0: failed to initialize firmware (err = -110)
> eth0: Failed to register net device
>
>
> How would I go about diagnosing the problem further? Is there something I
> can try, or should I give up on the card and return it. In that case, any
> recommendations for 802.11b cards that will work flawlessly under Linux?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --Noel

Doesn't that card have an orinoco chipset? If so, it should work. Try
modprobing orinoco_pci and see what happens.

Try the site http://home.columbus.rr.com/andrewba.../dwl520e1.html
It seems that the basic problem is that the manufacturer replaced one of
their physical components with firmware, this can make things a bit
more difficult.

If you can't get that to work, I can offer my own experience:
I purchased a cheap "speadstream" model (I don't remember the number and
don't have the card around to check) with an orinoco chipset, that
worked pretty well, but it took me a while to set it up (probably more
my inexperience with linux wireless). More recently I picked up an SMC
model with the prism54 chipset, there are a few more steps involved
with setting this up (downloading driver (I chose CVS version) +
firmware), but its a nice card and works beautifully with linux.

Noel Llopis wrote:

> I've been trying to get the wireless D-Link DWL-520 PCI card to work
> under Mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-37) without much luck so far.
>
> I believe this is a Rev E1 card (at least the label on the box says
> H/W:E1). The Linux Wlan web page lists it as having a Prism3 SSF
> chipset: http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz
>
> When Mandrake boots up, it detects it as a Prism2.5 card and tries to
> load the drivers, but I get some errors.
>
> This is what lspci lists:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host
> bridge (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge
> (rev 03)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
> 00:09.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1
> (rev 04) 00:09.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live!
> MIDI/Game Port (rev 01)
> 00:0d.0 Network controller: Harris Semiconductor Prism 2.5 Wavelan
> chipset (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV20 [GeForce3]
> (rev a3)
>
> But doing modprobe prism2_pci prints this error:
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz: init_module:
> Operation not permitted
> Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters,
> including invalid IO or IRQ parameters.
> You may find more information in syslog or the output from dmesg
> modprobe: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.4.22-37mdk/kernel/drivers/pcmcia/ds.o.gz failed
> modprobe: insmod prism2_pci failed
>
> And spits this out in dmesg:
> orinoco.c 0.13e (David Gibson <(E-Mail Removed)> and
> others) orinoco_pci.c 0.13e (David Gibson
> <(E-Mail Removed)> & Jean Tourrilhes <(E-Mail Removed)>)
> PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:0d.0
> Detected Orinoco/Prism2 PCI device at 00:0d.0, mem:0xDE000000 to
> 0xDE000FFF -> 0xe0911000, irq:11
> Reset
>
done.............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ...;
> Clear
>
Reset............................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .................................................. .......;
> pci_cor : reg = 0x0 - 1A75 - 1A43
> hermes @ MEM 0xe0911000: Timeout waiting for card to reset
> (reg=0x0000)! eth0: failed to initialize firmware (err = -110)
> eth0: Failed to register net device
>
>
> How would I go about diagnosing the problem further? Is there
> something I can try, or should I give up on the card and return it. In
> that case, any recommendations for 802.11b cards that will work
> flawlessly under Linux?
>
> Thanks!
>
>
> --Noel

--
Daniel Boline
Dept of Physics, Boston University

"Noel Llopis" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I've been trying to get the wireless D-Link DWL-520 PCI card to work under
> Mandrake 9.2 (kernel 2.4.22-37) without much luck so far.
>
> I believe this is a Rev E1 card (at least the label on the box says
H/W:E1).
> The Linux Wlan web page lists it as having a Prism3 SSF chipset:
> http://www.linux-wlan.org/docs/wlan_adapters.html.gz

<snip>

The revision E cards require that firmware be loaded on startup - there is
none on the card. This card is supported by the linux hostap project.

--Larry