wusb11 working in FC2?

[kenlin]

It worked fine in FC1, but I failed miserably in trying to get my wusb11 v2.6 working in FC2 Test 1,2,3. Anyone have it working in the final?

It uses the atmel at76c503a driver available at:

http://at76c503a.berlios.de/

and packaged at

http://www.thekelleys.org.uk/atmel

thanks

[kenlin]

I tried this out on an extra desktop at work and it still doesn't work. It can see that a usb device was inserted, but has no idea what it is.

This is frustrating, because it worked great in FC1. Guess I'll stick with SuSE.

[kenlin]

well, I came across this today. Looks like someone has packaged the berlios drivers for FC2. I'll try them on my spare desktop on Monday and report the results here.

http://www.niemueller.de/projects/extrpms/package.php?distro=fedora-2;package=at76c503a

Since no one has responded to this thread, maybe no one cares, but, I'll report my results anyway. :p

[ZeroVerteX]

kenlin, I'm very interested in your results. I could never get my wusb11 to work in FC1 or RH9. Please let me know how it goes!

[kenlin]

Bad news. I installed the rpm on my laptop, inserted the adapter, and my machine locked up tight. Had to power it off. Only way it will boot into fedora is with the adapter unplugged.

[jang]

well, I came across this today. Looks like someone has packaged the berlios drivers for FC2. I'll try them on my spare desktop on Monday and report the results here.

http://www.niemueller.de/projects/extrpms/package.php?distro=fedora-2;package=at76c503a

Since no one has responded to this thread, maybe no one cares, but, I'll report my results anyway. :p


I've tried drivers from this site before, and it worked on my RH9. Although I was doing it blindly, I don't know what I did before to get it working. I can't repeat the same thing right now. I've successfully installed the driver right now without any fuss, for fedora core 2, but I don't know what to do next. (using rpm) Do I do a modprobe? I don't know how to verify whether my hotplug is working. I've got another lan on the PC which is assigned as eth0. How do I do a modprobe for the driver of this WUSB11? Any help will be appreciated.

[d3viant]

you can do a modprobe as root in the terminal

you type modprobe MODULENAME to load up the module. If you want the module to load on startup, you can edit /etc/modules.conf and add the module name in.

To see if a hotplug has worked, type dmesg after plugging something in. This should (hopefully) show some recognition of the device at the bottom of the list.

EDIT:
at76c503a-0.12beta11_2.6.5_1.358-tn2.i386.rpm
I got that package and tried it the other day on FC2 - it locked the system. I tried it today on SuSE 9.1 personal and it works fine! I think that for proper support for USB in fedora, we are gonna have to wait for FC3!

[jang]

you can do a modprobe as root in the terminal

you type modprobe MODULENAME to load up the module. If you want the module to load on startup, you can edit /etc/modules.conf and add the module name in.

To see if a hotplug has worked, type dmesg after plugging something in. This should (hopefully) show some recognition of the device at the bottom of the list.

EDIT:
at76c503a-0.12beta11_2.6.5_1.358-tn2.i386.rpm
I got that package and tried it the other day on FC2 - it locked the system. I tried it today on SuSE 9.1 personal and it works fine! I think that for proper support for USB in fedora, we are gonna have to wait for FC3!


which part of the driver is called the modulename? at76c503a-0.12beta11_2.6.5_1.358-tn2 ??? or do I modprobe at76c* only?

Will try it tonight. :) TNX

[d3viant]

I think the module is called "at76c503" so you type modprobe at76c503 also modprobe at76c503_rfmd just to be safe! Then you unplug and plug in your device again and you should see something in dmesg.

EDIT FROM LAST POST: sorry, if you want modules to load on startup, you edit /etc/modprobe NOT /etc/modules.conf!

[jang]

I think the module is called "at76c503" so you type modprobe at76c503 also modprobe at76c503_rfmd just to be safe! Then you unplug and plug in your device again and you should see something in dmesg.

EDIT FROM LAST POST: sorry, if you want modules to load on startup, you edit /etc/modprobe NOT /etc/modules.conf!


Thanks for your help. I tried the commands you said, and it seems that the driver is installed, but I can't get it loaded. I finally tried the latest CVS as stated on the link above, and I get it working. I can ping the access point, but I don't know how to assign a DNS for the lan card using ifconfig command. Can I request for your help once again ? :)

[d3viant]

Ok, I THINK you assign a DNS name using the command iwconfig nick DNSNAME. I havent got a second pc that can actually see linux at the moment, so Im not sure if that works! If it doesnt, I think that there is an option somewhere in Fedoras system-config-network to assign a DNS name. Hopefully, that name would count for all outgoing connections. Try it out and post back!

[mpsii]

Use the HostAP utils from ATRpms.net

http://www.atrpms.net/dist/fc2/hostap-utils/

It will provide your desired functionality as well as "extra" functions for wireless bridging and access point usage.

[jang]

Ok, I THINK you assign a DNS name using the command iwconfig nick DNSNAME. I havent got a second pc that can actually see linux at the moment, so Im not sure if that works! If it doesnt, I think that there is an option somewhere in Fedoras system-config-network to assign a DNS name. Hopefully, that name would count for all outgoing connections. Try it out and post back!


tried /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 202.57.96.4 <----- being my nic name and dns server, but says unrecognised wireless request. System Tools/ Network Device control has an interface to change the dns on NICs. I have an eth0 device wherein I can cnange the DNS server, but since the wireless Linksys WUSB11 isn't supported, and I added the drivers manually, it isn't listed in the devices. So I don't have any way to change it's DNS. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

[jang]

Use the HostAP utils from ATRpms.net

http://www.atrpms.net/dist/fc2/hostap-utils/

It will provide your desired functionality as well as "extra" functions for wireless bridging and access point usage.


Is this a different driver from the one provided by http://at76c503a.berlios.de/ ? Would it be as easy to install as the driver by berlios? Will it be easier to configure? Or is this just an administration tool for the already installed driver from berlios?

Thanks too.

[mpsii]

Is this a different driver from the one provided by http://at76c503a.berlios.de/ ? Would it be as easy to install as the driver by berlios? Will it be easier to configure? Or is this just an administration tool for the already installed driver from berlios?

Thanks too.

This driver is a different driver all together and has worked well on my WUSB11 v2.5 and v2 devices. This should simply be the kernel modules and a couple of utilities for performing the Access Point functionality. However, you do not have to utilize the utilities just to get "normal" functionality from your devices.

[sayeeth]

Anyone on a working WUSB11 v2.5 device? Any step-by-step instructions would be most welcome and appreciated. I have a Linksys WUSB11 v2.5 Wireless USB Network Adapter. Thank you. :)

[james_in_denver]

Just got linksys wubs11 v2.8 wireless usb adapter to work with a linux 2.6 kernel.

Here's how I did it.

Downloaded the CVS tarball from http://at76c503a.berlios.de/support.html,
followed the instructions here: http://at76c503a.berlios.de/cvs.html

You should now have a source tree, cd into it, do a ./Configure, then a "make ; make install".

I added a line "alias wlan0 at76c503-rfmd" to both /etc/modules.conf and /etc/modprobe.conf.

cd into /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts.
copy ifcfg-eth0 to ifcfg-wlan0

edit the ifcfg-wlan0 file and comment out the hardware MAC address line.


run the command: iwconfig wlan0 essid "WLAN"
(looks like a good candidate to put into the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script

do a /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart. i

and BAM

you should be up and running.