[gentoo-user] Init Scripts, net, and LinuxAnt DriverLoader

[gentoo-user] Init Scripts, net, and LinuxAnt DriverLoader

[Leigh Stewart]

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Hi All,
I'm having a bit of trouble trying to get the Gentoo net init scripts to
play nice with the linuxant driverloader ndiswrapper.

First, yes I have tried (read: struggled) with ndiswrapper a fair bit with
no luck...I can only get my card to connect to an unencrypted channel with
ndiswrapper, and am not able to set any parameters, including the encryption
key.  driverloader works however, for the most part...

So anyway here are some specs first:
card: Linksys WPC54G v4
driver: wlipnds
relevant lspci line: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of
Cisco Systems [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter (rev 01)
driverloader version: 2.33

now my problem is that when I try to start the interface created by the
installed driverloader module using /etc/init.d/eth1... , it fails
miserably.  by fails miserably i mean it is unable to connect to my

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[gentoo-user] Re: Init Scripts, net, and LinuxAnt DriverLoader

[Leigh Stewart]

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sorry, i accidentally sent that prematurely.

as i was saying, the init scripts fail to set the encryption key and connect
to my network.  using iwconfig otoh i am able to set the essid, enc key and
etc and connect to the AP of choice.

worse, after running the init script the card becomes completely  unable to
connect--using iwconfig methods after using the init scripts has no effect,
and even unloading the module , reloading it, and retsarting the
driverloader init scripts does not remedy the situation.

my question is can  anyone tell me what the init scripts are doing in
addition to what i would like them to do (execute the commands in
/etc/conf.d/wireless) that may be clobbering my driver/card? any idea why
the same commands work just fine usinmg iwconfig??

thanks in advance

On 4/30/06, Leigh Stewart <agrodellic@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
> I'm having a bit of trouble trying to get the Gentoo net init scripts to
> play nice with the linuxant driverloader ndiswrapper.
>
> First, yes I have tried (read: struggled) with ndiswrapper a fair bit with
> no luck...I can only get my card to connect to an unencrypted channel with
> ndiswrapper, and am not able to set any parameters, including the encryption
> key.  driverloader works however, for the most part...
>
> So anyway here are some specs first:
> card: Linksys WPC54G v4
> driver: wlipnds
> relevant lspci line: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Linksys, A Division of
> Cisco Systems [AirConn] INPROCOMM IPN 2220 Wireless LAN Adapter (rev 01)
> driverloader version: 2.33
>
> now my problem is that when I try to start the interface created by the
> installed driverloader module using /etc/init.d/eth1... , it fails
> miserably.  by fails miserably i mean it is unable to connect to my
>
>

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