[clue-tech] Need Help Installing MN-510 USB Wireless Network Adapter

[Russell Glissmann]

Brian;
Just for the sake of reference, could you state what exactly you did to get
this adapter up and running?  I don't have the adapter, but you never know
what I, or others, will come up with.

Thanks!
Russ

On 12/26/06, Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Finally got it working. 12 hours is a long time to get a wireless adapter
> up and running.  Rather than search for how-tos for my specific adapter I
> searched for those with the same chipset and managed to find one.
>
> It turns out ifup/ifdown does more than just ifconfig alone.  Also the
> Networking GUI is sorely lacking in configuration settings.  I had to set
> everything in the /etc/network/interfaces file.  Good news though I found
> out during my research that in Fiesty Fawn they are planning on overhauling
> the networking---a lofty goal being zeroconf networking.  We'll see how far
> they get.
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com>
> To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 9:30:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [clue-tech] Need Help Installing MN-510 USB Wireless Network
> Adapter
>
> I didn't get as far with ndiswrapper as I did with linux-wlan-ng.  In
> fact, the network GUI displayed wlan0 as a wired connection.  So going back
> to linux-wlan-ng... here's output from dmesg
>
> <SNIP>
> [38111.829368] prism2usb_init: prism2_usb.o: 0.2.5 Loaded
> [38111.829379] prism2usb_init: dev_info is: prism2_usb
> [38111.832483] usbcore: registered new driver prism2_usb
> <SNIP>
> [39131.597601] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, address 2
> [39140.502673] usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and
> address 3
> [39140.681625] usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [39142.146051] hfa384x_usbctlx_complete_sync: CTLX[3] error: state(Request
> failed)
> [39142.146078] prism2sta_getcardinfo: Failed to retrieve NICIDENTITY
> [39142.146090] prism2sta_getcardinfo: Failed, result=-5
> [39142.146097] prism2sta_ifstate: prism2sta_getcardinfo() failed,result=-5
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Brian Gibson <bwg1974 at yahoo.com>
> To: CLUE tech <clue-tech at cluedenver.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 4:07:07 PM
> Subject: [clue-tech] Need Help Installing MN-510 USB Wireless Network
> Adapter
>
> I got a notebook drive for Christmas, so I'm resurrecting my laptop. I
> installed Xubuntu 6.10 with minimal fuss.  I'm currently trying to get
> wireless working.  The MN-510 is a prism chipset.  I've successfully
> installed the linux-wlan-ng package and created an unencrypted connection to
> the wireless access point by following the readme provided with the package.
>
> However, I've been unable to get the wireless to automatically connect to
> the AP after a restart.  The readme glosses over what's referred to as
> hotplug scripts.  I do not have a /etc/hotplug/ directory nor do I know
> where these provided scripts are located as they don't appear to be in
> /etc/wlan/.  Most Google searches end up with people who got as far as I
> did.  Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Meanwhile I'm going to see about using the ndiswrapper method and see if I
> get further.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Brian
>
>
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