DLink DWL-120+ -- inconsistent and 'non'persistent
Posted: Tue 06 Mar 2007, 01:27
Puppy 2.14, Pentium Celeron 2.4g mhz, 128mb, no swap, running off the live CD.
the drivers are from the DLink site -- had to download version 1.01 instead of 1.02, because where the former came zipped, the latter came as a single setup file. used ndiswrapper on the /XP/tiacxusb.inf file to make the module, then ran WAG, got online and placed the following lines in rc.local:
modprobe ndiswrapper
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid 2>/dev/null
dhcpcd -t 30 -h puppypc -d wlan0
it all looked to be routine. however, on rebooting i discovered i am neither able to create a persistent setup, nor does it always find the device. on those occasions when it does, i must run 'modprobe ndiswrapper' and then RutilT to connect to the profile i created. btw, though there are two open networks in the house, scanning reveals none.
fwiw, i'm a relative newcomer to the ways of Linux, and not really sure what to do next. i had no luck finding posts regarding this particular wireless. any suggestions? need more info? should i post the contents of dmesg?
just want to say one thing! i've had some success on another machine using the Netgear WG121 with ndiswrapper -- and that's prolly cuz' these forums are a virtual treasure chest of knowledge. my thanks to ALL
rich
the drivers are from the DLink site -- had to download version 1.01 instead of 1.02, because where the former came zipped, the latter came as a single setup file. used ndiswrapper on the /XP/tiacxusb.inf file to make the module, then ran WAG, got online and placed the following lines in rc.local:
modprobe ndiswrapper
ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0
rm /etc/dhcpc/*.pid 2>/dev/null
dhcpcd -t 30 -h puppypc -d wlan0
it all looked to be routine. however, on rebooting i discovered i am neither able to create a persistent setup, nor does it always find the device. on those occasions when it does, i must run 'modprobe ndiswrapper' and then RutilT to connect to the profile i created. btw, though there are two open networks in the house, scanning reveals none.
fwiw, i'm a relative newcomer to the ways of Linux, and not really sure what to do next. i had no luck finding posts regarding this particular wireless. any suggestions? need more info? should i post the contents of dmesg?
just want to say one thing! i've had some success on another machine using the Netgear WG121 with ndiswrapper -- and that's prolly cuz' these forums are a virtual treasure chest of knowledge. my thanks to ALL
rich