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Bauldrick at 17:22, 25 January 2007

Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 17:22:31 GMT

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	There is a list of devices that use the zd1211 chipset [http://zd1211.ath.cx/ here]		There is a list of devices that use the zd1211 chipset [http://zd1211.ath.cx/ here]

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	# Kernel that supports your dongle		# Kernel that supports your dongle

Bauldrick at 16:54, 25 January 2007

Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:54:54 GMT

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	<font color=red><small><center>Based on work from Sylver's article on Kuruboxwiki</center></small></font>		<font color=red><small><center>Based on work from Sylver's article on Kuruboxwiki</center></small></font>
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	This is based on my wireless dongle ([http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?prdid=321&subcatid=41 Safecom SWMULZ-5400]) that I have running and that uses the zd1211 chip, support for this chip is enabled in the 2.6 kernel - andre kindly maintains the upkeep of this kernel and the bootloader to install it on your system. I'm using an LS1(ppc) here, by the way. There is support for other chipsets in the kernel I believe - airo, bcm43xx, hermes, hostap, ipw2100, orinocco, prism54		This is based on my wireless dongle ([http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?prdid=321&subcatid=41 Safecom SWMULZ-5400]) that I have running and that uses the zd1211 chip, support for this chip is enabled in the 2.6 kernel - andre kindly maintains the upkeep of this kernel and the bootloader to install it on your system. I'm using an LS1(ppc) here, by the way. There is support for other chipsets in the kernel I believe - airo, bcm43xx, hermes, hostap, ipw2100, orinocco, prism54

	There is a list of devices that use the zd1211 chipset [http://zd1211.ath.cx/ here]		There is a list of devices that use the zd1211 chipset [http://zd1211.ath.cx/ here]
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Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:14:08 GMT

Requirements

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	# Kernel that supports your dongle		# Kernel that supports your dongle
		+	# More Linux knowledge than me - ([[User:Bauldrick\|Bauldrick]])

	==Installation==		==Installation==

Bauldrick at 11:50, 25 January 2007

Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:50:58 GMT

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	Currently I can't connect to the internet (apt-get etc...) whilst I have both wired ethernet port (eth0) and wireless (eth1) "up"		Currently I can't connect to the internet (apt-get etc...) whilst I have both wired ethernet port (eth0) and wireless (eth1) "up"
		+	You will need to do

		+	ifdown eth0
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		+	and then everything should be good to go. Obviously this means that the ethernet port can't be used for anything else (must be able to fix this?)
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		+	Put that into the start script, but becareful that eth1 has a connection, else you'll be locked out? (My box just reverted to 2.4, and so couldn't connect)

	Needs to be finished [[User:Bauldrick\|Bauldrick]] 20:50, 24 January 2007 (EST)		Needs to be finished [[User:Bauldrick\|Bauldrick]] 20:50, 24 January 2007 (EST)

Bauldrick at 11:24, 25 January 2007

Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:24:10 GMT

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	===WPA Interfaces===		===WPA Interfaces===
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	ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready		ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
	ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready		ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready
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		+	OK - Now you should be able to connect to your wireless dongle on the address you specified in /etc/network/interfaces under eth1
		+	If that works restart
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		+	reboot
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		+	Once it boots try connecting to your wireless dongle on the address you specified in /etc/network/interfaces under eth1.
		+	Hopefully you get a connection
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		+	==Things To Do==
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		+	Currently I can't connect to the internet (apt-get etc...) whilst I have both wired ethernet port (eth0) and wireless (eth1) "up"
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	Needs to be finished [[User:Bauldrick\|Bauldrick]] 20:50, 24 January 2007 (EST)		Needs to be finished [[User:Bauldrick\|Bauldrick]] 20:50, 24 January 2007 (EST)

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Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:50:00 GMT

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Bauldrick at 01:49, 25 January 2007

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Bauldrick at 01:44, 25 January 2007

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Bauldrick at 01:41, 25 January 2007

Bauldrick — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 01:41:09 GMT

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<center>Based on work from Sylver's article on Kuruboxwiki</center>

This is based on my wireless dongle ([http://safecom.cn/code/sub/category.asp?prdid=321&subcatid=41 Safecom SWMULZ-5400]) that I have running and that uses the zd1211 chip, support for this chip is enabled in the 2.6 kernel - andre kindly maintains the upkeep of this kernel and the bootloader to install it on your system. I'm using an LS1(ppc) here, by the way. There is support for other chipsets in the kernel I believe - airo, bcm43xx, hermes, hostap, ipw2100, orinocco, prism54

There is a list of devices that use the zd1211 chipset [http://zd1211.ath.cx/ here]

==Requirements==

# Kernel that supports your dongle

==Installation==

apt-get install wireless-tools

If you want WPA/2 support

apt-get install wpasupplicant

You'll be needing the firmware for your device (check for latest version - [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=129083 currently 1.3])

mkdir /lib/firmware
cd /lib/firmware
<nowiki>wget http://downloads.sourceforge.net/zd1211/zd1211-firmware1.3.tar.bz2?modtime=1167489439&big_mirror=0</nowiki>
tar -jxvf zd1211-firmware1.3.tar.bz2
mv zd1211-firmware zd1211

Now if you plug your device in you should see it (something similar to below)

dmesg

ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketrenol>
zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: firmware version 4725
zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: zd1211b chip 0ace:1215 v4810 high 00-02-72 AL2230_RF pa0 g---
zd1211rw 1-2:1.0: eth1
usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw

===WEP Interfaces===

Things won't work at the moment, we need to add a few things

pico /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.0.103
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1

wireless_essid <YourNetworkName>
wireless_key <YourSecurityKey>

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.101
network 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1

====WEP Start====
This starts the dongle at boot (don't know why I did it like this - I think you need just create a file with ifup & iwconfig)

pico /etc/init.d/wireless

#! /bin/sh

# /etc/init.d/wireless: start and stop wireless dongle

case "$1" in
start)
OK="0"
dmesg | grep -q eth1 && OK="1"

if [ "$OK" == "1" ] ; then
ifup eth1
iwconfig eth1 essid <YourNetworkName>
fi

echo -n "Starting wireless dongle"
;;
stop)
OK="0"
dmesg | grep -q eth1 && OK="1"

if [ "$OK" == "1" ] ; then
ifdown eth1
fi
echo -n "Stopping wireless dongle"
;;

# restart)
# ;;
#
# *)
# echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/wireless {start|stop|restart}"
# exit 1
esac

exit 0

===WPA Interfaces===

pico /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
network={
ssid=<YourNetworkName>
psk=<YourSecurityKey>
proto=WPA
priority=5
}

If you want to use WPA2, change proto=WPA to proto=WPA2

pico /etc/network/interfaces

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
address 192.168.0.103
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1

pre-up wpa_supplicant -Bw -ieth1 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
post-down killall -q wpa_supplicant

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.101
network 192.168.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1

==Installation cont==

Putting eth1 before eth0 in /etc/network/interfaces should bring up your wireless dongle (eth1) before the wired ethernet (eth0), but it doesn't for me?
So, I had to alter the network start file -

pico /etc/init.d/networking

case "$1" in
start)
doopt spoofprotect yes
doopt syncookies no
doopt ip_forward no

echo -n "Configuring network interfaces..."
ifup -a
ifup eth1
echo "done."
;;
stop)
if sed -n 's/^[^ ]* $[^ ]*$ $[^ ]*$ .*$/\1 \2/p' /proc/mounts |
grep -q "^/ nfs$"; then
echo "NOT deconfiguring network interfaces: / is an NFS mount"
elif sed -n 's/^[^ ]* $[^ ]*$ $[^ ]*$ .*$/\1 \2/p' /proc/mounts |
grep -q "^/ smbfs$"; then
echo "NOT deconfiguring network interfaces: / is an SMB mount"
elif sed -n 's/^[^ ]* $[^ ]*$ $[^ ]*$ .*$/\2/p' /proc/mounts |
grep -qE '^(nfs[1234]?|smbfs|ncp|ncpfs|coda|cifs)$'; then
echo "NOT deconfiguring network interfaces: network shares still mo$
else
echo -n "Deconfiguring network interfaces..."
ifdown -a --exclude=lo
ifdown eth1 --exclude=lo
echo "done."
fi
;;
force-reload|restart)
doopt spoofprotect yes
doopt syncookies no
doopt ip_forward no
echo -n "Reconfiguring network interfaces..."
ifdown -a --exclude=lo
ifdown eth1 --exclude=lo
ifup -a
ifup eth1
echo "done."
;;
*)
echo "Usage: /etc/init.d/networking {start|stop|restart|force-reload}"
exit 1
;;
esac

exit 0

Test to see if its working

ifup eth1
dmesg | grep eth1

If you are using WEP you may still see

zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: eth1
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

If this is the case you will need to do

iwconfig eth1 essid <YourNetworkName>

Do another

dmesg | grep eth1

Hopefully you should now see

zd1211rw 1-1:1.0: eth1
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth1: link becomes ready