[laptop-discuss] Help required to get wireless card working under solaris 10

[Quaker Fang]

Gordon Renfrew wrote:

> # ifconfig ral0 dhcp
> ifconfig: ral0: wait timed out, operation still pending...
> #

Please make sure your access point is NOT on WEP mode.

>
> However, no led's light on the card and I can't get dhcp to work.

No power led's light of card? please try to plug out and plug in again.
Please use #prtconf -v, and paste the output here.

> I also installed the wificonfig utility from  
> http://opensolaris.org/os/community/laptop/wireless/wificonfig/ but 
> when I do a scan no network is found

Please make sure you use the wificonfig v0.2.

--
Quaker

> but I believe this is because my wireless card doesn't seem to be 
> active(wireless functionality through windows works ok).
>
> /var/adm/messages output from removal/refitting of card
> --------------------------------------------------------
> Nov  4 21:38:29 ibrox genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] 
> /pci at 0,0/pci161f,2032 at a/pci1799,701a at 0 (ral0) offline
>
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox gld: [ID 944156 kern.info] ral0: ralink driver 
> 1.0: type "ether" mac address 00:11:50:8f:a6:ed
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox cardbus: [ID 401171 kern.notice]   Bus   2 
> Device  0 Function  0 Vendor 0x1814 Device 0x0201 Name pci1814,201
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] ral0 is 
> /pci at 0,0/pci161f,2032 at a/pci1799,701a at 0
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] 
> /pci at 0,0/pci161f,2032 at a/pci1799,701a at 0 (ral0) online
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox pseudo: [ID 129642 kern.info] pseudo-device: 
> devinfo0
> Nov  4 21:38:48 ibrox genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] devinfo0 is 
> /pseudo/devinfo at 0
>
> Thanks
>
> Gordon
>
>
>
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