[lwlan-user] D-Link DWL-G520 with linux-2.6.0-test7

[Stuart Gilbert]

Hi, I recently purchased a D-Link DWL-G520 wireless network card and
fitted it in my computer. I managed to get the card working incredibly
easily in Windows, so at least I know it's working, but I use Gentoo
about 100 times more than I use Windows and so it would be nice to get
it working in Gentoo.

I've installed various things.

wireless-tools-27_pre2
linux-wlan-ng-0.2.0-r2 (downgraded from 0.2.1_pre11 to try a more stable
version)

I've installed the modules that I should need for this card:
Module                  Size  Used by
ath_pci                42160  0
ath_hal               113248  2 ath_pci
wlan                   54056  2 ath_pci

I've edited /etc/conf.d/wlan.conf and entered "ath0" at WLAN_DEVICES
I've left it scanning default channels with default times and set
WLAN_SCAN to 'y'.
I changed the bottom part to:

SSID_wlan0="linksys"
ENABLE_wlan0=y

and then I have set up my /etc/conf.d/wlan-linksys as follows:


#=======USER MIB SETTINGS=============================
# You can add the assignments for various MIB items
#  of your choosing to this variable, separated by
#  whitespace.  The wlan-ng script will then set each one.
# Just uncomment the variable and set the assignments
#  the way you want them.

#USER_MIBS="p2CnfRoamingMode=1 p2CnfShortPreamble=mixed"

#=======WEP===========================================
# [Dis/En]able WEP.  Settings only matter if PrivacyInvoked is true
lnxreq_hostWEPEncrypt=true     # true|false
lnxreq_hostWEPDecrypt=true     # true|false
dot11PrivacyInvoked=true    # true|false
dot11WEPDefaultKeyID=0        # 0|1|2|3
dot11ExcludeUnencrypted=true    # true|false, in AP this means WEP is
required.

# If PRIV_GENSTR is not empty, use PRIV_GENTSTR to generate
#  keys (just a convenience)
# add-ons/ in the tarball contains other key generators.
PRIV_GENERATOR=/sbin/keygen    # nwepgen, Neesus compatible
PRIV_KEY128=false        # keylength to generate
PRIV_GENSTR=""

# or set them explicitly.  Set genstr or keys, not both.
dot11WEPDefaultKey0=KE:YF:RO:MR:OU:TE:R        # format: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx   or
dot11WEPDefaultKey1=        #         xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
dot11WEPDefaultKey2=        #  e.g.   01:20:03:40:05   or
dot11WEPDefaultKey3=        #         01:02:03:04:05:06:07:08:09:0a:0b:0c:0d
#=======SELECT STATION MODE===================
IS_ADHOC=n             # y|n, y - adhoc, n - infrastructure

#======= INFRASTRUCTURE STATION  ===================
# What kind of authentication?
AuthType="sharedkey"        # opensystem | sharedkey (requires WEP)

#======= ADHOC STATION ============================
BCNINT=100            # Beacon interval (in Kus)
CHANNEL=6            # DS channel for BSS (1-14, depends
                #   on regulatory domain)
BASICRATES="2 4"        # Rates for mgmt&ctl frames (in 500Kb/s)
OPRATES="2 4 11 22"        # Supported rates in BSS (in 500Kb/s)



Whenever I try /etc/init.d/wlan stop I get the following:

* Shutting Down WLAN Devices...
wlanctl-ng: Operation not
supported 

[ ok ]

/etc/init.d/wlan start only gives me the following:

* Starting WLAN
devices... 

[ ok ]

and a following ifconfig gives me eth0 and lo and that's all.

iwconfig gives me this:

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device ath0 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 15.
Some things may be broken...

ath0      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate=1Mb/s   Tx-Power:off   Sensitivity=0/0
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0



Now, I've tried everything I can think of. I've looked all over for
changes to make to get rid of that "Driver for device blah blah..."
message but it stays no matter what I do.
Can someone please help me in any way?

Thanks a lot in advance.

Stuart Gilbert.