Title:   Setup SanDisk compact wireless 
Subject: Thought it has prism2 chipset, only the Orinoco driver works
By:      John Streeton Stile
Date:    Sat July 17 13:56:29 PST 2004 
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SuSE9.1 
  Files to muck with:
    /etc/wlan/shared
    /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts/ifup-wireless
    /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-wlan-bus-pcmcia
    /etc/sysconfig/network/wireless
    /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts
    /etc/pcmcia/hostap_cs.conf
    /etc/pcmcia/config.opt
    /etc/pcmcia/wireless
    /etc/pcmcia/wlan-ng

  edit: /etc/wlan/wlan.conf  
    change WLAN_SCAN=n
        to WLAN_SCAN=y
    change SSID_wlan0=""
        to SSID_wlan0="all_your_base"

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shot in the dark
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ifconfig wlan0 up
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
    Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

iwconfig wlan0 essid VU-Campusnet
    Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

xsupplicant -i wlan0
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# iwpriv 
    lo        no private ioctls.

    sit0      no private ioctls.

    eth0      Available private ioctl :
    	      airoioctl        (8BE0) : set   8 byte  & get 2047 byte
    	      airoidifc        (8BE1) : set   8 byte  & get   1 int

    wifi0     Available private ioctl :
    	      airoioctl        (8BE0) : set   8 byte  & get 2047 byte
    	      airoidifc        (8BE1) : set   8 byte  & get   1 int

    wlan0     no private ioctls.
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# iwconfig wlan0 mode monitor
    Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
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# iwpriv wlan0
    wlan0     no private ioctls.
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# prism2_param wlan0 monitor_type 1
     wlan0     no private ioctls.

     Interface 'wlan0' does not seem to support prism2_param command.
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Note from some email: http://lists.linux-wlan.com/pipermail/linux-wlan-user/2004-March/012305.html
  the wlan-ng drivers do net yet fully support wireless extensions. as of
  now you need to configure the device via wlanctl-ng and/or the
  configuration files normally residing in /etc/wlan.
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# wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=all_your_base authtype=opensystem
  message=lnxreq_autojoin
  ssid='all_your_base'
  authtype=opensystem
  resultcode=success
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# dmesg & cardctl
# cardctl ident 
    Socket 0:
      product info: "SanDisk Corporation", "Wireless LAN Card", ""
      manfid: 0xd601, 0x0005
      function: 6 (network)
    Socket 1:
      product info: "Aironet", "PC4800"
      manfid: 0x015f, 0x0007
      function: 6 (network)

# cardctl info 
    PRODID_1="SanDisk Corporation"
    PRODID_2="Wireless LAN Card"
    PRODID_3=""
    PRODID_4=""
    MANFID=d601,0005
    FUNCID=6
    PRODID_1="Aironet"
    PRODID_2="PC4800"
    PRODID_3=""
    PRODID_4=""
    MANFID=015f,0007
    FUNCID=6
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