wlanctl-ng trouble

[BIS]

Hallo All,

posted this also in the ubuntu forums (Breezy) - thought I would give it a shot here as well...

Trying to get my prism2 usb nic working, Did

apt-get install linux-wlan-ng
modprobe prism2_usb
depmod -a

then

wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable

I get

wlanctl-ng: No such device

lsmod lists (edited):

prism2_usb 67204 0
p80211 30992 1 prism2_usb
usbcore 104188 4 prism2_usb,usbhid,uhci_hcd


Any ideas on where to begin?

 

[Chacalinc]

FROM: ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/README

FOR USB USERS:

A) Make sure your kernel usb support is running
B) Plug in the Prism2.x USB device
C) Run 'modprobe prism2_usb [red]prism2_doreset=1[/red]' to load the driver into memory.
D) Run 'wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable' to initialize the
driver+MAC functions.
E) Run 'wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid=<your ssid> authtype=opensystem'
to enable the MAC in Infrastructure Station mode.
F) Run 'ifconfig wlan0 <your IP address>'

Or, you can use the provided hotplug scripts, if your distribution has
hotplug support.

IMPORTANT: Due to an issue with some versions of the Prism USB firmware, the driver usually needs to perform a port reset.

Chacal, Inc.

 

[BIS]

Hmm, same problem.

You know, I get a feeling this isn't a prism2 chipset after all.

Does anyone know of any way to sort of scan the usb port and figure out what chipset this is? There is nothing in dmesg...

This is a Philips cpwua054/00 usb dongle, just wondering what I can do until they come back to me, to figure out what chipset this thing has...