[NCLUG] Help with wireless USB

[Ben West]

you bought a device designed to work with the actiontec dsl modem, which,
btw, is a linux-based device, but the driver is closed source, AFAIK.  I'm
not sure the device is configured to work the way you expect it to.

On Sun, Apr 4, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Bill Thorson <bill at tstorms.com> wrote:

>
> Folks,
>
> I am stumped and just want to see if someone local has the experience I
> do not.  I've scoured the net for ideas.
>
> I took a chance and just picked up a wireless-N USB device at Best Buy
> expecting that I could figure out how to make it work.  I have lived and
> worked in a strictly Linux ( Microsoft Free Zone(TM) ) since 1992.  In
> the old days I would have never spent money without knowing first.  I
> thought we were almost beyond those days.  I've built more drivers and
> kernels that any non-kernel developer should ever have to.  For the last
> few years I have carefully tried to avoid that.  That being said, here
> is the problem.
>
> I picked up an Actiontec Wireless N USB Adapter
> <http://www.actiontec.com/products/product.php?pid=196> at Best Buy a
> couple weeks ago.  Unknowingly, it is one of these cool new "driver
> less" devices.  In this case it means it shows up first as a USB disk
> with a windows driver and after windows installs the driver it becomes a
> net adapter and never shows up as a disk again.  That's cool, the
> fantastic Linux folks have already gotten beyond that weirdness.
>
> Anyway, as far as I can tell, the driver knows and supports my device,
> knows how to screw with the usb disk first stuff and should be able to
> work.  It just doesn't!  Any help appreciates and info below.
>
> Bill
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> OS: Ubuntu 910 (Karmic) with all updates
>
> root# cat /proc/version
> Linux version 2.6.31-20-generic (buildd at palmer) (gcc version 4.4.1
> (Ubuntu 4.4.1-4ubuntu8) ) #58-Ubuntu SMP Fri Mar 12 05:23:09 UTC 2010
>
> root# lsmod |grep zd
> zd1211rw               45472  0
> mac80211              181140  1 zd1211rw
> cfg80211               93052  2 zd1211rw,mac80211
>
> root# lsusb |grep Zy
> Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0ace:20ff ZyDAS
>
> root# modinfo zd1211rw
> filename:
>
> /lib/modules/2.6.31-20-generic/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/zd1211rw/zd1211rw.ko
> version:        1.0
> author:         Daniel Drake
> author:         Ulrich Kunitz
> description:    USB driver for devices with the ZD1211 chip.
> license:        GPL
> srcversion:     891EB6D7C8EF72E1D24FD0E
> alias:          usb:v0ACEp20FFd*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
>  ...
> alias:          usb:v0ACEp1211d*dc*dsc*dp*ic*isc*ip*
> depends:        mac80211,cfg80211
> vermagic:       2.6.31-20-generic SMP mod_unload modversions 586
>
> root# dmesg (edited for pertinent info)
> [1352654.940082] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
> [1352655.121201] usbcore: registered new interface driver zd1211rw
> [1352655.236169] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
> [1352655.236174]        (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth),
> (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
> [1352655.236178]        (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
> mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [1352655.236181]        (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
> mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [1352655.236184]        (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300
> mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [1352655.236187]        (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
> mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [1352655.236191]        (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300
> mBi, 2000 mBm)
> [1352684.344019] usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and
> address 5
> [1352684.476987] usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
> [1352684.477708] usb-storage: device ignored
> [1352684.477747] usb 1-5: Ejecting virtual installer media...
> [1352684.477754] zd1211rw: probe of 1-5:1.0 failed with error -22
>
>
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