[NCLUG] Help with wireless USB

[Bill Thorson]

Ben,

Thanks for the reply.  The web page at actiontec, which i read after 
buying, says this:

    "the Adapter plugs into an external USB port on your desktop or
     notebook (a PC running Windows XP or Vista). Since all of the
     drivers sit directly on the adapter"

Surely it is closed source, but, it is using a driver that is in modern 
Linux kernels and does recognize the vendor and product IDs.  My chances 
should be high.

Bill

Ben West wrote:
> 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:
>
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>> 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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