Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Card Configuration
Forum: Networking
Topic: Cisco Aironet 350 Wireless Card Configuration
started by: royvw56
Posted by royvw56 on June 18 2008,21:03
I'm new to DSL and am having difficulty getting my Aironet 350 card to work. I've tried several configurations, but nothing works--I cannot connect to a wireless router, with or without encryption.Here's some info on my card:
[/home/dsl]# cardctl ident
Socket 1:
product info: "3Com Corporation", "3CCFE575BT", "LAN Cardbus Card", "001"
manfid: 0x0101, 0x5157
function: 6 (network)
[/home/dsl]# cardctl config
Socket 0:
Vcc 5.0V Vpp1 5.0V Vpp2 5.0V
interface type is "memory and I/O"
irq 3 [exclusive] [level]
function 0:
config base 0x03e0
option 0x45 status 0x00 pin 0x00
io 0x0100-0x013f [16bit]
[/home/dsl]# cardctl status
Socket 0:
5V 16-bit PC Card
function 0: [ready]
[/home/dsl]# cardctl info
PRODID_1="Cisco Systems"
PRODID_2="350 Series Wireless LAN Adapter"
PRODID_3=""
PRODID_4=""
cdMANFID=015f,000a
FUNCID=6
PRODID_1="3Com Corporation"
PRODID_2="3CCFE575BT"
PRODID_3="LAN Cardbus Card"
PRODID_4="001"
MANFID=0101,5157
FUNCID=6
Here's the configuration command I've been using (key x'd out):
[/home/dsl]# iwconfig wifi0 mode managed essid runway channel 10 key xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Here's the result--no connection to essid "runway"! ?
[/home/dsl]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:0kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:176/10 Signal level:-114 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
wifi0 IEEE 802.11-DS ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457GHz Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate:0kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=0/65535
Retry limit:16 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:****-****-** Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality:176/10 Signal level:-114 dBm Noise level:-256 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
eth1 no wireless extensions.
The pump command results in a failure:
/home/dsl]# pump -i wifi0
Operation failed.
[/home/dsl]#
One thing I noticed in using iwlist--see below.
[/home/dsl]# iwlist wifi0 power
wifi0 Supported modes :
o Receive all packets (unicast & multicast)
o Receive Unicast only (discard multicast)
o Receive Multicast only (discard unicast)
Fixed period ; min period:0us
max period:5s
Fixed timeout ; min timeout:0us
max timeout:67.1078s
Current mode:off
Looks like the receiver mode is off. How do I turn it on?
Maybe this is my problem with this card.
Would appreciate some help with this.
Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on June 18 2008,23:54
Just a quick question: did you try the iwconfig gui tool? (in DSLPanel)
Posted by royvw56 on June 19 2008,00:31
Yes, I used the GUI tool, and no joy--it still did not connect.
Posted by royvw56 on June 19 2008,00:52
Well, I don't know what happened. I opened the DSL panel and clicked on "lwconfig" and "OK". The card connected! I did not enter any information--just accepted the defaults. However, when I do a 'iwlist eth0 scanning' I don't see the router that I'm connected to (looking at the hardware addresses listed).
Posted by royvw56 on June 19 2008,01:03
OK, I see the router I'm connected to now. I must have overlooked it earlier.
Posted by royvw56 on June 19 2008,01:11
Now I have it working with my router using encryption. I used the GUI in the control panel with the device name 'eth0'. This topic can now be considered closed. 