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Old 11-18-2004
Pim Reinders
 
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Default SMC2802W_V2 on SuSe 9.2 (please contribute)

I tried to get my SMC2802W V2 wireless card working (SuSe 9.2), but I
couldn't make it happen.
The error I get at the concluding 'ifup wlan0' is:
ERROR: Could not determine device driver name
Anyone who can help me out, and contribute to a complete MSMD
Installation Guide?


Here is what I did (thanks to a Sept 20, 2004 post in
http://forums.suselinuxsupport.de/index.php):

- Used Yast to install ndiswrapper from the SuSe CD's (Version 0.10)

- downloaded the Windows driver for the SMC2802W_V2 card from:
http://www.smc-europe.com/english/index.html

- unpacked the downloaded file SMC2802Wv2_DRUT.zip (7250711 bytes)
(into my /home/myname/temp/ )

- descended into sub SMC2802Wv2_DRUT/Driver (found there the files:
2802W.cat, 2802W.inf, 2802W.sys, 2802W51.sys, Driver.2K, Driver.98,
Driver.ME

- wrapped the ndiswrapper around the Win driver by:
ndiswrapper -i 2802W.inf

- used Yast to do a new network card config:
Yast - Network Devices - Network Card - Change
- delete the existing wireless configuration (if any)
- go back to the initial Network Devices window
- choose Other Non-Detected
- choose Configure
- Kernel Module: leave Name of Hardware Configuration as it is:
'static-1'
- Leave Module Name and Options empty
- ad-hoc
- no encryption
- on-boot

- blocked the prism54 from loading at boot time:
- add prism54 to the file /etc/hotplug/blacklist
- Yast - System > /etc/sysconfig editor. Expand on the left
Hardware > Hotplug,
choose HOTPLUG_PCI_DRIVERTYPE_BLACKLIST and add inside the form
window /net/wireless
choose COLDPLUG_PCI_CLASSES_BLACKLIST and add inside the form
window 0d (zero d)

- checked (as root):
/sbin/lsmod |grep prism54
conclusion prism54 entries present

- rebooted

- checked (as root):
/sbin/lsmod |grep prism54
conclusion NO prism54 entries present anymore

- did:
modprobe ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper -m
ifdown wlan0
ifup wlan0

AT THIS POINT I GET THE ERROR:
ERROR: Could not determine device driver name
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