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[ts-7000] Re: Can't get wifi working on TS-7260 and TS-7300

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Subject: [ts-7000] Re: Can't get wifi working on TS-7260 and TS-7300
From: "th4rold" <>
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 04:45:19 -0000
Hi Blair,

--- In  "Blair" <> wrote:
>
> Where did you get the driver?  I used one that came off the Debian dongle.  
> However, that driver is definitely buggy.  Ad-hoc sort of works but I found 
> that you have to bring the device down to switch networks.

These were the drivers that  came with the board, already flashed.  I also 
found a driver zd_b.o on the TS site but the checksum is the same as the one I 
already had.

If you know of another driver I can try, do tell!

> 
> I did try to compile a newer version of the driver but for some reason it 
> doesn't see the Iogear device.  Bleah. Once again, lousy support from TS on 
> something.
> 
> This does point to a larger question for people though.  Does a plain PC/104 
> (not PC/104-Plus) 802.11 card exist?  I need to network 7260's but USB isn't 
> really a viable option for it and I need an external antenna.

I could use exactly the same thing!  Another option that is not really viable 
in my case was to use a wireless router at the ethernet port.

Thanks,
-harold

> 
> 
> --- In  "th4rold" <tmstyhh@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I've been trying to get Wifi working on the TS-7260.  I have gotten as far 
> > as insmodding zdb.o, which does create a network interface (cat 
> > /proc/net/dev shows that wlan0 exists) but if I try:
> >   ifconfig wlan0 up
> > the whole machine hangs up!  Not instantly but always within a couple of 
> > seconds.  This happens with both the TS-7260 and TS-7300 which I used just 
> > for testing.
> > 
> > zdb.o has md5sum:
> > ea5d1c980a6de67caac2a3fe4935fce5  zdb.o
> > Both machines boot the ts11 kernel, the TS-7260 runs TSLINUX from flash, 
> > and the TS-7300 runs Debian from the SD card.
> > The USB Wifi adapter is an Iogear GWU523, but the same issue arises with a 
> > Belkin F5D7050.
> > 
> > There's been just one mention of a machine locking up that I can find, but 
> > there was no resolution 
> > (http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/ts-7000/message/7118).
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > -harold
> >
>




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