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

["naturalwatt" <>]

--- In  "th4rold" <> 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

I can confirm that the md5sum given i the same as the one I had working.

Just one possibility (happens more with GSM modems than Wifi) but is your power 
supply marginal?  The extra load when the radio is in use might be causing 
brown-outs.

> 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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