Excellent! A semi-official yet pithy response. Hopefully a good sign for the
future.
--- In "Derek" <> wrote:
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> --- In "th4rold" <tmstyhh@> wrote:
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> > 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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> Currently, there is a known issue with the zd_b.o + 2.4 kernel driver that
> causes lock-ups in the mere presence of a Wireless N network. The official
> T.S. stance is to move away from the IO Gear USB Dongle and find a
> replacement unit (the IO Gear Dongle is going EOL). We have not found an
> official replacement yet, but the Belkin F5D7050 with the Ralink RT2501
> chipset (rt73.o module) is working beautifully. I have made the drivers
> (binaries and source) and wpa_supplicant/wpa_passphrase available for
> download via FTP, but cannot support them at this time. In 24 hours at the
> time of this post, they can be found here:
> ftp://ftp.embeddedarm.com/tmp/rt2501_rt73_wireless/
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> You may download them sooner using the following link, but download speed
> will be limited:
> ftp://oz.embeddedarm.com/tmp/rt2501_rt73_wireless/
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> I hope this helps.
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Derek Hildreth
> --------------------------------------------
> Embedded Systems Engineer
> Technologic Systems
> 480.837.5200
> --------------------------------------------
>
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