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muhammadbeig
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I tried the 2200 driver for my 2915 in my inspiron 9300 (sse2)

 

it works fine, it shows 4/5 networks in the network lists and it connects to the one i tell it to fine.

 

The only issue i think that's still there is that after every reboot I have to repeat the process of turning the wireless on and connecting to my network. And yea the LED does NOT turn on.

 

 

Thanks.

ciper
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The only issue i think that's still there is that after every reboot I have to repeat the process of turning the wireless on and connecting to my network. And yea the LED does NOT turn on.

 

This is coming from memory so please correct me if Im wrong but -

 

Open a terminal and move to the directory where the info.plist for the driver is. Edit the file and scroll down to the section labeled p_disable 1 and change it to 0. After reboot your card should power up automatically.

 

cd /System/Library/Extensions/iwi2200.kext/Contents/

sudo nano Info.plist

scroll to <key>p_disable</key> and under change <string>1</string> and change that to <string>0</string>

(ctrl+x) to exit and save then reboot

 

iwi2200 rev 323

 

fixed network list

 

ready to test

 

Very nice! I can verify that at least four networks show properly at my location. Not only that but the correct channel numbers are listed!

hello world: send network list

[1] 'power (00:06:41:d4:55:d9) ch:2'

[2] '2WIRE367 (00:0c:72:25:40:97) ch:6'

[3] 'doublepowerb (00:0d:b7:10:19:fa) ch:9'

[4] 'NETGEAR (00:09:5b:9e:24:66) ch:11'

select network or type 0 to return

 

I have updated the NetworkSelector page to reflect the change.

 

Is p_disable 1 the new default for iwi2200?

 

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muhammadbeig
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Thank you bro. I'll try this tonight.

 

One thing, will it remember which network to connect to after boot?

 

Also, this won't make my LED turn on, will it?

 

 

Thank you very much!!

 

 

Muhammad

 

This is coming from memory so please correct me if Im wrong but -

 

Open a terminal and move to the directory where the info.plist for the driver is. Edit the file and scroll down to the section labeled p_disable 1 and change it to 0. After reboot your card should power up automatically.

 

cd /System/Library/Extensions/iwi2200.kext/Contents/

sudo nano Info.plist

scroll to <key>p_disable</key> and under change <string>1</string> and change that to <string>0</string>

(ctrl+x) to exit and save then reboot

Brandon Holland
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Hey,

 

Is there a networkSelector for the iwi2100.kext? Cause it loads and registers perfect on my 2100. I just don't have any way of connecting it to anything. Is there development for a control method for the 2100 or has it been dropped? I might be interested in taking the 2100 on if it has been dropped. Let me know. Good job so far!

 

-bholland

jalavoui
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iwi2100 rev 332

 

changed start()

please post system logs so i can understand how it goes.

 

http://code.google.com/p/iwidarwin/

 

iwi2200

i can set p_disable=0 - this is the default for windows, but if i do so in mac os the driver will associate to the first netowk it finds!

 

best way to use networkselector is rebooting with the card powered on - this makes easy to use the (1) option. this is caused because i've hacked the 0x30...

 

Just got back from spain, how is the development going? I don't have time to go throught pages and pages of posts.

 

iwi3945/iwi2100

 

with small changes in code i think the drivers will start working. can you check last source code?

 

there's no networkselector code for this cards

 

 

If I remember well I removed the old kext before installing the new one.

But I did it again. Pls check the logs.

 

my mistake - the logs are fine, sorry

can you test the new release without deleting old .kext? it should work

 

 

iwi3945 rev 333

 

looks like the driver double call init_nic() in start(). let's see what it does now...

please post logs.

if you have xcode check the start() function

Brandon Holland
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Hey guys,

 

Here's sys logs of the new build for you. I managed to find a kill switch app for linux that was easy to port over and compile in XCode for my laptop. So I'll I need is a method to connect. Hope you guys get this working soon! Great Job!

 

-bholland

ioreg.txt

system.txt

muhammadbeig
muhammadbeig
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This is the expected behaviour. It does not show up as an airport card. It works as an ethernet card.

 

 

Can some one help me. Ive installed the iwi2200 kext and it has come up as an ethernet port not aiport card. How can i fix this?

 

 

So jalavoui, what you mean to say is, If I do the P_Disable = 0, it'll connect to the first open network that it finds?

 

 

Fortunately it works for me because most of the networks around my apartment are not open.

jalavoui
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I managed to find a kill switch app for linux that was easy to port over and compile in XCode for my laptop.

-bholland

 

can you post the source code?. i'd like to see it - it can be usefull for replacing old 0x30 networkselector code

 

 

iwi2100 rev 334

this version as all the code needed to scan, associate and connect to a open network

if this is not the 1st working version, it will be very soon

 

post system.log only (the file can be large because this version gives lots of output)

 

 

iwi2200 rev 335

check system.log for the message output. i think there's a relation with the mem leak bug

ciper
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Jalavoui: I have an idea. Could we have network selector changed so that when the card is turned on the LED is also turned on and when the card is turned off the LED is turned off? Also if p_disable is set to 0 it would turn the LED on when the driver is loaded and the card is powered?

 

Is there development for a control method for the 2100 or has it been dropped? I might be interested in taking the 2100 on if it has been dropped. Let me know. Good job so far!

-bholland

 

You should send a PM to Javaloui about being added to the project. Development for the 2100 isnt dropped exactly,,, just very slow. Your help would be fantastic!

 

Thank you bro. I'll try this tonight.

One thing, will it remember which network to connect to after boot?

Also, this won't make my LED turn on, will it?

Thank you very much!!

Muhammad

 

It wont remember which network to connect to but it should automatically power up and once you run the network selector the list of networks should be fully populated.

It won't turn your LED on automatically, though you could edit the same file and change the option for the LED. This should turn the LED on as soon as the driver is loaded (not nececssarily connected to anything)

 

Still not working :)

There have been many changes to the driver while you were away. For example the 2200 driver can now list all B networks in the area with channel numbers and you can choose which to associate with. Have you seen all the changes to the documentation on the project page? Look through the featured pages.

jalavoui
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Jalavoui: I have an idea. Could we have network selector changed so that when the card is turned on the LED is also turned on and when the card is turned off the LED is turned off? Also if p_disable is set to 0 it would turn the LED on when the driver is loaded and the card is powered?

 

the led status can be changed (in networkselectore) only when the card is powered off (works better this way but might fail some times).

 

in linux led is disabled by default. i'll keep this in mac os x for now - in past i have some hard bugs because of playing with the led

 

ciper, you sugestion already happens when p_led=1 and p_disable=0 in info.plist

 

in future it will be nice to have a way to save the p_xx using networkselector. can you help on this?

ciper
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the led status can be changed (in networkselectore) only when the card is powered off (works better this way but might fail some times).

 

in linux led is disabled by default. i'll keep this in mac os x for now - in past i have some hard bugs because of playing with the led

 

ciper, you sugestion already happens when p_led=1 and p_disable=0 in info.plist

 

in future it will be nice to have a way to save the p_xx using networkselector. can you help on this?

Oh the LED status should only be changed when the card is off? I didnt know because I dont have an LED to test with.

 

If the standard is to leave it disabled in Linux and there is incompatibility then I agree with leaving it alone

 

Having networkselector save the settings is a great idea. I will see what I can do.

 

I have another idea for NetworkSelector. Command line arguments that are processed in order one at a time like

 

networkselector -led 1 -power 1 -associate 6 -exit

 

One command would run then it would wait to complete before processing the next command. This would let us create script files to "automatically" configure the desired options. The "-associate 6" would tell it to try and connect to whatever SSID is on channel 6, would it be easier to specify the SSID?

britt
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help i downloaded file "iwi.3945dmg"

i tried to install as per instructions, but when it told me to copy matching NETWORK selector

i realised i dont have that file ?

it was supposed to be part of the package i downloaded ? but not there

and none of the links lead me anywhere but back to the instruction page ??

please help me find this so i can get my laptop online ??

i begggg please ?

thank you in advance

uridongsan
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2200bg freeze up after 30minutes! i dont know how to fix this anyone can anyone help me? it freezed while i was download 2gb file by bittorent and keep do this every thirty minute and i have to turn off my computer and comeback please helP!~!!!!!

ttorok
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Hi jalavoui,

 

iwi2100 rev 334

JaS 10.4.8 sse2

 

Upon booting up the desktop, computer hangs - hold power button to restart. This is a consistent problem.

 

Hope you'll clear the bug soon.

 

Same on my computer.

I've tried to load the kext manually as well -> frozen.

Install can be done w/o removal of old kext.

ciper
ciper
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Hi jalavoui,

iwi2100 rev 334

JaS 10.4.8 sse2

Upon booting up the desktop, computer hangs - hold power button to restart. This is a consistent problem.

Hope you'll clear the bug soon.

Can you try booting into safe mode and then restart back into normal mode to see if it still gets stuck? If still stuck boot into safe mode again and delete the iwi2200 folder and try to boot back into normal mode.

franky dv9064
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ok, maybe a dumb question but did anyone actualy managed to get the 3495 to work yet ? I downloaded and installed the iwi3495 and it show's in network but the utility isn't in the package and when using the utility from the 2200 package I get no result's or I'm to dumb ( I'm guessign the last)

 

Franky

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