NDC 2M Wireless LAN Download Readme first

Preface:

The source code of ndcpci11.tgz was successfully compiled under the following environment:

* Red Hat Linux release 6.0 + CLE v0.8
* kernel 2.2.5-15CLE
* gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux(egcs-1.1.2 release)

Install the source code into Linux:

1.In order to build the program, you must install the source code of NDC's InstantWave PCI linux driver first by the following commands.

tar -zxf ndcpci11.tgz
cd linux-ndcdrv-pci-1.1.r

2.And then, using the command to compile the driver.

make all

(If compile successfully, it will generate three files in the linux-ndcdrv-pci-1.1.r directory which name is load_program, chardev.o, and ndcdrv.o, respectively. The chardev.o is a char module used for downloading the firmware code and INI file to the wireless LAN card by the program load_program. The other program ndcdrv.o is the network module for packet transmission and reception.)

INSTALL THE LINUX DRIVER:

Before inserting the modules, you can edit the file wlpktisa.ini which is the INI file for configuring the wireless LAN card. The configuration contains the parameters of the wireless LAN card and the parameters that will be referred by driver in initialization.

By default, the content of the wlpktisa.ini is as follows:

sHI_DesiredESSID Wireless
u16PowerSavingControlMode 0
boInfrastructure 0
boRoam 1
u16RoamRxBeaconPercent 40
u8CurrentRegDomain 16
sPreferBSSID 00606f980002

Options you may modify are as follows:

(1). sHI_DesiredESSID

This option means the wireless domain name (ESSID). Please note
that it is case-sensitive.

(2). boInfrastructure

This option means the mode of your wireless network structure.
0=AD-HOC mode(not via AP) ; 1=INFRASTRUCTURE mode (via AP)

(3). boRoam

This option means whether the roaming mode is enabled.
1=enabled ; 0=disabled.

(4). u8CurrentRegDomain

This option means the carrier set.
USA (FCC) = 16
Canada (IC) = 32
Europe (ETSI) = 48
Spain = 49
France = 50
Japan (MKK) = 64

The NDC wireless LAN card is a PCI card, therefore you don't need to
detect the IRQ and IOBASE of your card.

1.First at all, you should insert the char module chardev.o in
order to download the firmware code and INI file to the wireless
LAN card by the program load_program.

insmod chardev.o

2.After inserting the module, the module would return a major
device number. For example, the message will be printed

Registeration is a success. The major device number is 254.

3.And then, use the major device number 254 to make character
special files. Such as:

mknod chardev c 254 0

(where "chardev" is the character special files, "254" is the
major number, and "0" is the minor number.)

4.After ensuring that the three files load_program, wlan.dwn
(firmware code), and wlpktisa.ini (INIFile) are in the directory
linux-ndcdrv-pci-1.1.r with the character special files chardev,
you can execute the program load_program to download the firmware
code and INI file to the wireless LAN card. If the process is
successful, the following messages may be shown:

Download Code Successfully

sHI_DesiredESSID: Wireless
u16PowerSavingControlMode: 0 (0x0) (0=CAM, 1=PS)
boInfrastructure: 0 (0x0) (0=AD-HOC, 1=INFRASTRUCTURE)
boRoam: 1 (0x1) (True if roaming is enabled)
u16RoamRxBeaconPercent: 40 (0x28)
u8CurrentRegDomain: 50 (0x32) (FCC=0x10, IC=0x20, ETSI=0x30, MKK=0x40, SPAIN=0x31, FRANCE=0x32)
sPreferBSSID: 00,60,6f,98,00,02
Finish Downloading the INIfile

5.Next, the network module would be inserted

insmod ndcdrv.o

If the network module is installed successfully, the following message would be printed. When you used the Ad Hoc network mode, the message would be shown:

Enable MAC Successfully

Else if the infrastructure mode is used, the message would be shown:

Enable MAC Successfully
Searching for Wireless LAN Access Point... Please Wait.
Connect Successfully

6.After finishing these installation procedures, the wireless LAN
network driver has been installed successfully.

THE DIAGNOSIS PROCEDURE:

After installing the network driver, you can use the following
example to verify whether your wireless LAN card is connected to the
wireless LAN or not. The Steps are as below:

1.execute "linuxconf" program.
2.configure "Basic host information":
2.1 go into "Config"->"Networking"->"Client tasks"->
"Basic host information",then setup one adaptor's
"Net device" name as "ndc" ,and choose the
"Config mode" that you want ,and enable the "enable"
option.Then tab to "Accept" and press it.
2.2 configure the "Name server specification (DNS)"
2.3 configure the "Routing and gateways"
3.After configuring the above 3 items,In the main menu,tab
to "act/changes" and press it .There will be another
screen shown ,then highlight "activat the changes" and
press it.After a few seconds ,the main menu will show
again.
4.Then tab to "quit" and press it,there will be another
screen shown that the system is not sync with the
configuration that you have made ,please highlight
"activat the changes" and press it to let the wireless
card work.After a few seconds,the screen will turn back
to linux text mode.
5.now, the card is working and you can execute "ifconfig"
to see the card's ip,netmask,etc. You can use "ping"
command to check whether the wireless LAN card is
working by pinging the AP. You can also ping another
wireless LAN station, an ethernet station or a remote
Internet host.

During the install procedures, some error messages may be shown
to let users verify their un-correct conditions:

The error message is shown during executing the program
load_program, the following messages may be shown:

Can not open the character special file: chardev
or
Can not open the firmware code file: wlan.dwn
or
Can not open the INIFile: wlpktisa.ini

Therefore, you need to check whether you lose one of these
three files or not.