fritz wlan usb installed but disabled

[flash63]

Hallo,
most of the older Medion Laptops need Acer-Hotkeys to enable WLAN. To determine that, you need the Medion MD-Number like MD96500 for your PC. Take a look at the bottom, there must be a sticker with Medion numbers.

By the way, ipw2200 don't work with rfkill.

Test it

sudo modprobe -rf ipw2200
sudo modprobe ipw2200 disable=0 led=1

(but i think it didn't work)

Unload the ipw2200 Module

sudo modprobe -rf ipw2200

The stick should now work.

You can use a new udev-rule for that

sudo gedit 10-wlan-stick.rules

Content

# UDEV-Rule for WLAN-Cards
# load/unload driver for int. wireless device

ACTION=="add", GOTO="device_check"
ACTION=="remove", GOTO="onboard_load"

LABEL="device_check"

### ignore flash-memory 
SUBSYSTEM=="block", ATTR{idVendor}=="057c", ATTR{idProduct}=="62ff", ACTION=="add", OPTIONS+="ignore_device"

SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057c", ATTR{idProduct}=="5601", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -rf ipw2200"
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057c", ATTR{idProduct}=="6201", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe -rf ipw2200"
GOTO="wlan_rules_end"

LABEL="onboard_load"

#SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057c", ATTR{idProduct}=="5601", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe ipw2200"
#SUBSYSTEM=="usb", ATTR{idVendor}=="057c", ATTR{idProduct}=="6201", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe ipw2200"
KERNEL=="wlan*", RUN+="/sbin/modprobe ipw2200"

LABEL="wlan_rules_end"

Activate it

sudo service udev reload

unplug/plug in the stick and test it in each case (the stick needs ~30 seconds after powering on to switch to wlan-mode)

iwconfig

[cholericfun]

Hallo,
most of the older Medion Laptops need Acer-Hotkeys to enable WLAN. To determine that, you need the Medion MD-Number like MD96500 for your PC. Take a look at the bottom, there must be a sticker with Medion numbers.

Hello,
its an MD 97600,
looks like it does use the acer hotkeys (although i'm not entirely clear if it is essential to get wifi running?). Installation is somewhat painful since Karmic.

i'll try out your other suggestions and see if they alone can produce any results.

Thanks!

[cholericfun]

By the way, ipw2200 don't work with rfkill.

Test it

sudo modprobe -rf ipw2200
sudo modprobe ipw2200 disable=0 led=1

(but i think it didn't work)

no it doesn't

Unload the ipw2200 Module

sudo modprobe -rf ipw2200

The stick should now work.

YES IT DOES! gladly without the acer hotkeys and its somewhat cumbersome setup.

will make it permanent with your other suggestions.
i'm practically clueless in regards to networks, so was really dependant on help.
Thanks a Million!

[flash63]

See http://forum.ubuntuusers.de/topic/ac.../#post-2670605 (German)

For Ubuntu 10.04 (with Connection over Ethernet Cabel or WiFi-Stick)

sudo apt-get install --reinstall linux-headers-$(uname -r) build-essential acerhk-source
cd /usr/src
sudo tar -xjf acerhk.tar.bz2

Edit the Makefile and change Line 561

sudo gedit /usr/src/linux-headers-$(uname -r)/Makefile

# KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= -pg

Build

cd /usr/src/modules/acerhk
sudo su
make 
cp acerhk.ko /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/ubuntu/
depmod -a

acerhk parameter for your MD 97600 is

sudo modprobe acerhk force_series=95400 autowlan=1
echo 1 | sudo tee /proc/driver/acerhk/wirelessled

Now the internal WiFi should work.

If it works ...

echo 'options acerhk force_series=95400 autowlan=1' | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/acerhk.conf

After a kernelupgrade you must recompile the module.

[cholericfun]

just a note,

the udev rules need to go into

/etc/udev/rules.d/

of course.

everything from there works nicely.
thanks a lot for your help.

[flash63]

the udev rules need to go into ...

Oh, sorry. That's right

sudo gedit /etc/udev/rules.d/10-wlan-stick.rules