rev e1 of dwl520..strange problem.

[Esteban Ribicic]

hi list,
something wrong iwth my dwl 520 (dlink) rev e1 ..
look this:

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26# uname -a
Linux home 2.4.24 #1 Sat Feb 7 19:23:09 ART 2004 i686 unknown
home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26#
home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26# ./iwconfig --version
iwconfig  Version 26
          Compatible with Wireless Extension v16 or earlier,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v12.

Kernel    Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.

wifi0     Recommend Wireless Extension v14 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.

wlan0     Recommend Wireless Extension v14 or later,
          Currently compiled with Wireless Extension v16.

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26# ./iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device wifi0 has been compiled with version 16
of Wireless Extension, while this program is using version 12.
Some things may be broken...

wifi0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"DejawuWifi"
          Mode:Master
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"DejawuWifi"
          Mode:Master
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ppp0      no wireless extensions.

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26#


but...when ifconfig:

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26# ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:50:BA:46:35:C6
          inet addr:172.0.0.1  Bcast:172.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:5085 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6020 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:29 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:527525 (515.1 KiB)  TX bytes:813980 (794.9 KiB)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xbc00

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:E8:92:98:C5
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:926 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:354628 (346.3 KiB)  TX bytes:89623 (87.5 KiB)
          Interrupt:10 Base address:0xc000

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:7160 (6.9 KiB)  TX bytes:7160 (6.9 KiB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:200.55.76.90  P-t-P:200.32.0.42  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:427 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:385 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:272095 (265.7 KiB)  TX bytes:32270 (31.5 KiB)

(wlan0 does not show up!)

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
          inet addr:172.0.1.1  Bcast:172.0.255.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:9 Memory:c487f000-c4880000

home:/usr/local/src/wireless_tools.26#


what can it be?
thanks!