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ArchMan

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 19

Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

Dear forumates:D,
I just installed ArchLinux because its the only distro you choose what you do with, not a long Linux rider i had Ubuntu for 2months wireless worked out of the box (ASUS WL-167g). Now being forced to work from my fathers computer i am working from Win, the router is connected with this one so i did run>cmd>ipconfig and thats my results:

IP Address............: 192.168.1.64
Subnet Mask.........: 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway....: 192.168.1.254

if you need them.. I really need internet connection because without it i cant take a step forward... Please help tell me what to do:
USB i am using and worked perfect to Ubuntu: ASUS WL-167g
Router witch worked on Ubuntu and didnt in Arch: SpeedTouch 585i THOMSON

Please help i will wait anxiously,
ArchMan from greece

i tryed everything three days now i search search ask  other forums but today i said enough i need help from people who have more knowledge that the others!

Last edited by ArchMan (2008-05-31 19:13:03)

TheSaint

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From: my computer

Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,523

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

You may  either try network-manager or set manually your route.
You just find which eth? or wlan? is assigned to your USB dongle.

ifconfig eth? 192.168.1.64 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add eth? default gw 192.168.1.254

this will give you immediate access. Better to check route statement, I'm a bit confused about its correctness

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint

ArchMan

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 19

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

Sorry to say i didnt understood anything please some explanation would be helpful!

tigrmesh

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From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

This wiki page may help you:  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Configuring_network.

You can also set up networking from a live CD as described here (you can use your ubuntu live cd):  http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ins … _Interface  And chroot into your Arch system.  That way you'll have access to pacman and google (through the links text-mode web browser); then you can find the right driver and install it.

Edit:  Welcome to Arch!

Last edited by tigrmesh (2008-05-31 19:30:02)

ArchMan

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 19

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

Well guyz thanks for answering so fast but as i said above I probably dont need a driver it works out of the box its made for Linux too so i have to configure my connection which probably is gonna be difficult for a noob like me:rolleyes::(, Thats why I ask your help:cool:

ArchMan

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Registered: 2008-05-31

Posts: 19

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

Well guyz tryed what you said today but nothing can someone explain in a short of how to how to get this working?

Last edited by ArchMan (2008-06-01 07:05:14)

Enfield

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From: United Kingdom

Registered: 2008-03-25

Posts: 10

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

I just bought a new wireless PCI card that supposedly has linux drivers for it. They didn't work so again like I did with my wireless usb dongle I used ndiswrapper to get it working.

Here, go to the ndiswrapper page. http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup

TheSaint

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Registered: 2007-08-19

Posts: 1,523

Re: Wireless Usb and /etc/rc.config problem

Post here what you see when you type ifconfig into a console.

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do it good first, it will be faster than do it twice the saint