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Running AR928X Wifi Card on this Netbook
I have no cable access. I must set up everything with wifi from the start. This is hard to do as my wifi is yet to be working.
[Yes I have followed the wiki. Seems my netbook will not work the way it is meant to]
I installed base and base_devel along with: wireless_tools, wep_supplicant, sudo
Lets start with this: I have no knowledge of Arch or even linux. I jumped from windows into arch by deleting my 250 Gb HDD for it. ^.^
What I did from Boot:
lsmod | grep ath9k
modprobe ath9k
ifconfig
iwconfig
wlan0
IEEE 802.11bgn Mode: Managed Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power= 20dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off
Encryption Key: off
Power Management: on
iwlist wlan0 scan
Come up with 23+ connections. All protected so I have to do this with MINE!
Here is the problem I am having. Assigning the WPA_PSK key to my network.
iwconfig <INTERFACE> essid <ESSID>
sudo mv /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf{,.bak}
echo "ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplcant GROUP=$USERNAME" | sudo tee /etc/wpa_supplcant.conf
wpa_passphrase '<ESSID>' '<PSK>' | sudo tee -a /etc/wpa_supplcant.conf
Can someone check the above code. I got it from a friend but I think he messed up.
sudo chmod 0600 /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i <INTERFACE> -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
This is where the problems starts:
"Failed to initialize control interface 'DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplcant GROUP='
Probably has something to do with the code that needs checking above. If thats the case I need a tut on how to remove the file.
Lastly:
dhcpcd <INTERFACE>
dhclient <INTERFACE>
Tutorial I followed and got this far: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p= … stcount=13
Last edited by Deities (2011-01-27 17:25:31)
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# wpa_passphrase mywireless "secretpassphrase" > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf/
Run this.
Then modify wpa_supplicant.conf to this.
network={
ssid="mywireless"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk=7b271c9a7c8a6ac07d12403a1f0792d7d92b5957ff8dfd56481ced43ec6a6515
}
Bring up your wireless interface, then run this.
# wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Output will show "Associated".
You can then run dhcpcd and verifiy with ifconfig.
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SOLVED!
Thanks a ton! Amazing support!
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Next time, just read the ArchWiki, then use the forums. It is a great knowledge source and has nearly every solution. The beginner's guide is a great starting point.
Also, edit the thread title and mark as solved.
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