Need help with wireless networking

vassie · 2006-10-28 21:47:00

Hello
I have spent ages trying to get wireless networking up and running for ages now, and I am now ready to give up
I have four wireless cards to choose from
Linksys WPC54G
D-Link DWL-G650+
D-Link DWL-610
SafeCOM SWLCR-1100
I have tried ndiswrapper and madwifi, and I just cannot get it working
Can someone tell me the best card from the above list to use, and how to get it working
Thanks
Ben

ploxiln · 2006-10-29 03:41:15

I won't bother to look up which of your cards have chipsets which have linux drivers, but here is the general order of operations to getting wifi working in arch:

1) get the driver for you card installed, to the point that running "iwconfig" detects it

2) edit "/etc/conf.d/wireless" with the proper settings. You'll add the cards network-device name to "WLAN_INTERFACES" in this file, and then specify a new network-device name for it, like "wlan2", with the iwconfig parameters it needs

3) add the new network-device name you created to rc.conf's network handling part like you would your normal wired network connection

after this the wireless will be controlled via the /etc/rc.d/network service

good luck. I remember having lots of fun getting my wireless to work

fyllemisstaget · 2006-10-29 09:04:52

Buy a computer with ipw2200 onboard...it's soo sweet and easy to get it working

vassie · 2006-10-29 11:26:51

Thanks for the reply ploxiln, however it's step 1 i'm having problems with
Ben

rayjgu3 · 2006-10-29 13:03:35

do you have the cd that came with the card?
if so use the .inf file from it
ndiswrapper -i /path/to/*.inf
modprobe ndiswrapper
ifconfig -a
if not listing the new net device its the wrong *.inf
if it does
is your router set wide open no wpa/wep.... accepting dhcp
if so
dhcpcd wlan0 or whatever new net device is named

what does hwd -s tell you about it

you say you got several cards did you uninstall the .inf before trying the next

& well thinking bout it check this out see my post
a simple search of Linksys WPC54G
D-Link DWL-G650+
if you still cant figure it out tell us what youve tried

I have spent ages trying to get wireless networking up and running for ages now, and I am now ready to give up
I have tried ndiswrapper and madwifi, and I just cannot get it working

is not very descriptive

vassie · 2006-10-30 06:43:36

Thanks for your replys, I'll have another go at it tonight
Ben

byte · 2006-10-31 02:52:58

Wow, nobody mentioned 'dmesg'? Just boot up as normal, then insert a card and see the last lines of dmesg output.

erosa · 2006-11-01 01:57:42

Also, keep in mind some wireless cards (actually it's usually the driver) are not able to connect to access points which do not broadcast the ESSID. That happened to me when upgrading the kernel modules for my WUSB11 v2.6.

colnago · 2006-11-01 15:49:21

Linksys WPC54G -> Broadcom 94306 -> I don't know

D-Link DWL-G650+ -> acx111 -> watch the version/firmware: http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Firmware

D-Link DWL-610 -> rtl8180 -> use windows driver and ndiswrapper -or- madwifi-ng compiled from source -or- NEW: http://rtl8180-sa2400.sourceforge.net/

SafeCOM SWLCR-1100 -> another rtl818x card.

I have had good luck with a dlink pci DWL-510 (rtl8180) and madwifi-ng compiled from source (add ath_pci to modules in rc.conf).

The gentoo wiki is a good resource. Of the cards you have, I would go with one of the realtek based ones, just because I have used them in the past w/o trouble. From a quick search, it looks like they should all work fairly easily.

My 510 was able to see the access point w/o the essid broadcast, but I have had it not work in the past with a netgear wg-111. You can tell with iwconfig, it will not take the essid when you set it, it will just say 'off/all'. The channel seems to be auto only sometimes as well.

Good luck.

majikstreet · 2006-11-01 17:42:13

Linksys card: There seems to be a couple of revisions for it, so I wouldn't use that one...

I would say one of the Dlink ones as those seem to be pretty common, though the G650+ has two revisions...
So, probably the DWL-610....
http://www.realtek.com.tw/downloads/dow … e#RTL8180L

has drivers -- try the Windows XP one.. and use ndiswrapper -- there should be a guide on the wiki..
(hmm - on that page it says something about a linux driver.. hmm.)
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … diswrapper

Mr Green · 2006-11-01 18:12:54

I have an issue with r8187 I cannot get wlan0up to run from rc.local to load modules/start network I have to run from terminal as root once logged in (which is a pain!)

#!/bin/sh
#
# /etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script.
#

#read KEY #read boot up messages 
chown -R mrgreen.users /proc/bus/usb/*

wlan0up

just wondering now if I should add full path :? [oops may get wrong again for cross posting /me hides]

colnago · 2006-11-01 21:06:49

Hi Mr green,

I add lines to /etc/conf.d/wireless and then /etc/rc.d/network seems to work for me. I am not sure what your modules issue is though.

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