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tyr0

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Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 152

networkconnection fails

Hi, I am new to this forum and I am new to archlinux in general. Nice to be part of the community.
I have Problems with my wirelesscard (rt2570). After installing the serialmonkey driver and configuring rc.conf and /etc/conf.d/wireless it does not connect to the internet automatically. At startup it shows the failure:

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device rausb0 ; Network is down.

So I have to enter "iwconfig rausb0 essid linksys key ******" every time and restart the network in order to connect. Error still occurs, however, it connects after some time.

I want my network to connect automatically. Hope you can help me.

rc.conf:

rausb0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo rausb0)

/etc/conf.d/wireless:

wlan_rausb0="rausb0 essid linksys key *************"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(rausb0)

Thank you!

franzb

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From: Hanover / Germany

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: networkconnection fails

Install networkmanager (look in the wiki for setup instructions)
If you use KDE, I'd also recommend installing knetworkmanager graphical front end.

Cheers
Franz

tyr0

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Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 152

Re: networkconnection fails

Thank you for your answer. I commented all the entries in /etc/conf.d/wireless out and configured rc.conf.

rausb0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo !rausb0)
[...]
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network dbus hal netfs crond alsa cups dhcdbd networkmanager)

However, knetworkmanager doesn't show a network to configure.
Maybe someone posts his /etc/conf.d/wireless and rc.conf.
Thank you for your help!

franzb

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From: Hanover / Germany

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: networkconnection fails

Can you please post the output of iwconfig?

franzb

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From: Hanover / Germany

Registered: 2005-02-07

Posts: 27

Re: networkconnection fails

Did you select the option "show wireless networks" in knetworkmanager? My installation came with it disabled by default.

tyr0

Member

Registered: 2007-06-02

Posts: 152

Re: networkconnection fails

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

rausb0    RT2500USB WLAN  ESSID:"linksys"  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:14:BF:3C:CA:B3
          Bit Rate=48 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=85/100  Signal level:-57 dBm  Noise level:-93 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Here it is an yes it is enabled. At the moment I try to edit the network script (bad idea I think ) and put the informations in rc.local which I have to type in manually now .

EDIT: The adjusted network script and the rc.local serve the purpose meanwhile. Errors are gone, however, tips are still welcome.

Last edited by tyr0 (2007-06-24 21:54:46)