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#1 2008-01-12 15:10:44

A.I. BOT
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Registered: 2007-04-01
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Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

I recently resized my HD and installed Ubuntu because I couldent get my wireless working in Arch. Heres my problem.

In Ubuntu I would insert my CD that came with my dongle and run:

# ndiswrapper -i *.inf
# ndiswrapper -l
rt73 : driver installed
        device (050D:705A) present (alternate driver: rt73usb)
# modprobe ndiswrapper
# iwconfig wlan0
# ndiswrapper -m
# apt-get install rt2500

After these steps, wireless worked perfect. wlan0 showed up in ifconfig!

In Arch I would insert my CD that came with my dongle and run:

# ndiswrapper -i *.inf
# ndiswrapper -l
rt2500 : driver installed
        device (050D:705A) present why rt2500 and not rt73, and no rt2500usb?
# modprobe ndiswrapper
# iwconfig wlan0
# ndiswrapper -m
# pacman -S rt2500

After these steps, wireless did not work at all. wlan0 did not show up in ifconfig.

Is there something I am doing wrong?

Thanks.

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#2 2008-01-12 22:18:01

byte
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From: Düsseldorf (DE)
Registered: 2006-05-01
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Re: Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

http://opensource.bureau-cornavin.com/belkin/index.html

Your first choice should always be the linux driver, forget ndiswrapper.
There are PKGBUILDs in AUR, named rt2570-cvs and rt73-cvs.

Last edited by byte (2008-01-12 22:21:43)


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#3 2008-01-13 15:40:52

A.I. BOT
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Re: Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

Tried both packages, no change sad. Any other ideas?

Thanks.

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#4 2008-01-13 22:15:00

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Re: Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

Seems using:

[root@hell tyler]# ifconfig wlan0 up
[root@hell tyler]# iwconfig wlan0 essid linux
[root@hell tyler]# iwconfig wlan0 key [MYKEY]
[root@hell tyler]# iwconfig wlan0 channel 11
[root@hell tyler]# dhcpcd wlan0
[root@hell tyler]#
[root@hell tyler]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     RT73 WLAN  ESSID:"linux"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:A3:75:68:35
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:[MYKEY]
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level:-30 dBm  Noise level:-79 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

I get a connection it seems using that method, but how can I "switch" from eth0 to wlan0 to test and see if the connection is actually working (I do get an IP from wlan0 says ifconfig).

Thanks.

Last edited by A.I. BOT (2008-01-13 22:15:50)

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#5 2008-01-13 23:09:56

jacko
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Registered: 2007-11-23
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Re: Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

edit the rc.conf file. More or less u need to add it to the devices u want loaded at boot up. smile

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup or use netcfg 2.0.3

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#6 2008-01-13 23:58:26

A.I. BOT
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Re: Belkin Wireless G USB (Ubuntu & Arch)

I already added them I believe...

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)

is that what you mean by add the device to rc.conf?


When I unplug my wired connection (eth0) or do "ifconfig eth0 down" shouldent it default to wlan0 or will it default to lo?

Thanks.

Last edited by A.I. BOT (2008-01-14 00:00:41)

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