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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?
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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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Tried both packages, no change . Any other ideas?
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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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edit the rc.conf file. More or less u need to add it to the devices u want loaded at boot up.
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup or use netcfg 2.0.3
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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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