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I'm following the Wireless Setup guide on the Wiki but I just can't seem to connect to my wireless router.
My driver is rtl8187 which is part of the kernel. It shows up in dmesg and ifconfig -a. I can scan for networks but I just can't seem to connect to them, even with encryption turned off on the router. Am I doing somthing wrong?
The relevent part of /etc/rc.conf:
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid jwifi"
# wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid jwifi rate 5.5M auto"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
This is all I get:
# /etc/rc.d/network restart
:: Stopping Network [DONE]
:: Starting Network [BUSY]
err, wlan0: timed out
warn, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.208.46
I can scan for and find my router just fine:
# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:10:9E:89:52
ESSID:"jwifi"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=39/64 Signal level=47/65
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000000009ae43d
Cell 02 ...
I tried adding "rate 5.5M auto" to wlan_wlan0 in /etc/rc.conf as suggested in The Rtl8187 Wiki but I get the same result.
Last edited by emphire (2008-06-24 00:57:49)
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I don't know about the old way, but try setting it up with netcfg2, which is the preferred way now.
I guess that guide should be updated, now that netcfg2 is the in core.
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Thanks. I will try netcfg2 and added a note to the wiki article.
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Hey, this might be a longshot, but I had a similar problem with a different RT card. Everything seemed setup right but it would just not connect to the AP.
After much frustration it turned out that I had to specify the AP address, and then it worked. A little later I found a shortcut, in that all I had to do was set AP to auto and it would connect.
In short, set it up like normal with essid, key and everything and then do:
iwconfig wlan0 ap auto
Hope this helps, Wittfella
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Thanks vogt and Wittfella. I setup netcfg2 and I wifi is up and running now.
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So add [solved] to the topic!
PS. edit the first post to change the topic
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