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Ok, I have an eeepc 701, I have a wireless router 802.11g router and i cant seem to get arch to connect. If i run any version of ubuntu or its many offspring i can connect via the network manager tools. I dont want to run ubuntu, i want arch, for some reason no matter what i do after the arch install, i cant seem to connect to the wireless. I use a WPA key but as far as i know thats ok. I have tried to use netcfg and i have tried the wpa_supplicant but i am not sure what i am doing wrong. Anyone know a good way to get connected? I have other devices on the router so i know it works correctly. I just cant figure out how to get arch to connect. I had used the new installer 2009.02 if that helps any.
Thanks!
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Are you using NetworkManager?
Did you disable the network daemon in your /etc/rc.conf ?
If not, install wicd :
pacman -S wicdthen open /etc/rc.conf and put a ! before network in the daemons line. Then add wicd (make sure it's after HAL and/or D-bus)
I have wicd installed on my eee 701 and I find it to be much better than NetworkManager. Let me know how that goes
Last edited by scottuss (2009-03-02 08:26:09)
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Hi, I also noticed problems when trying to connect to a d-link wireless router with my 701 and a recent kernel. But connecting other routers still works. Now I use ndiswrapper instead of ath5k when I need to connect to the d-link router. Maybe your problem is the same?
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Ath5k, though in spirit is a good idea, it completely rendered any atheros device useless for me. Though it brought up the interface in both of my laptops, it never could connect or do it in a stable manner. I had to blacklist it and use ndiswrapper.
Last edited by bwh1969 (2009-03-02 11:28:47)
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Ath5k + wicd is working really well with the latest kernel (2.6.30 at the time of writing).
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