Something wrong with my wireless (rt2800usb)

12o · 2012-04-19 05:19:35

I've been working on my desktop all day today, and suddenly my wireless just quit working for no apparent reason. I keep my Arch Linux current, and even recently updated with pacman (this morning). While I was online, my connection dropped and I can't seem to bring it back up. I've rebooted which didn't work. I removed the USB device and plugged it back in, and in the dmesg I get:

$ dmesg | tail

it87: Found IT8721F chip at 0x290, revision 1
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0 link is not ready
usb 2-4: USB disconnect, device number 3
usb 2-4: new high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
usb 2-4: reset high-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd
ieee80211 phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'minstrel_ht'
Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::radio
Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::assoc
Registered led device: rt2800usb-phy1::quality
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0 link is not ready

I searched the forums for anything on rt2800usb and didn't find anyone with this problem.

$ iwconfig wlan0

wlan0      IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
           Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not Associated   Tx-Power=20dBm
           Retry   long limit:7   RTS thr:off    Fragment thr:0ff
           Power Management: on

I use the following commands to connect the wireless:

$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i wlan0 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
$ sudo dhcpcd wlan0

Normally, I get a connection, but now dhcpcd just times out.

I'm not too knowledgeable with commands or where things are located, so I hope you can bear with me.

Thank you in advance.

12o · 2012-04-19 06:16:38

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#1 2012-04-19 05:19:35

Something wrong with my wireless (rt2800usb)

#2 2012-04-19 06:16:38

Re: Something wrong with my wireless (rt2800usb)

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