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lkraemer

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Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 37

[SOLVED] - ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - Wifi Access Point not Associated

I've previouly installed Arch in the past, and didn't have trouble getting my Wifi working for the install.

I've booted the New DVD-RW of Arch I downloaded, and tried to setup my Wifi.  UDEV installed the Ath9k
drivers, and I can bring up wlan0 and configure my essid and WEP key.  But, I can't get my Access Point
to be associated, and ping doesn't work.

iwconfig wlan0

displays everything properly except that the Access Point isn't associated.  I've tried both

dhcpcd wlan0
dhclient wlan0

and nothing seems to work.

What am I overlooking?  Has anyone got their Wifi functional before the install?

Thanks.

Larry

Last edited by lkraemer (2012-08-06 15:00:40)

ewaller

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Re: [SOLVED] - ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - Wifi Access Point not Associated

I don't know if it is on the DVD, but can you post the output of iwlist scan when run as root?

Are you using a pass phrase, or are you entering the key in hex?

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lkraemer

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Registered: 2012-02-18

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Re: [SOLVED] - ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - Wifi Access Point not Associated

I'm entering my WEP key as HEX, but I've also tried as Passphrase.

After several attempts I finally got it working.  I had tried several times and I didn't have a typo.
So, I don't know what was wrong, but it wasn't associating when the key was correct.

Thanks.

Larry

lkraemer

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Registered: 2012-02-18

Posts: 37

Re: [SOLVED] - ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - Wifi Access Point not Associated

Sometimes I have to use this command

iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyESSID" key aa8d25184f27b7ae7b05e04213

and other times I must use:

iwconfig wlan0 essid "MyESSID" key "aa8d25184f27b7ae7b05e04213"

to get the Access Point associated.  The key is all HEX Code.

Why the difference in commands at times?  It just doesn't make sense.

Thanks.

Larry

tedbell

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Registered: 2012-08-04

Posts: 167

Re: [SOLVED] - ArchLinux-2012.08.04 - Wifi Access Point not Associated

I had the same problem so I ran these commands after the iwconfig wep command:

ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 up
route add default gw <your routers address>

and then...

ping -c 3 www.google.com

to test.

dhcpcd doesn't seem to be working in this new version.

Last edited by tedbell (2012-08-06 05:52:43)