[SOLVED] Connecting to network in zsh using USB wireless card.

didinium · 2013-08-22 22:38:01

I'm trying to install Arch on a computer that has a n300 Belkin USB wireless card, any ideas on how to get it to recognize the card/connect to the internet?

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WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 22:41:06

Have you done any research yourself about how to do this, or even the hardware itself?

didinium · 2013-08-22 22:45:28

I've looked around the internet for solutions, but have yet to find any.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 22:50:43

Thats funny, because when I google "Belkin n300 Linux" I get all kinds of results...

didinium · 2013-08-22 22:55:33

Those show ways of getting it to work on an already installed system. I have used those exact same search results in the past to get it working on my Ubuntu systems. My problem is; trying to get it to work on a system that is installing Arch linux. I can't get the files to create the base system from the mirrors because I don't have network connection.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-22 23:00:41

You still haven't said anything about the actual chipset of the card, of if you have actually tried anything. Around here, we try to help people, but we don't do it by holding your hand and telling you what to copy and paste. The idea is to help you help yourself. You can start by figuring out a clear and descriptive way in which to ask your question, while also providing as much detail about the situation at hand, and the steps which you have tried.

Considering that you are installing the system, you should be at least finding instructions on how to connect wirelessly from the beginners guide, which should also then link you to the wireless wiki page. There you will find in depth instructions on how to determine what kind of HW you have in front of you and how to figure out if it is compatible with Linux.

didinium · 2013-08-22 23:18:03

I'm sorry, I misexplained. I am able to see the networks, but connecting always fails.

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Trilby · 2013-08-23 00:42:30

*headdesk*

No, you never misexplained anything. That implies that you explained it wrong which requires that you have explained it - you haven't ... at all.

We have no crystal balls - but this is as step by step as you'll get here: follow the steps on the wireless connection page of the wiki already referred to. Post actual output and error messages from those commands. Saying "connecting always fails" tells us nothing. What step fails? How does it fail?

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didinium · 2013-08-23 02:11:07

Ok, you're right, I gave basically no information and, I'll start from the beginning. I set up my interface then go into netctl's wifi menu. I highlighted my Wi-Fi network then pressed enter. When prompted to give my password, I entered (I'm absolutely sure it was correct), then pressed enter. I waited a couple of seconds then a blue screen came up with a box saying:

Connecting Failed, would you like to save <profile>

I tried it again and it returned

job for netctl<profile>.service failed.

. I then tried to manually connect with

iwconfig wlan0 essid [i]ssid[/i] key s: [i]key[/i]

to which I got:

operation not supported -95

Oddly enough, I can not replicate that, I now get:

Error for wireless request "set encode"(8BZA)
       set failed on device <interface>

That's where I'm up to now. Again, I'm sorry for being so unclear and unhelpful.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-23 02:16:21

So tell us about your network. What kind of security are you using and whatnot? Unless you are using WEP (which you shouldn't be) you cannot simply use iwconfig to associate with the network. Though reading through the wireless page on the wiki would have told you this.

didinium · 2013-08-23 02:26:06

I am using wep, is that a problem?

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-23 02:30:50

I have heard WEP described as being to networking security like using a wet paper towell for contraception, and I agree.

In any case, if you must use WEP, it is likely that you are not using the right form of the Key= in the netctl config. Check out /etc/netctl/examples/wireless-wep and see how it is done there. The wifi-menu function cannot generate these hex formatted keys on its own.

didinium · 2013-08-23 02:54:40

Turns out I needed to append hexadecimals with \". WonderWoofy, thank you so infinitely much, you have no idea how good it feels to finally be able to connect! And again, I apologize for how unclear I was at the beginning, I don't know what I was thinking.

WonderWoofy · 2013-08-23 03:23:38

Please heed the warning about the wet paper towell...

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