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rollps

Member

From: Bordeaux, France

Registered: 2006-01-13

Posts: 4

wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

Hi,
New to Arch (from Ubuntu), way better... if I can use my wifi card !!  :?

Fresh install of arch 0.7.1, then rt2x00-2.0.0-b3 driver, module is loaded at startup.

I configured the network with the "/etc/network-profiles/foo" way but without any success so far.

/etc/rc.conf :

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="arch"
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
INTERFACES=(lo)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
#gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
#ROUTES=(gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
NET_PROFILES=(alice)

/etc/network-profiles/alice :

#
# Network Profile
#

DESCRIPTION="Alice"

# Network Settings
INTERFACE=eth0
HOSTNAME=arch

# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="192.168.1.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

# DNS Settings (optional)
DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=213.36.80.1
DNS2=

# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID="ALICE-DA8063"
KEY="xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID key $KEY"

#WIFI_INTERFACE=eth0  # use this if you have a special wireless interface
                        # that is linked to the real $INTERFACE

#WIFI_WAIT=5            # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
                        # associate before bringing the interface up

#USEWPA="yes"           # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
#WPAOPTS=""             # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
                        # options (eg, "-D ipw")
                        # see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration

ifconfig :

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:A1:8E:06:53  
          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe8e:653/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:7 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2076 (2.0 Kb)  TX bytes:3536 (3.4 Kb)
          Interrupt:18 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:378 (378.0 b)  TX bytes:378 (378.0 b)

iwconfig :

eth0      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"ALICE-DA8063"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:03:C9:AC:9E:B1   
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:100   Sensitivity=10/0  
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   Security mode:open
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

and iwlist scan :

eth0      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:03:C9:AC:9E:B1
                    ESSID:"ALICE-DA8063"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54 
                    Quality=100/0  Signal level=-205 dBm  Noise level=-215 dBm
                    Extra: Last beacon: 120ms ago

I can't ping the router (192.168.1.1), I tried many other ways (/etc/conf.d/wireless), read all the wikis, forums...

I guess I am not far from making all this work but...

Thanks for any help 

anadyr

Member

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 225

Re: wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

hey I have exactly the same problem! (sorry for the double post)

jochen

Member

From: Germany

Registered: 2004-06-01

Posts: 102

Re: wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

Hi,
I remember having read that rt2x00 doesn't support encryption yet. Maybe you should consider using rt2500 instead (does the job for me -- but be sure to use a non-smp kernel).

anadyr

Member

Registered: 2005-02-10

Posts: 225

Re: wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

hmm I used the old RT2500 driver, and that onw worked fine, but I wanted to upgrade... well I.ll downgrade then...

brain0

Developer

From: Aachen - Germany

Registered: 2005-01-03

Posts: 1,382

Re: wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

hmm I used the old RT2500 driver, and that onw worked fine, but I wanted to upgrade...

It's really too early for that. The rt2x00 is far from working.

rollps

Member

From: Bordeaux, France

Registered: 2006-01-13

Posts: 4

Re: wifi setup : rt2x00 and Ovislink W54PCI

It doesn't seem to be a problem about encryption key cause I tried with WEP off and the result was exactly the same.
Will try rt2500 without SMP then...
and will let you know if it worked  :!: