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#1 2007-02-22 16:13:16

Mr Green
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Testing wireless network

wlan0     No scan results

from iwlist wlan0 scanning

Set up rc.conf as follows 

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)

Just wondering if I have set up rc.conf up correctly.....?

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#2 2007-02-22 16:18:44

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Re: Testing wireless network

As far as I know wireless device has to be setup in /etc/conf.d/wireless. There You can add option for your wi-fi connection (essid, key, ap address).Also check if modules for your wifi are loaded at boot.

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#3 2007-02-22 16:27:26

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Re: Testing wireless network

thanks ... laptop [ubuntu] picks up wireless router no problem ....

I am confused as to what settings I need in /etc/conf.d/wireless

wlan0 is up .... but does not find anything

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#4 2007-02-22 21:44:29

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Re: Testing wireless network

Mr Green - forget all about WLAN_INTERFACES and conf.d/wireless - that is so old it creaks.  Take a look at /etc/network-profiles and make a new one for your wireless device - all will be come very clear!

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#5 2007-02-22 23:17:58

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Re: Testing wireless network

I think you have to do a
ifconfig wlan0 up
before the scanning works with
iwlist wlan0 scanning

Cheers,
Blind

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#6 2007-02-23 07:25:34

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Re: Testing wireless network

@dtw read it on wiki page yeah I will get rid of it ... network-profiles wow there it is lol

@Blind yeah I did run that then wlan0 shows up in ifconfig scanning is not working yet ;-) ...

thanks for your help,

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#7 2007-02-23 08:03:49

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Re: Testing wireless network

#
# Network Profile
#

DESCRIPTION="Default Network Profile"

# Network Settings
INTERFACE=wlan0
HOSTNAME=Arch

# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1

# DNS Settings (optional)
DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.0.1
DNS2=

# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=mrgreen
KEY=123456789
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"

WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0   # 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
#AUTOWPA="yes"          # automatically configure WPA
#PASSKEY=""             # wpa passkey/phrase. for use with AUTOWPA
wlan0     802.11b/g  ESSID:"mrgreen"  
          Mode:Managed  Channel=1  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   
          Retry:on   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          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

not quite there yet .... wlan0 is up [have to run ifconfig wlan0 up] does not start from boot?

[Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.

when restarting network......

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#8 2007-02-23 15:17:03

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Re: Testing wireless network

just tried wireless in virtualbox [windows_xp] and scanning works ;-( so I am doing something wrong that for sure

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#9 2007-02-23 17:59:55

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Re: Testing wireless network

Mmmh - I always got that last message when I forgot to turn the device on (but since it works in the virtualbox....) or something was wrong with the module or firmware. Try reloading the module?

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#10 2007-02-23 18:05:41

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Re: Testing wireless network

figuring that .... r8169 does not load everything the crypt stuff for example XP [shivers] picks up r8187 right off

no goggling show that error message is not a real problem the fact that scanning does not work points to the modules either not loading or are wrong

thanks for your help kinda in the dark when it comes to wireless....

/me where did I put that wireless router !

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#11 2007-02-23 19:07:22

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Re: Testing wireless network

You may not be able to scan with your device in Linux at all.  The drivers may not support it even if you can scan in Windows.  Not saying that is the case but it is something to be aware of.

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#12 2007-02-25 16:36:54

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Re: Testing wireless network

Ok ... fired up wireless router laptop [ubuntu!] picks it up no problem .. me wifi media player finds router too so no problem there now would like to connect to my desktop so I can play rock on my media player.

Seen it done under XP surely Linux can do it ?

Feel the Dark Side calling me Vista Arrrghhhhh!!!!

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#13 2007-02-25 19:13:52

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Re: Testing wireless network

[ ~ ] > iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:60:B3:53:27:36
                    ESSID:"mrgreen"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Channel:11
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
                    Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 22 24 36 48 54 
                    Quality:93  Signal level:0  Noise level:25
                    Extra: Last beacon: 64ms ago

Getting better all the time....

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#14 2007-02-25 22:27:33

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Re: Testing wireless network

If you miss the ease of Windows and (K)Ubuntu, why don't you use (K)NetworkManager? No X?

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#15 2007-02-26 16:11:24

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Re: Testing wireless network

Well tested wireless network under virtualbox [windows_xp guest!] run ubuntu on my laptop as its not connected to the web [atm!] but ubuntu does not like running ad-hoc which is the way I was going to go to connect laptop to media-device...

The only other way is to give a static address to both....

The Archos 604wifi is Linux based running Opera web browser [could get Arch running on it lol!]

So state of play I can get Desktop to see my wireless router [Arch!] but it does not pick up media device..... [yet!]

Media device again works fine with wireless router no problem

What I want... is to get Desktop talking to media device sort of media server if you like... theres a thought

Ahh well will keep trying odd that I am the only Arch user that uses wireless lol

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#16 2007-02-26 20:08:20

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Re: Testing wireless network

You surely are not the only Arch user using wireless. But I cannot make sense of _anything_ you are writing. What is "Desktop"? How does it "see your wireless router" and why is the router "[Arch!]"? What does "Desktop talking to media device sort of media server if you like" mean? What is "media device" anyway? Do you mean 'router'? Is it yours? How is it set up? WEP, WPA, Mac filtering, ...?

Maybe it is my own English (I am not native) that is obstructing. But I think part of the problem is that you never stated what the situation actually is and where you would like to go from there. Noone can help effectively if certain basics are not clear.

Do you really want to use network-profiles? Or would you rather like to use a program like NetworkManager that provides an applet by means of which you control which network to use?

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#17 2007-02-27 07:19:07

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Do not worry I will figure it out myself, Its hard to explain what I want to do....

Desktop = my main pc

Basically I want my pc to find my media device [which is wifi capable!] so I can share my music files with it

network-manager is not what I was looking for tried it....

Of course I am not the only Arch user who uses wireless that was meant as a joke ....

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#18 2007-02-27 14:09:40

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Re: Testing wireless network

#
# Network Profile
#

DESCRIPTION="Default Network Profile"

# Network Settings
INTERFACE=wlan0
HOSTNAME=Arch

# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="192.168.3.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.3.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.3.1
#IFOPTS="dhcp"

# DNS Settings (optional)
#DOMAIN=localdomain
#DNS1=192.168.0.1
#DNS2=

# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=mrgreen
KEY=
IWOPTS="mode ad-hoc essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"

#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0   # 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
#AUTOWPA="yes"          # automatically configure WPA
#PASSKEY=""             # wpa passkey/phrase. for use with AUTOWPA

Trying to get ad-hoc working again still iwlist does not show anything. ....

Mr Green

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