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2k

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2006-02-17

Posts: 76

problems getting my rt2500 wireless card to see the network

hi there,

I have been struggling for a few days now trying to get my rt2500 wireless network card to see the network. I have got to a point where I am now stuck.

here is what /etc/conf.d/wireless

wlan_ra0="ra0 essid BTHomeHub-F288 key xxxxxxxxxx"
WLAN_INTERFACE=(ra0)

here is the network part of /etc/rc.conf

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
ra0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo ra0)

this is from /var/log/messages.log

Aug  4 15:28:00 black-hp dhcpcd[5738]: ra0: dhcpcd 3.0.17 starting
Aug  4 15:28:00 black-hp dhcpcd[5738]: ra0: hardware address = 00:90:4b:d6:30:8a
Aug  4 15:28:00 black-hp dhcpcd[5738]: ra0: broadcasting for a lease
Aug  4 15:28:30 black-hp dhcpcd[5738]: ra0: exiting

this is the output of ifconfig

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback 
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

ra0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:4B:D6:30:8A 
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1707 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:92178 (90.0 Kb)
          Interrupt:16 Base address:0x8000

and this is the output of iwconfig

ra0       RT2500 Wireless  ESSID:"BTHomeHub-F288" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power:-2 dBm   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xx   Security mode:open
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level:-120 dBm  Noise level:-80 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Appologies if i have done something really stupid, but this is the first time i have used wireless networking.

Thanks for any help offered
Mike

luca

Member

From: Rome

Registered: 2005-10-30

Posts: 280

Re: problems getting my rt2500 wireless card to see the network

Hi 2k,
maybe it's a problem with the association between access point and your wireless card.
from the output of iwconfig the security mode is open, try to change it in restricted;
modify /etc/conf.d/wireless in this way:

wlan_ra0="ra0 essid BTHomeHub-F288 key restricted xxxxxxxxxx"

2k

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2006-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: problems getting my rt2500 wireless card to see the network

Hi

thanks for your suggestion, I have altered the line in /etc/conf.d/wireless but i'm still having no luck accessing the network.

Mike

2k

Member

From: UK

Registered: 2006-02-17

Posts: 76

Re: problems getting my rt2500 wireless card to see the network

just a cheeky bump to see if anyone else can help?