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I'm trying to setup wireless for my laptop, an old HP Omnibook. I followed the Wiki to setup the Network and Wireless. I use ndiswrapper with the XP-Driver from the Dlink CD for my USB Dongle (DWL-G122 Rev. D), and according to dmesg it loads correctly. My Desktop is wired to the router (Dlink DI 524), the internet connection works.
My rc.conf (I can't do copy/paste - I'm writing this on my Desktop PC):
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid <myEssid> channel 6 key <myKey>"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)
INTERFACES=(lo wlan0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
ifconfig tells this:
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING ...
blablabla...
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr xxx..
inet addr:169.254.25.6 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST ...
blablabla...
iwconfig tells this:
lo no wireless extension
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate: 1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
...
Encryption key:<myKey> Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
...
iwlist wlan0 scan finds my AP.
I have several problems:
a) I can't set the ESSID with the command
iwconfig wlan0 essid <myEssid>
b) it doesn't work!
Any help appreciated!
Edit 1: It works without WEP! But I don't want to run an open network - any clues?
Edit 2: Finally I got it working, playing around with the router settings.
Last edited by chilebiker (2007-09-30 23:38:28)
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What in your router did you change, Im having kinda same problem
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i recently obtained a dwl-g122 rev b
i havent tried ndiswrapper i used
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/wiki/ind … =Main_Page
click on download then grab appropriate driver/module
that is if rev d still has the ralink chip
i found the pkgbuilds in aur nor whats in the repositories would work for me
i was able to set essid easily
i was unable to get it to work with arch64 but i didnt spend a whole lot of time with it yet
i havent used it much as i dont spend a lot of time on laptop plus i have cisco pcmcia wifi i use primarily
i got the dwl-g122 as to test out my skills on building a cantenna which is a project thats on the shelf currently .... dont know why i went into all of that but there it is
checkout serialmonkeys drivers
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@Tigertailz
I changed authentication from "Open system" to "Shared key" in the wireless settings of my DI-524 router.
@rayjgu3
The DWL-G122 Rev D uses a Marvell chipset. Ndiswrapper works fine with the supplied XP-drivers on the CD.
The DWL-G122 seems to be a very weak wireless receiver. When the signal quality falls below 20% my laptop has difficulties connecting to the AP. It will then get a strange IP, and only after two (!!) "/etc/rc.d/network restart" will it pick up an IP from the router. Strange but true - but it works! It took me a couple of hours and headaches to make it work though!
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