Rtl8187

BlueFightingCat · 2008-01-07 07:34:03

Hi,

I have finally ensured that my RTL8187 works. My "wlan0" interface shows up so I can safely assume that my RTL8187 driver works. However for some reason I am having problems getting a connection. I have checked the forums and wiki but I am still a little confused about which way to go.

Can anybody share their experiences about what software they used to manage their networks (network, networkmanager, wicd.....etc.)? How did you set it up?

This is for my desktop so I want it to connect to my wireless network automatically each time I boot. I use WEP security (for now, I plan to use WPA when things settle down). I have also synched my system so everything should be up to date.

BFC

jacko · 2008-01-07 15:36:13

did u check out netcfg v2? its in the testing repository, so u will need to enable that in pacman.conf.

There is a whole thread about it here and is being actively developed at this time.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=41897 may or may not help

Last edited by jacko (2008-01-07 15:37:00)

Martyr · 2008-01-07 18:58:44

For some options see this thread.

BlueFightingCat · 2008-01-07 19:34:54

Thanks guys for your input. However I have already seen these options and tried them but to no avail.

Oh and I installed "wlassistant". That seems to find all available networks in my area. However fails to connect to my network. In addition to this when I do a "iwlist wlan0 scan" I get "no scan results".

Any other ideas?

BFC

Last edited by BlueFightingCat (2008-01-07 19:38:15)

BlueFightingCat · 2008-01-08 20:07:17

Hi,

I tried using netcfg2 but when I try and connect I keep getting the following error:

Error, wlan0: timed out
- DHCP IP lease attempt failed

What does this mean? How do I fix it?

Here is the rest of my info:

ifconfig:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:60:4F:04:A5
inet addr:82.181.2.87 Bcast:82.181.7.255 Mask:255.255.248.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21d:60ff:fe4f:4a5/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:27864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3105 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:3517332 (3.3 Mb) TX bytes:691159 (674.9 Kb)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0x8000
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:60:4F:1D:19
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:21 Base address:0xa000
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:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2527 (2.4 Kb) TX bytes:2527 (2.4 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:29:2E:51
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-15-AF-29-2E-51-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 -00
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

BFC

Last edited by BlueFightingCat (2008-01-08 20:12:29)

BlueFightingCat · 2008-01-09 20:21:40

Ok. I did some testing. I temporarily removed my WEP protection. NETCFG2 then managed to connect without any problem. However when I open my browser and try to connect to any page it just loads forever and nothing happens. So obviously there is something wrong with the connect. The same happens when I use WPA security.

Also it seems that my previous problem was caused by my WEP security. Here are my NETCFG2 profiles. I am using ARCH64 so the latest NETCFG2 is not yet available to me.

My profile with WEP:

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
IFOPTS="dhcp"
SCAN="YES"
SECURITY="wep"
ESSID="Malta"
KEY="************"
IP="dhcp"

Here it is without WEP:

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
IFOPTS="dhcp"
SCAN="YES"
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="Malta"
KEY=""
IP="dhcp"

This is what used with WPA:

ONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="Malta"
KEY="********"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20

Am I somehow making a mistake in my profiles?

BFC

Last edited by BlueFightingCat (2008-01-09 20:36:43)

mikoro · 2008-01-09 20:30:43

Hi BlueFightingCat, I also was fighting few days ago with my pcmcia wireless card which is based on rtl8185 chipset. I finally got it working and here's what I did:

- downloaded driver source from Realtek's site (buried quite deep...)
- compiled, installed and modprobed all the modules included
- ifconfig wlan0 up
- iwlist wlan0 scanning -> worked!

Then I had lot of trouble actually getting connected to my network, but eventually I got it working by following this wikiarticle. Hopefully this helps at all

Mr Green · 2008-01-09 20:45:29

just tried scanning for my network [sudo iwlist wlan0 scan] and it worked connecting may be a different thing but I will get round to testing it soon

lilsirecho · 2008-01-09 20:51:18

Change tile to (solved)

BlueFightingCat · 2008-01-10 12:37:24

Hi,

I don't think this issue is solved. Whilst Mikoro was kind enough to provide a solution I think its too complicated.

I still think that there is something small preventing NETCFG from working. It would be great if we could try and sort it out since NETCFG would provide a very easy way to setup a Wireless system.

BFC

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#1 2008-01-07 07:34:03

Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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Re: Rtl8187

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