[SOLVED] RT61 with WPA

superrad · 2008-06-24 12:13:59

I've just installed arch with kdemod, really like it so far but the only thing i haven't been able to get working is my wireless.
I have tried searching but none of the other topics helped me and have installed the driver (and added it to modules instead of rt61pci) as it says on the guide but i'm a bit unsure what to do to get it working with WPA http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RT61_Wireless
I currently have my computer connected through a wired connection until I can sort out the wireless.
Here is the output of iwconfig

[benji@myhost ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     RT61 Wireless  ESSID:"Belkin54g"  Nickname:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level:-121 dBm  Noise level:-111 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

Output of ifconfig

[benji@myhost ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:D3:4D:04:EE
          inet addr:192.168.2.4  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4493 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5244 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3280337 (3.1 Mb)  TX bytes:1217637 (1.1 Mb)
          Interrupt:20 Base address:0x6000

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:205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:205 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:8146 (7.9 Kb)  TX bytes:8146 (7.9 Kb)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:50:DE:2A:C4
          inet addr:169.254.230.53  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4103 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6633 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:483427 (472.0 Kb)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:21

and the network part of my /etc/rc.conf

eth0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid Belkin54g"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(wlan0 eth0)

gateway="default gw 192.168.2.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)

If you need anymore information then ask.

Last edited by superrad (2008-06-25 19:03:33)

superrad · 2008-06-25 01:34:01

I have tried just about every guide I can find about RT61 with WPA but still had no luck, I noticed that the rt2x00pci driver is installed aswell, could it be that the 2 drivers are conflicting? If so which one should i remove?

EDIT: Sorry to keep posting but had a look on the routers settings page and saw this:

UPnP Disabled
NAT Enabled
Firewall Enabled
Wireless Enabled
Mode Mixed (11b+11g)
ESSID Broadcast Enabled
SSID Belkin54g
Channel Auto
Security Disabled

It says security disabled, but yet on all the other computers connected to this you have to type in a 24 number code.
Also for some reason whenever I try

iwlist scan

it finds a different network but never the one i'm trying to connect to

Last edited by superrad (2008-06-25 02:12:32)

superrad · 2008-06-25 19:02:10

Managed to find an old wireless card lying around, plugged it in and set the essid then set it to dhcp and it worked straight away. Must be something wrong with the drivers or configuration of my other card.

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#1 2008-06-24 12:13:59

[SOLVED] RT61 with WPA

#2 2008-06-25 01:34:01

Re: [SOLVED] RT61 with WPA

#3 2008-06-25 19:02:10

Re: [SOLVED] RT61 with WPA

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