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Mountainjew

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From: Ireland

Registered: 2008-08-24

Posts: 405

Finally got wireless working, kinda

So i finally got around to getting my Edimax EW-7318USg working with the rt73 driver.

But i have a slight problem. When i go into network-tools and click the network device drop down, it shows "Unknown Interface (rausb0).

And i've since installed Gnome Network Manager which picks up my ethernet connection fine, but not my wireless.

Here's my rc.conf

MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
MOD_BLACKLIST=(rt73usb rt2500usb) #deprecated
MODULES=(forcedeth slhc ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-seq-oss snd-seq-device snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-rawmidi snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec snd-emu10k1 soundcore snd-util-mem snd-usb-audio snd-usb-lib rt73)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="arch"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="dhcp"
rausb0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !rausb0)

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !network hal dhcdbd networkmanager netfs crond alsa  fam gdm sensors)

Am i missing something?

Oh, when i tyoe 'ifconfig rausb0 up' it works ok. But still doesn't show in network manager.

*Edit 2: So when i disabe my ethernet and disable networking, then network manager brings up a wireless option and shows the networks but no signal. And it still shows as unknown interface in network-tools. So it seems to be half working, but doesn't seem to know it's a wireless connection

Hmmm, running 'ifconfig -a' brings up the following

rausb0    Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:2E:4E:01:AB  
          inet6 addr: fe80::20e:2eff:fe4e:1ab/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:1604 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:172 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:108726 (106.1 Kb)  TX bytes:11082 (10.8 Kb)

I think i've possibly got the wrong driver running, since it's showing my wireless as Ethernet. Is it possible to see which driver the adapter is using? Since i'm only loading rt73 in my rc.conf and from researching, it seems like the correct one.

Last edited by Mountainjew (2008-09-09 05:03:18)

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zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

Posts: 1,221

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Re: Finally got wireless working, kinda

Did you try the net-profiles way to do networking? The big advantage is that you're not dependent on X to get the network up, while the disadvantage is that you have no GUI to roam for profiles.

It is powerful and really easy to get going. My setup however stopped working and I haven't had the time to troubleshoot it. But still, I recommend the net-profiles way above anything else. Easy and transparent.

Zl.