Wireless WMP54G

je2911 · 2009-01-19 02:49:57

Hi, I'm Jerry, newbie in linux. I tried to install arch in my desktop using the 2008.06 i686 core iso download. During installation, when selecting package in base-dev, other than the default checked, I only chose wireless-tools. I have a linksys WMP54G wireless card, and it's not working after finish installing. I'm not sure about the version, but when I checked using a command in arch (forget the command), the chipset is rt2561/rt61.
When I check iwconfig, it said no wireless except for wlan0. I've input the essid name and also the key, as suggested in somewhere in forum (googling), still not working.
I don't know where to go from there. Can someone please help? Thanks.

je2911 · 2009-01-19 03:32:52

note: only base install until now, no GUI, only CLI.

archlinuxsagi · 2009-01-19 07:50:04

You can use netcfg2 to connect to your router using wireless.
You should create a network profile for netcfg2. Please refer to http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg

For the wireless modules. you may still need to download the firmware. It is either
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RT73_Wireless or
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RT61_Wireless

je2911 · 2009-01-19 15:11:18

Hi archlinuxsagi. I tried to follow your link and do everything as far as I understand, but still fails when bringing the profile up using "netcfg myprofilename".

archlinuxsagi · 2009-01-20 00:33:49

We need several information here.
Output of lspci.
What's the failure when netcfg2 <profilename>?
and the encryption type of your router? WPA, WEP?
and the profilename file omitting your password.

je2911 · 2009-01-20 02:25:24

OK, Sagi, I'll post it tonight at home. Thank you in advance.

je2911 · 2009-01-20 13:03:33

Hi Sagi.
I don't know how to capture the screen, but one line that I think the only thing related to my problem from lspci is this:
01:0a.0 Network controller: Ralink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
My profile name is wpaprofile. The encryption is WPA.
The following is the content of wpaprofile in /etc/network.d:
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="blb315wireless" <this is my adsl modem>
KEY="<my password>"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20

The failure is -DHCP IP lease attempt failed

FYI, the modem is very close, so the signal is excellent.

archlinuxsagi · 2009-01-21 04:44:23

je2911 wrote:

The failure is -DHCP IP lease attempt failed

Mmm. This indicate DHCP offer is not valid.
Did u set your router to using static or dhcp?

I am not very sure on this.
I am guessing that either the password is wrong or issues using
dhcpcd.
I will suggest using dhclient.

Fellow archers, any other clues or suggestions any other things can goes wrong here?

BTW, je2911. Can u issue netcfg2 the 2nd time if it helps and
the last 10 lines of /var/log/messages.log after it fails with netcfg2.

derelict · 2009-01-22 20:58:59

netcfg2 uses dhclient by default and does not fall back if it is not installed. The core install does not include the dhclient package (it's in extra). Either install dhclient (pacman -Sy dhclient) or add the following to your network.d profile:

DHCLIENT=no

je2911 · 2009-01-22 23:15:19

oops, I didn't have a chance to check this forum.
I'll check it again tonite, and report back. Thx Guys

je2911 · 2009-01-24 16:00:16

Hi again.
@derelict, I put DHCLIENT="no" to the profile (no with quote)
@sagi, I believe I've set the modem/router using DHCP. Netcfg2 still failed.
The following is the last 10 lines of /var/log/messages.log
the beginning of each line is:
Jan 24 22:34:11 jdesktop dhcpcd[3091]: wlan0:
The lines are these:
========================================================
offered 192.168.1.100 from 192.168.1.1
checking 192.168.1.100 is available on attached networks
lease 192.168.1.100 for 86400 seconds
no renewal time supplied, assuming 43200 seconds
no rebind time supplied, assuming 75600 seconds
adding IP address 192.168.1.100/24
adding default route via 192.168.1.1 metric 0
adding route to 169.254.0.0/16 metric 0
wlan0: exiting
exiting
========================================================
fyi: to set/admin my modem/router, I type 192.168.1.1 in my browser in windows.

derelict · 2009-01-26 15:28:45

So it would appear that dhcpcd is working but the driver may be failing. Are you still getting the orginal error message?
Have you tried running the commands manually?

je2911 · 2009-01-29 13:35:39

hi derelict, how do I run the commands manually?

je2911 · 2009-02-01 14:22:26

Solved. Thread closed.

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#1 2009-01-19 02:49:57

Wireless WMP54G

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