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I use ndiswrapper with the rtl8185 drivers on my Arch Linux. I can't manage to get internet access. There's several problems:
1. Using:
$ iwconfig wlan0 essid [essid] key [wep key]
sets the WEP key, but when I use:
$ iwconfig wlan0
it shows the essid as set to "off/any" instead of the essid I supply.
2. On startup and when I restart /etc/rc.d/network, I get the message "Could not associate wlan0" or something similar. I'm not sure if this is a problem or not.
3. Using "iwlist wlan0 scan" never returns any results.
4. Even though I set the following lines in my /etc/rc.conf:
wlan0="wlan0 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid mynetwork key mykey"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 wlan0)
wlan0 is down when I log in, with none of the information for it set.
I definitely use the right WEP key, if it's possible that it could be the cause of any of this.
Last edited by megajosh2 (2009-04-18 00:33:33)
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I used this command:
# route add default gw 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0
and I was able to ping 192.168.1.1 and get replies. Still didn't connect to my essid though.
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If I recall correctly iwconfig can only handle WEP keys. There is a separate supplicant for WPA - called, surprisingly, wpa_supplicant.
I think you should look into that, and into netcfg2, for automation. But to start out you should try to connect to your network - unsecured. With a secured network you do not know whether it's the encryption or the network configuration itself giving problems, so you eliminate all possible factors to narrow it down.
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Woops, I meant WEP !
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Sorry I have no experience with WEP setup .
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I just tried connecting to an open network, it didn't keep the essid.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Tx-Power:20 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key: (key) Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
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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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:D1:58:F1:4F
inet addr:192.168.1.10 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP 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 Memory:90012000-90012025
Last edited by megajosh2 (2009-04-19 18:01:45)
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This may be a silly question, but you are using sudo, right?
Last edited by Joe_Arch (2009-04-18 17:55:18)
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I'm running all of this stuff as root.
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I tried using netcfg to see if my wireless would work with it, but wlan0 was down according to ifconfig and iwconfig showed the key as set but the essid set to off/any. I'm still not really getting anywhere...
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After
$ iwconfig wlan0 essid [essid] key [wep key]
did you try (as root):
dhcpcd wlan0
If that doesn't work, I would actually comment out the wlan0 bit in your rc.conf that you originally posted, and try the process again.
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