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firre

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Registered: 2009-08-12

Posts: 4

CNet CWC-854

Hi!

I'm having trouble getting my wireless NIC to work.

When I run "iwlist wlan0 scan" at work it gives me a list of networks but when at home I get "wlan0 No scan result"
So at least the card is up and running. 

lspci
02:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g

lsmod | grep rt

rt61pci                20840  0
crc_itu_t               1700  1 rt61pci
rt2x00pci               7332  1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib              30116  2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
led_class               3976  1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev           3628  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              182848  2 rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               67364  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            1796  1 rt61pci
gameport               11280  1 snd_via82xx
snd_mpu401_uart         7524  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            21856  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd                    58436  11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
parport_pc             36964  0
parport                34380  2 ppdev,parport_pc
agpgart                32756  1 via_agp
rtc_cmos               11212  0
rtc_core               18048  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 2500  1 rtc_core

dmesg | grep rt

pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: pccard: CardBus card inserted into slot 0
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x100-0x3af: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x3e0-0x4ff: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xc00-0xcf7: clean.
pcmcia_socket pcmcia_socket0: cs: IO port probe 0xa00-0xaff: clean.
   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
rt61pci 0000:02:00.0: enabling device (0000 -> 0002)
rt61pci 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
rt61pci 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
   (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0::radio
Registered led device: rt61pci-phy0::assoc
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
rt61pci 0000:02:00.0: firmware: requesting rt2561.bin

iwconfig wlan0

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"" 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=12 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          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

dmesg | grep cfg

cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: SE
cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: SE

iw reg get

country SE:
   (2402 - 2482 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
   (5170 - 5250 @ 40), (N/A, 20)
   (5250 - 5330 @ 40), (N/A, 20), DFS
   (5490 - 5710 @ 40), (N/A, 27), DFS

Any help would be appreciated.

Last edited by firre (2009-08-12 22:15:44)

djszapi

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From: Cambridge, United Kingdom

Registered: 2009-06-14

Posts: 1,439

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Re: CNet CWC-854

Welcome to the forum, firre!

Did you try with networkmaneger/wicd too ?

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lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: CNet CWC-854

Have you run "ifconfig wlan0 up" before scanning for networks?

firre

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Registered: 2009-08-12

Posts: 4

Re: CNet CWC-854

Welcome to the forum, firre!

Did you try with networkmaneger/wicd too ?

Thanks djszapi!

No, but I did try Wifi Radar. No luck there either.

firre

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Registered: 2009-08-12

Posts: 4

Re: CNet CWC-854

Have you run "ifconfig wlan0 up" before scanning for networks?

yeap!

firre

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Registered: 2009-08-12

Posts: 4

Re: CNet CWC-854

I forgot to say that the card works fine in Windows and I can connect to my home network.