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I am a relatively new user of Arch, having migrated from Ubuntu after nearly a year with it, and I have some wireless problems with my USB dongle. Using the 'iwconfig' to check my interfaces yields that it is based on the Ralink rt2870 wireless chipset. I am able to use 'iwlist ra0 scan' to successfully scan for wireless networks, but even after typing
iwconfig ra0 essid "_________" key _________
I still cannot connect to my network. It seems to be successful, because there were no prompts, but when I wanted to do a system upgrade, there is no internet connection.
On a side note, may I ask whether the rt73 or the rt2870 chipset is better supported/more stable, as I have 2 working adaptors.
I posted here, as the wiki could not yield any answer.
Thanks in advance.
Last edited by Firepower (2009-12-17 00:26:02)
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After you do the iwconfig command you then need to do: "dhcpcd ra0", to get yourself an IP address.
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Tried. It just timed out.
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This is a WEP encrypted network, right?
And, are you able to connect to it with other computers?
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It is WEP encrypted, yes, and I have not tried connecting it to other computers.
My computer is a Toshiba Tecra M2 laptop that has a 1.5 GHz Pentium M, 512 MB of RAM/memory and a 40 GB HDD.
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rt2870 is still in the kernel's staging dir. rt73 is the better choice.
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But why does dhcp time out for me?
Could be because I use a static ip. gotta check
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