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#1 2010-09-27 04:21:01

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[SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

Hey guys, got a bit of a problem...

Trying to get my laptop to work on wireless for hours now but to no avail. I know the device and the module it needs (ath5k), go to modprobe it, then ifconfig wlan0 up, then an iwlist scan, then I use iwconfig and put in the ESSID and encryption key. I go and try dhcpcd wlan0 but it times out. I try to ping a site and it just times out. What am I doing wrong here??

My bad if it's a cringeworthingly bad noob question, but I want to learn and get this solved

EDIT: Got it working. I went into my router and turned off WPA2. Connected without a problem. Will try to connect with encryption later..

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#2 2010-09-27 07:43:58

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

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#3 2010-09-27 08:05:18

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

Proofrific wrote:

Yes, I followed that guide point--by-point (at least I think I did).


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#4 2010-09-27 08:15:04

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

I just had a look and it seems it's not associating with my access point. How do I find out what kind of encryption I'm using? I could be trying to use the wrong one.

EDIT: Jut tried both WEP and WPA/2, still not assoiating. HALP.

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#5 2010-09-27 08:25:31

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

First off, if you are randomly trying all types of encryptions available to you, then here's a question for you: how do you manage to use/set up an AP without even knowing what kind of encryption it has? Is it your own AP? If not, talk to the owner about the encryption.

Also, iwlist scan should give you plenty of info - it can tell whether it's WEP, WPA, WPA2, or those corporate types of WPA authentication.

If you 'think' you followed the guide, that means you don't know. That also means you should do it again, to the letter this time, so you do know whether you followed it or not wink.

We'd also like you to use that Edit button on your posts, instead of bumping your own topic within mimutes smile


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#6 2010-09-27 15:24:54

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

Are you sure that you need the ath5k driver ? Sounds more like a drive problem to me. What card do you have ?

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#7 2010-09-28 15:08:05

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Re: [SOLVED] Trouble getting wireless to work.

Pantheon, if you were using WPA(2), you can use

wpa_cli status

to see whether wpa_supplicant successfully authenticated or not. Use the wpa_passphrase command to generate your wpa_supplicant.conf, it's pretty self-explanatory.


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