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Hi, i just finished installing arch on my desktop, but i am not able to ping google
I have been trying to follow the wireless setup section of the arch wiki, but udev does not seem to be able to load the proper module
The usb dongle is linux compatible as it automatically worked with ubuntu
lsusb returns:
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0bda:8187 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187 Wireless Adapter
and /etc/rc.conf has this under the network section:
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)
I have searched the forums and the manual but i am still at a loss
Much thanks in advance
Last edited by gw02 (2010-12-31 00:53:28)
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To be more specific is the config file correct or do i have to define wlan0 first?
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Have you worked your way through this page: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Rtl8187_wireless
If so, where does it fail?
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When i am logged in under root and type in
modprobe rtl18187
i get
FATAL: Module rtl18187 not found.
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Too many llll's. ;-)
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Either a typo, or you are doing it wrong
modprobe rtl8187
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Ok I corrected the mistake and when i run
iwlist wlan0 scan
i can see my wireless network
but when i ping google i still get nothing
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Can you connect to your network? Is it encrypted? Etc., there is a whole lot more information that we would need to be able to help you...
Please read the Forum Etiquette about How to Post https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fo … ow_to_Post and then methodically work through the wireless page of the wiki.
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[SOLVED]
The reason it was not working was because i did not set the essid
# iwconfig wlan0 essid "myessid"
Much thanks for the help!
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