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#1 2010-12-30 19:35:21

gw02
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[SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

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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#2 2010-12-30 22:22:28

gw02
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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

To be more specific is the config file correct or do i have to define wlan0 first?

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#3 2010-12-30 22:25:43

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

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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#4 2010-12-30 22:30:22

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

When i am logged in under root and type in

modprobe rtl18187

i get

FATAL: Module rtl18187 not found.

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#5 2010-12-30 22:37:12

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

Too many llll's. ;-)

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#6 2010-12-30 22:39:12

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

Either a typo, or you are doing it wrong smile

modprobe rtl8187

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#7 2010-12-30 22:45:12

gw02
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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

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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#8 2010-12-30 22:52:16

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

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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#9 2010-12-31 00:52:57

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Re: [SOLVED]Wireless setup usb dongle help

[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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