Wireless installed

ruddyrum · 02-10-2006, 12:07 PM

I have done lots of searching and have found lots of useful threads, and after finnaly getting the drivers for my wireless card setup, the device appears in the hardware browser as RaLink RaLink RT2500 802.11 (Device is actually a belkin F5D7000) but i am not able to find it in the network configuration tab! my other 2 wired NIC's are there but not my wireless! if I try to add a new one, the Ralink is nowhere to be found...

lspci shows:
03:04.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)

more info-
disto: Fedora Core 4
installed: dev/eth2
driver: rt2500pci

could anyone please aid me in getting it working... Thanks!

comprookie2000 · 02-10-2006, 05:32 PM

Does it show up with
iwconfig ?
also it needs to be ra0 and not eth2
this may help;
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/fc3ho...rt2400_FC3.htm
just change rt2400 to rt2500
some more help;
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/...iver_in_Fedora

ruddyrum · 02-11-2006, 06:24 AM

iwconfig shows

Code:

eth2      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Auto  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:off   Sensitivity=10/0
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key: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

Have read through the provided links, and am currently following the guidlines for the setup... will let you know how it goes!

ruddyrum · 02-11-2006, 08:26 AM

ok, so the device is now know as wlan0 (still not ra0... but getting there)
however, something new has appeared when i access the network configuration tab! when i go to add new wireless device, rt2500 wlan0 is found! i punch in all my wireless settings and activate the wlan0 ... then:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

edit: i have just noticed two enteries in the modprobe.conf for the rt2500:

alias ra0 rt2500
alias wlan0 rt2500

but removing the "alias wlan0 rt2500" simply removes the option of adding a new wireless device in the network configuration tab!
please help... i've gpt a sneaky suspiscion that this darn thing is almost up and running!

comprookie2000 · 02-11-2006, 10:03 AM

Once you remove alias wlan0 rt2500
In one of those tabs start ra0 at boot
then reboot
then post iwconfig
You may be connected if not
if ra0 show's up you can try to connect manually

Code:

iwconfig ra0 mode Managed
iwconfig ra0 key 16284a2b28882c5554514d9999 <<--- you may not need this
ifconfig ra0 192.168.1.2 broadcast 192.168.1.255 netmask 255.255.255.0 up <-- for static address
dhclient ra0 << for dhcp

How is your setup

ruddyrum · 02-11-2006, 10:24 AM

after removing wlan0....

Code:

ra0       RT2500 Wireless  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Bit Rate:1 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=-120 dBm  Noise level:-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

have selected activate on boot & will reboot now.. see what happens!
will post update

rickh · 02-11-2006, 10:33 AM

To Comprookie2000

Since you seem to know more about final troubleshooting than me, I wonder if you would take a look thru this thread:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=413804

It's the same card on Debian. I helped get the drivers installed, but at the very end I ran into the place where all I could say was, 'Keep messing with it, it should work.'

ruddyrum · 02-11-2006, 10:39 AM

ok, so activate on boot is not good... as the system is booting it locks up! the last entry in system details is the same error as when i activate the connection through the network configuration!
"Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument"

This is driving me mad...!

edit: above you mentioned:

Code:

iwconfig ra0 key 16284a2b28882c5554514d9999

surley that is your own wep encryption key, and not mine?

ruddyrum · 02-11-2006, 03:21 PM

YAY!!! my wireless works now....

However, it is only functional if i turn encryption off! was wondering why i cant use any encryption, and if anyone else has had similar problems, or if anyone could give us a hand!

Thanks!

elliott678 · 02-11-2006, 08:44 PM

What form of encryption do you use?

I use 128bit WEP with an ASCII key so I put "s:" before the key. I also use an open as opposed to a shared key.

So I use:

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 key open s:mykeyhere

ruddyrum · 02-12-2006, 04:26 AM

i use a 128bit WEP aswell... my router does not give me the option as to wether it's an open or a shared key, so im assuming its open!

I also occasionaly downgrade the encryption to 64bit WEP as sometimes there is a temporary device on the network that can only handle a 64bit WEP key; would i go about that in the same manner?

does "iwconfig wlan0 key open s:mykeyhere" store the key perminantly or is that something i need to enter every new session.... sorry for all the questions, but i am unable to try this out now, as i am currently working in windows!