Having trouble setting up WPA support for rt2500-based card

J_K9 · 08-17-2006, 09:04 PM

Hi,

I've set up my Linksys WMP54G (with the rt2500 chipset) using Linuxant's DriverLoader (I am currently using the 30-day trial) on Ubuntu 6.06.1 i386.

wpa_supplicant is already installed, however I cannot set it up properly. DriverLoader insists on calling the card wlan0, whereas the system calls it ra0. I have activated the interface, and my /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf contains the following uncommented lines:

Code:

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

network {
   ssid="homenetwork"
   scan_ssid=1
   key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
   psk="mypassword"
}

However, it, quite simply, refuses to work. I'm not sure if the rt2500 is supported by wpa_supplicant, because the posters on the HCL were unsure... I have a feeling that it doesn't, because it did not work even when it was enabled. I can post the output if you want, but I might need to sanitize the hashes

I'd love to get my desktop onto my home network, and the only way I can accomplish this is by making it work with wpa_supplicant (or the other way around). Any help would be appreciated

Thanks in advance,

-jk

AzrielMacKay · 08-17-2006, 10:38 PM

Why are you using that driver loader? Ubuntu kernels come with native support for the rt2500 chipset in a kernel module called rt2500. I use it and it works fine for me.

J_K9 · 08-18-2006, 03:11 AM

Really? So a simple 'modprobe rt2500' will work?

Come to think of it, I could always 'see' my WLAN, even before the driver loader... Rats. I read that I needed it, so I used it. Time to get rid of it

And any idea what's wrong with wpa_supplicant? Is my config file 'wrong', or is there a particular set of parameters I should feed it?

Note that when I tried starting it up with the 'rt2500' driver, it exited with an error message echoing that it did not support it.. Have you had any luck?

AzrielMacKay · 08-18-2006, 08:19 AM

Ive got the same card and rt2500 from ubuntu kernel works for me, but I don't know what wpa_supplicant is. I just used wlassistant to connect, and didn't do any tampering with configs (well, I did actually but wlassistant was the only thing I could ever get to connect).

J_K9 · 08-18-2006, 08:28 AM

Aye, but wlassistant is a KDE app, and the only Gnome equivalent I know of is network-manager, so I'm going to try installing that now (with its dependencies) - maybe that'll help

If you have any other tips, please let me know. Cheers.

[edit] No luck:

Quote:

RaLink rt2x00
Provider: http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com

Driver: rt2x00

Status: Supports unencrypted and WEP networks when used with NetworkManager. While the driver supports WPA, it does not use Linux Wireless Extensions for WPA support, which is required for NetworkManager.

http://live.gnome.org/NetworkManagerHardware