Setting up wireless

oXiKoTToN · 05-26-2008, 01:58 AM

Well i finally got the card installed but im having issues getting it to work.

Code:

# ifconfig wlan0 down
# iwconfig wlan0 essid 2WIRE460
# iwconfig wlan0 key mykey
# ifconfig wlan0 up
# dhcpcd wlan0
Error, wlan0: timed out
Warning, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.218.170

"dhcpcd -d wlan0" gives me

Code:

# dhcpcd -d wlan0
Info, wlan0: dhcpcd 3.1.8 starting
Info, wlan0: hardware address = 00:90:4b:ce:9c:fc
Info, wlan0: DUID = 00:01:00:01:0f:c9:6f:d6:00:09:5b:04:76:7e
Info, wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: waiting on select for 20 seconds
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Debug, wlan0: sending DHCP_DISCOVER with xid 0x7276c66a
Error, wlan0: timed out
Info, wlan0: trying to use old lease in `/var/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-wlan0.info'
Debug, wlan0: sending ARP probe #1
Debug, wlan0: sending ARP probe #2
Debug, wlan0: sending ARP probe #3
Debug, wlan0: sending ARP claim #1
Debug, wlan0: sending ARP claim #2
Warning, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.218.170
Info, wlan0: adding IP address 169.254.218.170/16
Debug, wlan0: no dns information to write
Debug, wlan0: forking to background

anybody know what im doing wrong?

pinniped · 05-26-2008, 04:20 AM

Uh ... what distro have you got and are you using WEP or WPA-PSK?

oXiKoTToN · 05-26-2008, 07:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pinniped

Uh ... what distro have you got and are you using WEP or WPA-PSK?

Slackware 12 and its WEP

pinniped · 05-26-2008, 08:06 AM

OK, everything looks OK except that you didn't specify the mode (ad-hoc,managed) - I don't know if the default is necessarily what you want.

If you use an access point, you may also want to set 'ap' (not required, but sometimes useful).

Also, check your settings before proceeding to connect:

iwconfig wlan0

A few years ago I encountered some buggy drivers which could only configure some parameters if the interface hadn't been brought up yet - in that case I had to unload the driver, load the driver, configure with iwconfig, then finally bring up the interface.

oXiKoTToN · 05-26-2008, 09:54 AM

well im pretty sure thats the problem, seems like it inst saving what i put in.

Code:

# ifconfig wlan0 down
# iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
# iwconfig wlan0 essid 2WIRE460
# iwconfig wlan0 ap **:**:**:**:**:**
# iwconfig wlan0 key **********
# ifconfig wlan0 up
# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0       IEEE 802.11g  ESSID: off/any  Nickname: "localhost"
            Mode: Managed  Frequency: 2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not Associated
            Bit Rate=2 Mb/s  Tx-Power:22dBm
            RTS thr=2347 B  Fragment thr=2346 B
            Encryption key: **********  Security Mode: restricted
            Power Management: 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

i tryed a few variations like trying to set it up without the ifconfig up & down but ended up with the same result.

megerdin · 05-27-2008, 04:05 AM

Do you have the chance to use GUI wireless tools.
Sometimes its help u then command line.

oXiKoTToN · 05-27-2008, 04:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by megerdin

Do you have the chance to use GUI wireless tools.
Sometimes its help u then command line.

that pretty much made no since... lol

megerdin · 05-27-2008, 04:15 AM

Do you have the chance to use GUI wireless tools.
Sometimes its help u then command line.

oXiKoTToN · 05-27-2008, 04:18 AM

i tryed the wireless tool that came preinstalled but it doesnt help much, actually i dont think it does anything.. wont even set my wireless key.

megerdin · 05-28-2008, 04:05 AM

It should be
did u put 0x before your wep key?

like 0xahfahjfsakhfjashfklhsajfh

oXiKoTToN · 05-28-2008, 12:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by megerdin

It should be
did u put 0x before your wep key?

like 0xahfahjfsakhfjashfklhsajfh

no i didnt ill try in a bit, but if u look at my above post^ the key is pretty much the only thing that set.

Edit: Nope, didnt work... invalid argument.