Unable to connect wireless (WEP) on Slack 12.1 with Intel 3495ABG and DI-624 Router
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So I try to set iwconfig wlan0 ap auto, and then i get (from iwconfig wlan0):
Code:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"narwhal"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:11:95:0A:87:78
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2346 B
Encryption key:<removed>
Link Quality=92/100 Signal level=-38 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
which looks promising. However, I now try dhclient wlan0 and it does two DHCPREQUESTs and then some DHCPDISCOVERs and then fails. dhcpcd also unsuccessful.
I also, in desperation, SlackBuild'ed wicd, in hopes that it'd be smarter than me, but it just gets stuck at "Obtaining IP address".
I know my router isn't buggered, because other computers can connect to it wirelessly and wired. This computer, however, only works wired, currently. Sigh. WEP, as you can see, is enabled, but it does the same thing without it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated by this noob.
Something must be goofed up with your configuration. If you have a correctly configured card, that Access Point field should have a MAC address in it. Unfortunately, until you can get your card to associate with the AP, anything else beyond this is a waste of time since the card and the AP aren't communicating. How are you trying to set your WEP key and ssid?
The other thing to try, just to rule out a card issue, it to temporarily turn off WEP at the AP and see if you can get a connection. If you can, then there is something about the WEP encryption that is off.
Oh, and don't use dhclient, it isn't that good. Slackware really prefers dhcpcd.
Distribution: Slackware 12.1 on laptop, Slackware 12.0 on ancient desktop
Posts: 13
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Ok... I am confused out of my poor little mind - it works! I hate it when things like this happen - even though it's something good, I want to know why. Gah. Currently, my /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf is commented out, because I installed wicd, which takes over that component, but before that, I had not edited it.
I am going away for a while now, but I'll defs have some more issues with this machine when I get back. Thanks for your efforts - great forum.
Distribution: Slackware 12.1 on laptop, Slackware 12.0 on ancient desktop
Posts: 13
Original Poster
Rep:
You do realise this thread is about a year old, right? :P
The *whole file* was commented out, because wicd takes over and does all that stuff. I've since switched the machine to Kubuntu, because it is my main computer, and I use it for school. ie. I don't want it to take me 10 hours to work out how to do something simple like print or connect to wifi. I know some will say this is a cop out, but I don't care, because it just works much better for me in this case, seeing as I'm not that experienced with linux. I do still like playing around with slackware though!
I don't know if I have much more to say about this problem. All I can tell you is that wicd is, well, wicked! Much better than either gnome or kde's built in managers (though I hear kde is revamping theirs...)
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