Wireless connection issue...

Knocker · 05-23-2008, 08:18 PM

Hello, I'm having an issue getting my wireless to work on Slack 12.1. This is my setup...

ifconfig shows...

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:38:6f:7d:94  
          inet addr:192.168.0.103  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21b:38ff:fe6f:7d94/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2310 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1949 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:2725418 (2.5 MiB)  TX bytes:289998 (283.2 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1190 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:60084 (58.6 KiB)  TX bytes:60084 (58.6 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1b:77:8e:a0:24  
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-1B-77-8E-A0-24-65-74-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

My rc.wireless config shows...

Code:

## Pick up any Access Point, should work on most 802.11 cards
00:1b:77:8e:a0:24)
    INFO="Wlan0"
    ESSID="SlackRouter"    
    MODE="Managed"
    CHANNEL="6"
    RATE="auto"
#    KEY="0123-4567-89AB-CDEF-0123-4567-89"
     KEY="******************"
;;

My /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf is...

Code:

# WPA protected network, supply your own ESSID and WPAPSK here:
network={
  scan_ssid=0
  ssid="SlackRouter"
  proto=WPA
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  pairwise=CCMP TKIP
  group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
  psk=******************
}

When I reboot or run /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf restart I get nothing.
Any ideas on how I can fix this issue?

onebuck · 05-23-2008, 08:29 PM

Hi,

What does your '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf' show? By chance have you run 'netconfig'?

onebuck · 05-23-2008, 08:32 PM

Hi,

BTW, it is '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart'.

Knocker · 05-23-2008, 08:59 PM

Yeah, I meant to type /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart

I've tried multiple configurations in my rc.inet1.conf file, but nothing good comes out of it. At most I think all I would need is USE_DHCP[4]="yes", but please correct me if I'm wrong. Right now my config looks like this...

Code:

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="LapBox"
DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=
#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
#WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
#WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"
WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=*****"
WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="wext"

onebuck · 05-23-2008, 09:05 PM

Hi,

You should add your gateway to the 'etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf';

Code:

GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"     #change to your gw

Knocker · 05-23-2008, 10:34 PM

Ok, I altered a few lines in my config files and are getting errors. My new config files read...

rc.wireless.conf

Code:

00:1B:77:8E:A0:24)
    INFO="wlan0"
    ESSID="SlackRouter"
    MODE="Managed"
    CHANNEL="6"
    RATE="auto"
    WPA="wpa_supplicant"
    WPADRIVER="wext"
    WLAN_WPACONF="/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf"

rc.inet1.conf

Code:

IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]=""
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=SlackRouter
#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
#WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
#WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
##WLAN_KEY[4]="D5AD1F04ACF048EC2D0B1C80C7"
##WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=96389dc66eaf7e6efd5
b5523ae43c7925ff4df2f8b7099495192d44a774fda16"
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"

My errors are...

Code:

root@LapBox/etc/rc.d$/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 wlan0_restart
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  wlan0 information: 'wlan0'
Error for wireless request "Set Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
Polling for DHCP server on interface wlan0:
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:1b:77:8e:a0:24
root@LapBox/etc/rc.d$

I've been troubleshooting this gripe for a good 3+ hrs now. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Knocker · 05-23-2008, 10:58 PM

Well a simple reboot with the last configs I posted seemed to have fixed my issue. Thanks for all your help.

onebuck · 05-24-2008, 07:08 AM

Hi,

When you start, restart or stop the inet use '/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 [start,restart or stop]'. Just select the keyword for the desired action without quotes or brackets.

Knocker · 05-24-2008, 12:09 PM

Yeah, I was using those commands the whole time but kept getting an error about Set Nickname" (8B1C). Oh well.. it works now