[SOLVED] Wifi not working in Eee PPC 1000HE (Debian Squeeze), but ethernet is working
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Wifi not working in Eee PPC 1000HE (Debian Squeeze), but ethernet is working
Hi,
I recently installed Debian squeeze in my Asus 1000HE eee PC. I installed using the netinstall over an ethernet link. After installation, ethernet is working but I cannot get wifi to work.
I followed the guidelines given in http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Wifi to get it resolved. (However, I tried only the network-manager option and didn't try the other options as they didn't seem general enough to capture all roaming wifi's and seemed like I need to add password to a text file of sorts!)
Here are the steps I followed:
1. Deleted all lines containing eth0/ath0 in /etc/network/interfaces and ran
Code:
dpkg-reconfigure network-manager
2. Changed /etc/network/interfaces manually and added
Code:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
3. I replaced wlan0 from earlier step with ath0
None of the steps worked. On reboot with auto wlan0, I noticed the boot-time screen said something like "dhcp discovery failed..." after several attemp.
Here are the current content of my /etc/network/interfaces:
Code:
somesh@CreatiVision:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
7. To get wifi working, you have to compile and install the latest drivers. The easiest way to do this is to go to http://wireless.kernel.org/download/...-wireless-2.6/ and download the compat-wireless-2009-03-25.tar.bz2 or whatever the current date is.
Do not go any further at this point without rebooting into the eeepc kernel. If you go on to the next steps in the vanilla kernel, you will only be compiling and installing the drivers there. I recommend you do this to both kernels if you happen to use the vanilla kernel every once in a while.
Once you finish the make, make install, and make unload, you can load the wireless module by typing: "sudo modprobe ath9k". This will save you a restart.
Note: Each time you upgrade your kernel, you will need to recompile the wireless drivers, at least until the drivers themselves are updated in the ubuntu repositories.
Thanks cnxsoft! The guide says I have to install linux-eeepc linux-headers-eeepc packages from some repository. The repository given there, doesn't work. So I am still searching for them before I move on to compat-wireless installation. Do you have an idea which repo to use to install theses?
By the way, I already have eeepc-acpi-scripts installed.
Thanks Eddy1! The link you sent fianlly lead me to the solution.
Here is what I did:
I had already installed firmwire-ralink and wireless-tools as prescribed in the link you sent. I followed rest of the steps (i.e., modprobe) but still it didn't work!
Now I checked ifconfig and iwlist carefully. Here are the outputs:
Code:
somesh@CreatiVision:~$ sudo iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 Ralink STA ESSID:"StateCollegeWiFi" Nickname:"RT2860STA"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: 00:0D:97:04:AC:7A
Bit Rate=18 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=77/100 Signal level:-82 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
pan0 no wireless extensions.
Code:
somesh@CreatiVision:~$ sudo iwlist scan
lo Interface doesn't support scanning.
eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:0D:97:04:AC:7A
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"StateCollegeWiFi"
Mode:Managed
Channel:1
Quality:20/100 Signal level:-82 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:18 Mb/s
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1D:CE:CA:1E:BA
Protocol:802.11b/g/n
ESSID:"HOME-1EBC"
Mode:Managed
Channel:1
Quality:34/100 Signal level:-76 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:270 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 03 - Address: 00:1D:CD:E4:05:AC
Protocol:802.11b/g/n
ESSID:"HOME-05AE"
Mode:Managed
Channel:1
Quality:60/100 Signal level:-66 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:270 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 04 - Address: 00:14:BF:07:4F:4F
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"Ptora"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:100/100 Signal level:-42 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Cell 05 - Address: 94:44:52:22:B6:44
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"Ledgold1"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:29/100 Signal level:-78 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Cell 06 - Address: 00:12:0E:04:8B:19
Protocol:802.11b/g
ESSID:"06B403137553"
Mode:Managed
Channel:6
Quality:15/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
Cell 07 - Address: 00:24:01:6A:AB:46
Protocol:802.11b/g/n
ESSID:"dlink"
Mode:Managed
Channel:9
Quality:15/100 Signal level:-84 dBm Noise level:-97 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:11 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
pan0 Interface doesn't support scanning.
Now the ifconfig shows there is an available network (StateCollegeWiFi) but I do not see that in the list when I click the network-manager icon on the notification area. Instead on clicking that icon I see a grayed message under Wireless Networks saying device not managed.
Something like:
Code:
Wired Network
Auto eth0
Disconnect
Wireless Network
device not managed
All this lead me to think that everything is present but somehow they are not enabled by default. So, remembering the message I got on my boot screen (something like "DHCP discovery failed, no persistant lease offered ..."), I, acting on a hunch, deleted the lines:
Code:
auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
from /etc/network/interface and restarted.
And voila!
Both ethernet and wifi is working now. My interfaces file is now:
Code:
# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
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