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D-Link DWA-110 problem

I'm running kubuntu 9.04 with 2.6.28-11-generic kernel. I installed D-Link DWA-110 usb Wi-Fi adapter. I see some wireless networks in wicd, but it fails to connect to them.

After several failed attempts I installed a driver via ndiswrapper, but that didn't help.

I installed my adapter into a Windows XP machine and successfully connected to a network.

Here is some useful info:

lsusb output:

Code:

Bus 001 Device 002: ID 07d1:3c07 D-Link System Wireless G DWA-110 Adapter

lsmod output:

Code:

Module                  Size  Used by                                    

binfmt_misc            16776  1                                          

bridge                56340  0                                          

stp                    10500  1 bridge                                  

bnep                  20224  2                                          

input_polldev          11912  0                                          

video                  25360  0                                          

output                11008  1 video                                    

vfat                  18816  0                                          

fat                    58272  1 vfat                                    

dm_crypt              20996  0                                          

lp                    17156  0                                          

arc4                    9856  2                                          

ecb                    10752  2                                          

snd_ca0106            39968  2                                          

snd_ac97_codec        112292  1 snd_ca0106                              

iptable_nat            13700  0                                          

nf_nat                25876  1 iptable_nat                              

nf_conntrack_ipv4      21388  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat                      

nf_conntrack          72008  3 iptable_nat,nf_nat,nf_conntrack_ipv4    

nf_defrag_ipv4          9984  1 nf_conntrack_ipv4                        

snd_pcm_oss            46336  0

snd_mixer_oss          22656  2 snd_pcm_oss

snd_pcm                82948  3 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss

iptable_mangle        10880  0

snd_seq_dummy          10756  0

snd_seq_oss            37760  0

snd_seq_midi          14336  0

iptable_filter        10752  0

snd_rawmidi            29696  2 snd_ca0106,snd_seq_midi

ip_tables              19472  3 iptable_nat,iptable_mangle,iptable_filter

rt73usb                33412  0

crc_itu_t              10112  1 rt73usb

x_tables              23044  2 iptable_nat,ip_tables

snd_seq_midi_event    15104  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi

snd_seq                56880  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event

snd_timer              29704  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq

snd_seq_device        14988  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq

rt2x00usb              18688  1 rt73usb

rt2x00lib              37888  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb

led_class              12036  1 rt2x00lib

mac80211              217208  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib

ppdev                  15620  0

psmouse                61972  0

snd                    62628  12 snd_ca0106,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device

soundcore              15200  2 snd

k8temp                12416  0

pcspkr                10496  0

serio_raw              13316  0

ac97_bus                9856  1 snd_ac97_codec

snd_page_alloc        16904  2 snd_ca0106,snd_pcm

cfg80211              38032  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211

nvidia              7233756  36

i2c_nforce2            14980  0

agpgart                42696  1 nvidia

parport_pc            40100  1

parport                42220  3 lp,ppdev,parport_pc

forcedeth              61712  0

floppy                64324  0

fbcon                  46112  0

tileblit              10752  1 fbcon

font                  16384  1 fbcon

bitblit                13824  1 fbcon

softcursor              9984  1 bitblit

dmesg | grep firmware output:

Code:

[ 27.169834] rt73usb 1-7:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin

dmesg | grep wlan output:

Code:

[  27.455744] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

[  823.632858] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

[ 2495.289497] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

ndiswrapper -l output:

Code:

dr71wu : driver installed

        device (07D1:3C07) present (alternate driver: rt73usb)

The reason most linux users will not reply to this is because you used the M word or the Windows word. And using a ndiswrapper is a M$ driver. read this link closely it is for debian and other os like UBUTU any linux systems but the usb device that has to work as a com serial device is a little problematic. The hole problem is you have a usb device that has a radio reciever and sender (this needs firmware) and a ether card (that uses a linux module) so we need to make the hardware work.with the firmware. I believe the default way in UBUNTU is to use either one ndiswrapper or the native. how to use the native. if ndiswrapper is running you will have some conflicts.

Quote:

http://www.ab9il.net/linuxwireless/rt73.html

I built this module and used it in slackware 13 64 just so I could trouble shoot this. then I did the same for kubuntu. all is well. I never use ndiswrapper that is not a open source software and causes to many conflicts. good luck

Quote:

Originally Posted by Drakeo (Post 3692909)

how to use the native.

Thank you! I followed the instructions, but when I unloaded rt73usb adding the line

Code:

blacklist rt73usb

and rebooted the

Code:

wicd

manager stopped to see my adapter and if I type ifconfig I get just

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:f2:5a:1a:3d

          inet addr:77.241.39.143  Bcast:77.241.39.255  Mask:255.255.255.0

          inet6 addr: fe80::215:f2ff:fe5a:1a3d/64 Scope:Link

          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

          RX packets:1541153 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:538266 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000

          RX bytes:106291256 (106.2 MB)  TX bytes:743611960 (743.6 MB)

          Interrupt:20 Base address:0x6000



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:9449 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0

          TX packets:9449 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0

          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0

          RX bytes:16395976 (16.3 MB)  TX bytes:16395976 (16.3 MB)

and no words about wi-fi.
still iwconfig returns:

Code:

rausb0    RT73 WLAN  ESSID:""

          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Bit Rate=54 Mb/s

          RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level:-121 dBm  Noise level:-143 dBm

          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0

          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0  Missed beacon:0

and lsmod | grep rt7 returns:

Code:

rt73 225152 0

When I plug dmesg | grep usb returns:

Code:

[ 7484.668039] usb 1-7: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5

[ 7484.967637] usb 1-7: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice

[ 7484.969499] usb 1-7: firmware: requesting rt73.bin

Nevertheless network manager doesn't recognise my adapter.

Sorry for so many commands output posted )

if you installed wicd then you need uninstall networkmanager befor you install wicd. that was in the directions.Mine worked I wonder why yours didn't. Lost for words

Yeah, I managed to solve this. The problem was that wicd couldn't connect to a network. But I managed to connect via console commands after settings the correct parameters (essid, ip etc) manually