2015-04-06
I've been trying to solve my Dell desktop's new wireless network problem by using Browser Linux and a Linksys wireless-g adapter. Both the computer and adapter worked well in the past. Last night I attempted to follow 'How to configure wifi from the command line' posted on
www.murga-linux.com/puppy as follows.
#lsmod
returns the adapter's driver rt73usb.
#ifconfig -a
returns the adpter's hardware address 00:18:F8:A4:9B

9.
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#iwconfig
returns
lo no wireless extensions
eth0 no wireless extensions
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg
ESSID: off/any
Mode:Managed Freq:2.437 Ghz
Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power: 20dBm
Retry long limit:7
RTS thr

ff Fragmnt thr

ff
Encryption Key: 94DE-9E33-E9
Power Mgmt

n
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#modprobe rt73usb
returns
Warning: Deprecated config file /etc/modpobe.conf
all config files belong to /etc/modprobe.d/
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#ifconfig wlan0 up
#iwconfig wlan0 essid 8zti3
#iwconfig wlan0 key open 94de9e33e9
#iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
#rm -f /var/lib/dhcpcd/*.info
#rm -f /var/run/*.pid
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#dhcpcd -t 30 -h puppypc -d wlan0
returns
dhcpcd:Version 5.1.5 starting
dhcpcd:wlan0:executing '/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason PREINIT
dhcpcd:wlan0:exceuting '/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason
NOCARRIER
dhcpcd:wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd:timed out
dhcpcd:allowing 8 seconds for IPv4ll timeout
dhcpcd:
timed out
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I want to point out that I use WEP security mode and that the Network Setup screen shows
"Name: 8ZTI3 Encryption on strength 26/70".
Any help will be much appreciated.
Julianvb