i am using debian squeeze (2.6.32-5-686) on a via mini itx. i am trying to get the wifi up and working with a Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v3000 [Ralink RT2571W]. i am using the rt73 driver because that is what the chipset indicates i should use.
i followed
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/rt73 to get the wifi usb working. however, i cannot connect to the wireless router. i use rausb0.
the symptoms:
everything seems to be working ok but for a couple of key things. i did the install using the debian wifi wiki, so i think that the driver is properly installed and deconflicted. i updated the vi etc/network/interfaces just as is indicated, but when i iwconfig it does not show the essid that i put into the etc/network/interfaces, nor that i have WPA (it says Security mode
pen). not only that, but when i ifconfig, it does not even list an inet address. further indication, cat /var/log/syslog indicates no IPv6 routers present. using iwlist scan, i can see the router, and ifconfig indicates packets are going up and down. when i ifdown and ifup, it just sits there and says "DHCPDISCOVER on rausb0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12" until it tells me it received no DHCPOFFERS and is going to sleep. also, the little LED on the Belkin device is intermittently blinking like its browsing reddit or something.
What am i missing? help?
here are the outputs from some key commands. i have info from lsusb, lsmod, dmesg, cat /var/log/syslog, ifconfig, iwconfig, iwlist scan, and vi etc/network/interfaces.
lsusb
Code:
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 045e:0750 Microsoft Corp. Wired Keyboard 600
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 050d:705a Belkin Components F5D7050 Wireless G Adapter v3000 [Ralink RT2571W]
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
lsmod
Code:
usbcore 99329 5 rt73,usbhid,uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
iwconfig
Code:
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
rausb0 RT73 WLAN ESSID:off/any
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:0123-4567-89 Security mode:open
Link Quality:0/100 Signal level:-121dBm Noise level:-115 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
ifconfig
Code:
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:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1680 (1.6 KB) TX bytes:1680 (1.6 KB)
rausb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr "mac address"
inet6 addr: fe80::222:75ff:feb1:87bd/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2391 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:641052 (626.0 KiB) TX bytes:177624 (173.4 KiB)
cat /var/log/syslog | grep rausb | tail -n20
Code:
kernel: [ 20.864006] rausb0: no IPv6 routers present
dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on rausb0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
iwlist scan
Code:
rausb0 Scan completed:
Cell 01 - Address: "mac address"
Mode:Managed
ESSID:"goodbar1"
Channel:1
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:130 Mb/s
vi etc/network/interfaces
Code:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface rausb0 inet dhcp
pre-up ip link set dev rausb0 up
wireless-essid MY_ESSID
wireless-key s:"my wireless string"
auto rausb0
uname -r
dmesg | grep rt73
Code:
[ 6.419406] usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73
ifup rausb0
Code:
DHCPDISCOVER on rausb0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on rausb0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.