Hello there guys.
I have this problem with the belkin wireless mimo g+ controller.

I have compiled/installed and loaded the required rt73 module,
and i have configured the interface to bind to my AP, set the WPA PSK key, pass all iwpriv commands, set the default gateway etc.

I can initiate scans with the stabdard wireless tools, i can also configure the device as i said before.

What i cannot do is anything after that.
I cannot ping my AP.
my dhcp client times out, etc.

Do you guys know of anything that would cause something like that?
That is all.

Can you post the results of ifconfig and iwconfig? If possible, turn off security on the router to see if you can connect in the clear.

ifconfig
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rausb0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1CF:4B:61:AD
inet addr:192.168.1.74 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:dfff:fe4b:61ad/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1364 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:472 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:177926 (173.7 KiB) TX bytes:35422 (34.5 KiB)

iwconfig
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rausb0 RT73 WLAN ESSID:"sm0ke" Nickname:"gaming"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:18:F6:76:0D:B1
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption key:<my_key>
Link Quality=83/100 Signal level:-56 dBm Noise level:-79 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

route
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Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 rausb0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 rausb0

lsmod
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Module Size Used by
snd_seq_oss 36992 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11520 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 57168 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 47904 0
snd_mixer_oss 21120 1 snd_pcm_oss
rt73 311552 0
snd_emu10k1 141248 0
snd_rawmidi 28960 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_ac97_codec 101664 1 snd_emu10k1
ac97_bus 6400 1 snd_ac97_codec
uhci_hcd 29708 0
snd_pcm 84228 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_emu10k1,snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_device 12428 4 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_rawmidi
snd_timer 27908 3 snd_seq,snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 14472 2 snd_emu10k1,snd_pcm
snd_util_mem 8832 1 snd_emu10k1
snd_hwdep 13700 1 snd_emu10k1
pata_jmicron 10752 0
ehci_hcd 37388 0


There you go. I really don't know what to make of it :/

ifconfig shows the rausb0 NIC already has an IP address. Are you setting this manually?

yes, i assigned that myself.
If i run my dhcp client, it just times out :/

I cannot even ping my router after i assign an ip and add the default gateway.
I am guessing something is going wrong during authentication.

Following your suggestion, i turned security off at my router and connected successfuly!

I have also messed with wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli, and i see messages like that:

Associated with <mac addr>
Authentication with <mac addr> timed out

So i guess authentication fails :/
But why would that happen? I also tried WPA2PSK which fails as well.

here's a sample script i am using:

ifconfig rausb0 up

iwconfig rausb0 essid sm0ke
iwconfig rausb0 nick sm0ke2
iwconfig rausb0 ap <AP_mac_addr>
iwpriv rausb0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
iwpriv rausb0 set EncrypType=TKIP
iwconfig rausb0 key restricted s:<my_key>

I have also tried AuthMode=WPA2PSK and EncrypType=AES but that doesn't work either :/
Any suggestions?

You might check your AuthMode and EncrypType - doesn't look right to me. I think you can use iwconfig instead of iwpriv unless you have multiple drivers for the same device. I suspect DHCP will work now if security if turned off.

The problem seems to be with authentication since you can connect with no security. If you are using WPA, you should read up on man wpa_supplicant.

AuthMode and EncrypType can only be set using iwpriv :/
I have been testing wpa_supplicant and wpa_cli but cannot really find out why it is not authenticating!

Are you sure the router is using the same WPA mode you are specifying?

yup. i set the router to use WPA-PSK
I also tried WPA2-PSK and it doesn't work.

I have tested both settings in a windows box and it works.
It just won't authenticate :/