Hi,

Newbie here of course...

I installed a linksys wmp54g wireless PCI in my desktop. I can see the wireless networks around me but never actually connect to them...I had some success connecting yesterday for a few minutes but the connection was really slow.

I have tried to install the ndiswrapper for the past few days...no luck...I get an error doing the "make" and "make install" commands...and I just dont think that the ndiswrapper is the issue since I can already see the access points around me.

Can anyone help, I've done the research and I'm still in need of a solution.

Can you please post output for:
lspci


Thanks.

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$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k HSFi Modem (rev 01)
00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 80)
00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8235 ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 50)
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 74)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]


Looking at the 00:09.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI ??

And please, send output for:

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$ lsmod | grep rt61
rt61pci 19028 0
crc_itu_t 1620 2 udf,rt61pci
rt2x00pci 6712 1 rt61pci
rt2x00lib 34128 2 rt61pci,rt2x00pci
eeprom_93cx6 1776 1 rt61pci

Sorry, I'm trying to preserve the white space in the output but I not sure how so:
$ lsmod | grep rt61
rt61pci________________19028__0
crc_itu_t______________1620__2_udf,rt61pci
rt2x00pci______________6712__1_rt61pci
rt2x00lib______________34128__2_rt61pci,rt2x00pci
eeprom_93cx6___________1776__1_rt61pci

So, driver is loaded. It is rt61pci.
Everything should work.
Can you describe what network manager tells you about wireless, can it scan, can it shows AP, can you connect and get IP from AP.

P.S.

Which one network manager do you use?

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I'm assuming the network manager is shows me the scanned APs - access points? I can see them like all the locked and unlocked wireless, but when I click one to connect to, I never get an IP...yesterday, when I checked your reply, I got a connection, but I lost it again by the time I tried to post.

Connection (association) with AP and obtainment an IP is two different tasks.
So, do please, connect to your AP, and type in root console:
Post output here please.

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Although the problem is not solved....
I haven't attempted any commands but what you have given me and I am finally able for the third time able to connect to the internet...and with a descent speed....I dont think it will last long though, but her is the output: