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RaLink will no longer connect to AP

Code:

# lspci

00:13.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 rev B 802.11g

I have installed the rt61 module from ralinktech.com, no errors so far.

Code:

# modprobe rt61

# dmesg -c

RT61: Vendor = 0x1814, Product = 0x0302



# ifconfig ra0 up

# dmesg -c

RT61: RfIcType= 3

ra0: no IPv6 routers present



# iwlist ra0 scan

ra0      Scan completed :

          Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:9A:65:53:51

                    Mode:Managed

                    ESSID:"dorsum"

                    Encryption key:on

                    Channel:11



# iwconfig ra0 essid "dorsum"

# iwconfig

lo        no wireless extensions.



eth1      no wireless extensions.



eth0      no wireless extensions.



sit0      no wireless extensions.



ra0      RT61 Wireless  ESSID:""  

          Mode:Auto  Frequency:1 MHz  Bit Rate=54 Mb/s  

          RTS thr:off  Fragment thr:off

          Encryption key:off

          Link Quality=0/70  Signal level:-121 dBm  Noise level:-111 dBm

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

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



# dmesg

Any ideas? It worked fine, then I reinstalled debian (etch) and now it won't connect to the ap anymore.

btw, here's the result from a scan on a card using madwifi:

Code:

# iwlist ath0 scan

ath0      Scan completed :

          Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:9A:65:53:51

                    ESSID:"dorsum"

                    Mode:Master

                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)

                    Quality=55/94  Signal level=-40 dBm  Noise level=-95 dBm

                    Encryption key:on

                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s

                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s

                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s

                    Extra:bcn_int=100

                    IE: WPA Version 1

                        Group Cipher : CCMP 

                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP 

                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

Any help appreciated. Like, where can I find any logs to look up, anyone else who have had similar problems with this driver on debian? As I said it worked fine before.. :/

I assume that like the rt2500, it has a GUI configuration tool. Try using that in tandem with making sure it's activated under Desktop|Administration|Networking

What is the name of that tool?

For the rt2500, it's named "rt2500" in the Debian repos ... There is no tool named rt61, but some studying on the question should suggest that rt2500 or some other program will work. You might also try wifi-radar or some similar gui tool

well you ra0 isn't connected to essid as you already said.
Why don't you use the /etc/Wireless/RT61STA/rt61sta.dat file to configure your nic?
there is an option essid or something there and just enter your AP name there. and all other options like which channel etc..

Quote:

Originally Posted by restless

Thank you, I will try that right away. :D

I notice that you're using WPA-PSK. Here's what I did to enable that on my madwifi driven WG311T.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...33#post2548333

Quote:

Originally Posted by Quakeboy02

I notice that you're using WPA-PSK. Here's what I did to enable that on my madwifi driven WG311T.

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...33#post2548333

Thank you, but I am already running wpa-psk without problems on two atheros-based cards using madwifi. So it's more of a problem related to the ralink-driver then it is to wpa. But thanks anyway.