Dhcpcd problems with connecting to wireless network?

ALSiPSClAr · 05-27-2008, 10:22 PM

I installed a full install of Slackware 12.1 and the first thing I did was get started with the wireless cards. I have two Linksys network adapters that needed drivers. A Linksys usb model wusb54g with a ralink chipset and a linksys wpc54g with a broadcom chipset. After successfully installing them, I went to try and connect them to my wireless router. But for some reason I couldn't connect. Seemed to be getting stuck at "dhcpcd". I had the same wireless cards and same drivers working great under slackware 11 / 12.0

I used ndiswrapper for both and everything when smooth, no problem.
If I tried running "iwlist wlan1 scan" I'm able to see the network.

However, after running "dhcpcd wlan1", I'm not able to connect to the router. Dmesg gave me this:

dmesg:
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan1: link is not ready
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan1: link becomes ready
wlan1: no IPv6 routers present

I have tried to disconnect the wpa encryption and leaving the network unsecured but no change.
Also, tried to disable the ipv6 in modprobe.conf and blacklisting it but it only gets rid of the dmesg error and does not connect.

Does any body know what could be done to fix it. Thank you in advance.

Bruce Hill · 05-28-2008, 04:47 AM

Welcome to LQ!

The file for network configuration in Slackware is /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf.

Please post the output of the following commands:
lsmod
lspci -v
(only include the part about your ethernet devices, i.e.)

Code:

00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR5212/AR5213 Multiprotocol MAC/baseband processor (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Netgear Unknown device 5a00
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
        Memory at fdf00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
        Kernel driver in use: ath_pci
        Kernel modules: ath_pci

For the Ralink chipset, Alien Bob has a Slackware package with the driver
from serial monkey; so you don't need to use ndiswrapper.

For the Broadcom chipset, you might be able to use the driver in the default
Slackware-12.1 2.6.24.5 kernel rather than ndiswrapper.

pinniped · 05-28-2008, 05:26 AM

if you're not using ipv6, try disabling it

bogzab · 05-28-2008, 06:27 AM

I had similar problems with my Lenovo N200 notebook (intel wireless chipset - the intel drivers, no ndiswrapper), especially before I moved up from Slack 12.0 to 12.1. dhcpcd sometimes did the business and sometimes did not. Always on a fresh boot my wireless network was fine. If however I lost it for some reason, re-starting it by running rc.inet1 again sometimes worked and sometimes did not. Like you, running "iwlist scan" (nearly) always showed that the network could be detected - sometimes I had to do a "ifconfig wlan0 up" command first.

Since moving to 12.1 I find I almost never have to re-boot to get the wireless working again. Some combination of iwlist, ifconfig, iwconfig and dhcpcd commands usually gets me up and networking again. Sorry I can't be clearer than this, but just when I think I have figured out the exact right order and parameters to these, I find that next time round it does not quite work...

ALSiPSClAr · 05-28-2008, 12:04 PM

lsmod
Module Size Used by
snd_seq_dummy 6660 0
snd_seq_oss 32896 0
snd_seq_midi_event 10112 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 50256 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss 40352 0
snd_mixer_oss 17920 1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6 234724 12
lp 13348 0
parport_pc 27556 0
parport 34632 2 lp,parport_pc
fuse 45588 3
tifm_sd 13704 0
pcmcia 35884 0
snd_via82xx 26520 0
gameport 14472 1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec 98724 1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus 5760 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm 72068 3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 22532 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc 11528 2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart 10496 1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi 22560 1 snd_mpu401_uart
thermal 16540 0
snd_seq_device 10380 4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
battery 14340 0
ac 8068 0
snd 47716 11 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu40 1_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
sdhci 18692 0
button 10000 0
i2c_viapro 11156 0
processor 32680 1 thermal
rtc_cmos 11040 0
via_rhine 24968 0
mmc_core 47236 2 tifm_sd,sdhci
rtc_core 18696 1 rtc_cmos
soundcore 9824 1 snd
tifm_7xx1 9344 0
mii 8448 1 via_rhine
via_agp 12032 1
psmouse 40336 0
rtc_lib 6528 1 rtc_core
evdev 12672 5
shpchp 32788 0
yenta_socket 26636 2
agpgart 30664 1 via_agp
serio_raw 9092 0
tifm_core 10884 2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
rsrc_nonstatic 14592 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 35988 3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
ndiswrapper 184732 0

lspci -v
00:12.0 Ethernet controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
Subsystem: Gateway 2000 Unknown device 0216
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 16, IRQ 20
I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
Memory at d5200400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
Kernel driver in use: via-rhine
Kernel modules: via-rhine

I'm going to try the driver from serial monkey that Slackbuilds has and get you the result in a little bit.

Bruce Hill, could you give me more information how to get it going with default driver for the Broadcom chipset.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-28-2008, 01:25 PM

I tried the Ralink driver from the Slackbuilds for my usb adapter, and like always every thing when thought except dhcpcd. First dhcpcd took to long to complete and when it did go thought, I was not able to connect.

After checking dmesg this is what I get:

Code:

usb 1-5: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'simple'
usbcore: registered new interface driver rt2500usb
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan2: link is not ready
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b
wlan2: RX authentication from 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b (alg=0 transaction=2 status=1)
wlan2: AP denied authentication (auth_alg=0 code=1)
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b
wlan2: RX authentication from 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b (alg=0 transaction=2 status=1)
wlan2: AP denied authentication (auth_alg=0 code=1)
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b
wlan2: RX authentication from 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b (alg=0 transaction=2 status=1)
wlan2: AP denied authentication (auth_alg=0 code=1)
wlan2: authentication with AP 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b timed out
pccard: card ejected from slot 0
ndiswrapper: device wlan1 removed
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:02:00.0 disabled
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1d:7e:db:11:9b
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: RX authentication from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
wlan2: authenticated
wlan2: associate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: authentication frame received from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37, but not in authenticate state - ignored
wlan2: RX AssocResp from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=4)
wlan2: associated
wlan2: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
wlan2: failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 2
wlan2: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
wlan2: failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 3
wlan2: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30
wlan2: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan2: link becomes ready
wlan2: no IPv6 routers present
wlan2: RX deauthentication from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 (reason=7)
wlan2: deauthenticated
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: authentication with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 timed out
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: Initial auth_alg=0
wlan2: authenticate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: RX authentication from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
wlan2: authenticated
wlan2: associate with AP 00:1a:70:ef:73:37
wlan2: RX ReassocResp from 00:1a:70:ef:73:37 (capab=0x431 status=0 aid=4)
wlan2: associated
wlan2: WMM queue=2 aci=0 acm=0 aifs=3 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
wlan2: failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 2
wlan2: WMM queue=3 aci=1 acm=0 aifs=7 cWmin=15 cWmax=1023 burst=0
wlan2: failed to set TX queue parameters for queue 3
wlan2: WMM queue=1 aci=2 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=7 cWmax=15 burst=30
wlan2: WMM queue=0 aci=3 acm=0 aifs=2 cWmin=3 cWmax=7 burst=15

I did not disable the ipv6 but I do not see it in dmesg.

Hopefully, this help.

Bruce Hill · 05-28-2008, 07:24 PM

When posting before I didn't read your OP thoroughly. Now
I see you have an USB device, not PCI or PCMCIA.

I don't have much time this morning to check your output,
but a couple of things are mentionable.

First, you had at one time wlan0, then your OP has wlan1,
and now the above post has wlan1 changing to wlan2. This
is setup by UDEV in /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules.

Every time you change devices, or drivers, that file is
recreated. I would suggest you remove it and reboot, so
the clutter is gone. You can edit it, but if you choose
incorrect settings you'll still have problems.

I have a "ID 13b1:000d Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adapter"
which the default Slackware-12.1 generic-smp-2.6.24.5-smp
kernel loads with the rt2500usb module. However, in the
very short time I had this morning, I could not get an IP
address with my router using DHCP. NB: We normally use
WPA and static IPs on this LAN, and time did not permit
me to throughly check my settings.

To use either the kernel driver, or the Slackware package
that was previously suggested, you do not need ndiswrapper.
Therefore, you should remove it or disable it before you
reboot with the Ralink adapter. To use the Slackware package
rather than the kernel driver, you'll need to blacklist the
kernel module. However, I haven't tested the other driver
from serial monkey in the Slackware package from Alien Bob
with an USB device. It works fine with a PCI Ralink card,
and the kernel driver does not work well with that card.

Afterwards, if you're still not connected, please post the
output of the following:

Code:

lsmod
/sbin/lsusb
/sbin/iwconfig
/sbin/ifconfig
less /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf

This evening I should have time to test the two cards and
the two different drivers to see what will work with the
USB device. I suspect you're still using the driver built
into the kernel, because the one from the Slackware package
names the card ra0.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-28-2008, 09:29 PM

I removed devices from the /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules, then removed ndiswrapper the system and only left the rt2500 driver I installed from the Slackbuilds for the usb adapter. Still had no lucky.

Code:

 lsmod:
Module                  Size  Used by
sg                     30224  0 
rt2500                179168  0 
snd_seq_dummy           6660  0 
snd_seq_oss            32896  0 
snd_seq_midi_event     10112  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                50256  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            40352  0 
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
ipv6                  234724  12 
lp                     13348  0 
parport_pc             27556  0 
parport                34632  2 lp,parport_pc
fuse                   45588  3 
tifm_sd                13704  0 
pcmcia                 35884  0 
snd_via82xx            26520  1 
gameport               14472  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec         98724  1 snd_via82xx
ac97_bus                5760  1 snd_ac97_codec
rt2500usb              25088  0 
snd_pcm                72068  3 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
rt2x00usb              12672  1 rt2500usb
snd_timer              22532  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
rt2x00lib              21504  2 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb
snd_page_alloc         11528  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
rfkill                  9488  1 rt2x00lib
snd_mpu401_uart        10496  1 snd_via82xx
ac                      8068  0 
input_polldev           7304  1 rt2x00lib
battery                14340  0 
snd_rawmidi            22560  1 snd_mpu401_uart
thermal                16540  0 
button                 10000  0 
crc_itu_t               5760  1 rt2x00lib
snd_seq_device         10380  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
processor              32680  1 thermal
i2c_viapro             11156  0 
via_rhine              24968  0 
mac80211              122124  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
snd                    47716  13 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
rtc_cmos               11040  0 
tifm_7xx1               9344  0 
via_agp                12032  1 
mii                     8448  1 via_rhine
sdhci                  18692  0 
soundcore               9824  1 snd
rtc_core               18696  1 rtc_cmos
shpchp                 32788  0 
yenta_socket           26636  1 
agpgart                30664  1 via_agp
psmouse                40336  0 
cfg80211               14600  1 mac80211
tifm_core              10884  2 tifm_sd,tifm_7xx1
rtc_lib                 6528  1 rtc_core
mmc_core               47236  2 tifm_sd,sdhci
rsrc_nonstatic         14592  1 yenta_socket
serio_raw               9092  0 
evdev                  12672  5 
pcmcia_core            35988  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic

/sbin/lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 1/4GB Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 13b1:000d Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000  

/sbin/iwconfig:
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"XXXXX"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:XX:00:XX:00:XX   
          Bit Rate=2 Mb/s   Tx-Power=27 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:xxxxxxxxxxx [2]
          Link Quality=32/100  Signal level=-48 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

/sbin/ifconfig:
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:XXXXXXX  Mask:XXXXXXXXX
          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:1840 (1.7 KiB)  TX bytes:1840 (1.7 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr XXXXXXXXXX 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:397 (397.0 B)  TX bytes:2841 (2.7 KiB)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf:
#
# This file contains the configuration settings for network interfaces.
# If USE_DHCP[interface] is set to "yes", this overrides any other settings.
# If you don't have an interface, leave the settings null ("").

# You can configure network interfaces other than eth0,eth1... by setting
# IFNAME[interface] to the interface's name. If IFNAME[interface] is unset
# or empty, it is assumed you're configuring eth<interface>.

# Several other parameters are available, the end of this file contains a
# comprehensive set of examples.

# =============================================================================

# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]=""
NETMASK[0]=""
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""

# Config information for eth1:
IPADDR[1]=""
NETMASK[1]=""
USE_DHCP[1]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[1]=""

# Config information for eth2:
IPADDR[2]=""
NETMASK[2]=""
USE_DHCP[2]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[2]=""

# Config information for eth3:
IPADDR[3]=""
NETMASK[3]=""
USE_DHCP[3]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[3]=""

# Default gateway IP address:
GATEWAY=""

# Change this to "yes" for debugging output to stdout.  Unfortunately,
# /sbin/hotplug seems to disable stdout so you'll only see debugging output
# when rc.inet1 is called directly.
DEBUG_ETH_UP="no"

## Example config information for wlan0.  Uncomment the lines you need and fill
## in your data.  (You may not need all of these for your wireless network)
#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"
#IPADDR[4]=""
#NETMASK[4]=""
#USE_DHCP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_HOSTNAME[4]="icculus-wireless"
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=DARKSTAR
#WLAN_MODE[4]=Managed
#WLAN_RATE[4]="54M auto"
#WLAN_CHANNEL[4]="auto"
#WLAN_KEY[4]="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set "<the key>"
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="wext"
#WLAN_WPAWAIT[4]=30

## Some examples of additional network parameters that you can use.
## Config information for wlan0:
#IFNAME[4]="wlan0"              # Use a different interface name instead of
                                # the default 'eth4'
#IFNAME[4]="eth0:1"             # Set up an IP alias.
#HWADDR[4]="XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"  # Overrule the card's hardware MAC address
#MTU[4]=""                      # The default MTU is 1500, but you might need
                                # 1360 when you use NAT'ed IPSec traffic.
#DHCP_TIMEOUT[4]=15             # The default timeout for the DHCP client to
                                # wait for server resonse is 30 seconds, but
                                # you might want a shorter wait.
#DHCP_KEEPRESOLV[4]="yes"       # If you dont want /etc/resolv.conf overwritten
#DHCP_KEEPNTP[4]="yes"          # If you don't want ntp.conf overwritten
#DHCP_KEEPGW[4]="yes"           # If you don't want the DHCP server to change
                                # your default gateway
#DHCP_IPADDR[4]=""              # Request a specific IP address from the DHCP
                                # server
#WLAN_ESSID[4]=XXXXX         # An example of how you can override _any_
                                # parameter defined in rc.wireless.conf, by
                                # prepending 'WLAN_' to the parameter's name.
                                # Useful with multiple wireless interfaces.
#WLAN_IWPRIV[4]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=thekey"
                                # Some drivers require a private ioctl to be
                                # set through the iwpriv command. If more than
                                # one is required, you can place them in the
                                # IWPRIV parameter (separated with the pipe (|)
                                # character, see the example).
#WLAN_WPA[4]="wpa_supplicant"   # Run wpa_supplicant for WPA support
#WLAN_WPADRIVER[4]="ndiswrapper"# Tell wpa_supplicant to specifically use the
                                # ndiswrapper driver (if you leave this empty
                                # the 'wext' driver is used by default)
#WLAN_WPAWAIT[4]=30             # In case it takes long for the WPA association
                                # to finish, you can increase the wait time
                                # (defaults to 10 seconds)

Bruce Hill · 05-29-2008, 10:51 AM

Okay, this one was a pain, but it's working.

Here's my "lsusb -v" output, to verify the specific device:

Code:

root@james:~# lsusb -v

Bus 005 Device 002: ID 13b1:000d Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adapter
Device Descriptor:
  bLength                18
  bDescriptorType         1
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  idVendor           0x13b1 Linksys
  idProduct          0x000d WUSB54G Wireless Adapter
  bcdDevice            0.04
  iManufacturer           1 Cisco-Linksys
  iProduct                2 Wireless-G USB Network Adapter
  iSerial                 0
  bNumConfigurations      1
  Configuration Descriptor:
    bLength                 9
    bDescriptorType         2
    wTotalLength           32
    bNumInterfaces          1
    bConfigurationValue     1
    iConfiguration          0
    bmAttributes         0x80
      (Bus Powered)
    MaxPower              300mA
    Interface Descriptor:
      bLength                 9
      bDescriptorType         4
      bInterfaceNumber        0
      bAlternateSetting       0
      bNumEndpoints           2
      bInterfaceClass       255 Vendor Specific Class
      bInterfaceSubClass    255 Vendor Specific Subclass
      bInterfaceProtocol    255 Vendor Specific Protocol
      iInterface              0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x81  EP 1 IN
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
      Endpoint Descriptor:
        bLength                 7
        bDescriptorType         5
        bEndpointAddress     0x01  EP 1 OUT
        bmAttributes            2
          Transfer Type            Bulk
          Synch Type               None
          Usage Type               Data
        wMaxPacketSize     0x0200  1x 512 bytes
        bInterval               0
Device Qualifier (for other device speed):
  bLength                10
  bDescriptorType         6
  bcdUSB               2.00
  bDeviceClass            0 (Defined at Interface level)
  bDeviceSubClass         0
  bDeviceProtocol         0
  bMaxPacketSize0        64
  bNumConfigurations      1
Device Status:     0x0000
  (Bus Powered)

And my Slackware version and kernel:

Code:

root@james:~# cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 12.1.0
root@james:~# uname -a
Linux james 2.6.24.5-smp #1 SMP Wed Apr 30 13:18:13 CDT 2008 i686 AMD Athlon(TM) XP 2200+ AuthenticAMD GNU/Linux

And the kernel modules:

Code:

root@james:~# lsmod | grep rt2500
rt2500usb              25088  0
rt2x00usb              12672  1 rt2500usb
rt2x00lib              21504  2 rt2500usb,rt2x00usb

It worked on my network unsecured, but we don't run wireless without WPA; so I set it up first in the file with:

Code:

WLAN_IWPRIV[1]="set AuthMode=WPAPSK | set EncrypType=TKIP | set WPAPSK=key"

which did not work.

Then I removed the above line and added /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf and that did the trick. Here's the settings:

Code:

root@james:~# ls -l /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
-rw-r--r-- 1 mingdao users 865 2008-01-06 16:02 /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf

root@james:~# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# See /usr/doc/wpa_supplicant-0.5.8/wpa_supplicant.conf.sample
# for many more options that you can use in this file.

# This line enables the use of wpa_cli which is used by rc.wireless
# if possible (to check for successful association)
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
# By default, only root (group 0) may use wpa_cli
ctrl_interface_group=0
eapol_version=1
ap_scan=1
fast_reauth=1

# WPA protected network, supply your own ESSID and WPAPSK here:
network={
  scan_ssid=0
  ssid="philemon"
  proto=WPA
  key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
  pairwise=CCMP TKIP
  group=CCMP TKIP WEP104 WEP40
  psk=<your_64_hex_characters_long_key>
}

# Plaintext connection (no WPA, no IEEE 802.1X),
# nice for hotel/airport types of WiFi network.
# You'll need a recent version of wireless-tools for this!
network={
  ssid="any"
  key_mgmt=NONE
  priority=2
}

root@james:~# root@james:~# egrep -v "(^#|^ *$)" /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf
IFNAME[1]="wlan0"
IPADDR[1]="192.168.1.52"
NETMASK[1]="255.255.255.0"
WLAN_ESSID[1]=philemon
WLAN_MODE[1]=Managed
WLAN_RATE[1]="54M auto"
WLAN_CHANNEL[1]="auto"
WLAN_WPA[1]="wpa_supplicant"
WLAN_WPADRIVER[1]="wext"
GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"
DEBUG_ETH_UP="yes"

(those lines are only the uncommented lines in the file)

Hope this helps you (or someone else) get it working.

NB: This device and setup may not even work well. These new kernel drivers are experimental, and I have not even transferred a file with rsync. When I did previously with rt2500pci on another card, it hung my machine.

Bruce Hill · 05-30-2008, 09:56 AM

I've now run what I believe to be a reliable test with the 2.6.24.5 rt2500usb module. Last night I did all the work on that box over ssh from my workstation. I started rsync to backup the box and it looked really good. The transfer times were good for wireless, and it seemed like it was going to be a good driver. However ...

This morning when I woke up my terminal here reported:

Code:

<snip>
kernel/linux-2.6.25.2/drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-sis630.ko
Read from remote host 192.168.1.52: Connection timed out
Connection to 192.168.1.52 closed.
mingdao@silas:~$

It had closed before it finished the rsync. Also, the Linksys WUSB54G Wireless Adapter power and link lights both were off. I tried to ssh back into the box, and got:

Code:

mingdao@silas:~$ ssh mingdao@192.168.1.52
ssh: connect to host 192.168.1.52 port 22: No route to host

So I built a 2.6.25.4 kernel, hoping it was better. When the kernel booted, I was installing the Nvidia driver over a NFS mount, and it hung the terminal.

So, I'm removing rt2500usb from my kernel, and building rt2570 (USB) from rt2x00.serialmonkey.com.

Alien Bob is helping me with a SlackBuild script. When it's done, I'll report back the results. If it's good, I'm sure he or I will publish the SlackBuild.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-30-2008, 10:44 AM

I copy all the setting that you showed and this is what I get from the boot up screen:

Code:

Triggering udev events: /sbin/edevtrigger --retry-failed
/etc/rc.d/rc.M wlan0 information: 'ANY ESSID'
Error for wireless request "SET Nickname" (8B1C) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 : Operation not supported.
wlan0     no private ioctls.

wlan0     no private ioctls.

wlan0     no private ioctls.

Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory
Failed to connect to wpa_supplicant - wpa_ctrl_open: No such file or directory
Polling for DHCP server on interface wlan0
No carrier detected on wlan0. Reducing DHCP timeout to 10 seconds.
dhcpcd: MAC address = "<mac address>"

Hopefully this could make more sense to you then it does to me. Thanks.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-30-2008, 04:00 PM

Bruce Hill thanks for all the help. I really appreciate it. I still was not able to get it going but I probably go get a different wireless card and hopefully that work better. Thank again everybody.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-31-2008, 02:32 AM

I finally got it going. I reinstalled Slackware 12.1 and the driver for the usb wireless adapter (Linsys WUSB54G). I used all the command to start it up and nothing happened. Then I decided to restart the router first, then the computer. After rebooting I could not believe it, it started to work. It fired up from the first try and is still working even after a second reboot. So I guess sometime it does not hurt to reboot the router.

Once again thanks everybody for helping me out, especially Bruce Hill. He was the one that helped me not to give up and try again by posting new ideas for me to try. Thanks!

Bruce Hill · 05-31-2008, 04:54 AM

Please test the driver for my by downloading this file using rsync ... with this command:

Code:

rsync -va --progress http://slackwarebox.dyndns.org:88/slackware/slackware-12.1-install-d1.iso

and then tell us if it downloads fully, or stops. Thanks.

ALSiPSClAr · 05-31-2008, 08:44 PM

This is what I get when I tried to download it:

bash-3.1$ rsync -va --progress http://slackwarebox.dyndns.org:88/sl...install-d1.iso
ssh: connect to host http port 22: No route to host
rsync: connection unexpectedly closed (0 bytes received so far) [receiver]
rsync error: unexplained error (code 255) at io.c(635) [receiver=3.0.2]

bash-3.1$ wget --limit-rate 20k http://slackwarebox.dyndns.org:88/sl...install-d1.iso
--2008-05-31 18:45:49-- http://slackwarebox.dyndns.org:88/sl...install-d1.iso
Resolving slackwarebox.dyndns.org... 222.172.244.159
Connecting to slackwarebox.dyndns.org|222.172.244.159|:88... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 404 Not Found
2008-05-31 18:45:50 ERROR 404: Not Found.

However, by opening the url with firefox downloader it was downloading it.
I would have to try it at night because of the slow connections and other
people in the house. Do not want to jam everybody.