wicd bad password

JimBrewster · 01-04-2012, 12:09 PM

I did this for years before I found wicd. I never had a problem loading drivers for my atheros card, so can't really help there. Also I've always run this with an unsecured network, but assuming your drivers are loaded:

Code:

# iwconfig

should give you a list of your devices and their wireless specs. Then

Code:

# iwconfig <wifidevice> scan

..(or something like that) should show available access points. Then

Code:

# iwconfig <wifidevice> essid "<essid-for-your-network>"

should connect the card to your network. Then

Code:

# dhclient <wifidevice>

should give you an IP.

If your network is set up differently re security or dhcp you'll have to make adjustments to these commands. 'man iwconifg' and 'man dhclient' will help; they did for me!

onebuck · 01-04-2012, 01:21 PM

Hi,

Quote:

Originally Posted by VisionIncision

Hi all,
I have tried all of the suggestions here. I might just manually set up my wireless connections. Any pointers? Never done it manually.

Regards,
Jack.

You should have your '/etc/resolv.conf' setup with your 'ISP DNS' nameservers.

sample '/etc/resolv.conf';

Code:

 search 192.168.0.1 #if this happens to be your DNS 
 nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx   #ISP DSN 'replace xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
                              #with IP from your ISP
 nameserver 4.2.2.1           #Verizon third level DNS
 nameserver 4.2.2.2           #if needed
 nameserver 4.2.2.3
 nameserver 4.2.2.4

You could setup a static IP first, do as root from cli. p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }

Code:

 ~#ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.18    #<<< available IP
 ~#route add default gw 192.168.0.1 #<<your gateway
 ~#iwlist wlan0 scan #<< use information to fill in for essid & ap information
 ~#iwconfig wlan0 essid "Your Wireless"
 ~#iwconfig wlan0 key your_key_here
 ~#iwconfig wlan0 ap xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx #<<Your _ap_from iwlist

Test it;

Code:

 ~#route -n                         #show the route table
  ~#ifconfig wlan0 up                #should be up already
  ~#ping 192.168.0.1                 #ping your gateway
  ~#ping 208.69.32.130               #google.com IP
  ~#ping google.com                  #test DNS, if fail then
                                     #check /etc/resolv.conf

I use the script below to setup my wireless while experimenting.

Code:

   wlan.sh;
  #start here
 #!/bin/bash
 #
 #10-26-09 13:30 gws
 #setup the wlan0 device
 #
 /sbin/ifconfig wlan0 192.168.0.18
 /sbin/route add default gw 192.168.0.1
 /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid "Your_Wireless_Access"
 /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key Place Your_key
 /sbin/iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:00:00:00:00:00 << your AP HW address from above iwlist scan
 #end here

Be sure to include essid, key and AP for the above sample.