Wireless card detected..now how do I set it up?

OtisLinux · 10-29-2006, 11:32 PM

I am running Slackware 11 and just did ndiswrapper for my wireless card(Broadcom).
Everything seems to be running just fine, but I still can't connect to the internet.

Code:

iwconfig
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"jeremy"  Nickname:"lappy"
          Mode:Ad-Hoc  Frequency:2.452 GHz  Cell: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power:32 dBm   
          RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B   
          Encryption key:OMITTED   Security mode:restricted
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
iwlist scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 22:38:3D:69:30:A8
                    ESSID:"jeremy"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:100  Signal level:0  Noise level:160
                    Encryption key:off
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
          Cell 02 - Address: 00:13:10:36:4C:D4
                    ESSID:"jeremy"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:84/100  Signal level:-42 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=50
                    Extra:atim=0
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:14:6C:7E:A6:D4
                    ESSID:"NETGEAR"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:0/100  Signal level:-96 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    Extra:wpa_ie=dd180050f20101000050f20201000050f20201000050f2020000

I want to connect to Cell 02, how do I do that?

willysr · 10-30-2006, 03:13 AM

add ap="00:13:10:36:4C

4" parameter when configuring using iwconfig
this will bind you with the correct hotspot if there are more than 1 hotspot using the same name

OtisLinux · 10-30-2006, 09:03 PM

ok I did that and now when I do iwconfig, it shows no ESSID or Access Point

MS3FGX · 10-30-2006, 09:19 PM

The cell you are trying to connect to is a standard AP, but your card is in Ad-Hoc mode, have you tried setting that to "Managed"?

OtisLinux · 10-30-2006, 09:22 PM

yeah, then after I change that and do a iwlist scan...says no results, AND if I try to do :
iwconfig wlan0 essid jeremy
it still says "off/any"

gegechris99 · 10-31-2006, 02:38 AM

Did you have a look at ndiswrapper site to check whether there are some special steps to perform for your wireless card. Here's the link to the list of supported cards with some comments:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/m...index.php/List

I had a similar problem with my D-Link DWL-510 card (chipset RTL8180). I could configure everything but I could not associate to the AP. It turned out that I needed to modify the INF file.

So maybe something similar is required for your card.

MS3FGX · 10-31-2006, 11:26 PM

Not to get off-topic, but did you try the open source RTL8180 drivers, gegechris?

I use them for my no-name RTL8180 card, and they are really very good. Support for aircrack, Kismet, master mode, pretty much everything.

tuxdev · 10-31-2006, 11:46 PM

I use those drivers too and they are quite excellent. Watch out, though, in newer kernels. The kernel build system is now incompatible with the module, so for recent kernels, it will delete every file in the module source when you try to build it. If you get around that using $PATH hackery, it still fails because Linux got rid of a macro it needs. Recent 2.4 kernels seem to incorrectly build the combined module.

Contacting the developer about this issue is currently on my TODO.

ganooch · 11-01-2006, 07:49 AM

Your key is resticted. Do the following:

iwconfig wlan0 key xxxxxxxxxx open

Then open your /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.config file and ensure that the IP address of your router or access point is defined as the gateway. After that do:

dhcpcd wlan0

Cross your fingers and fire up the browser.

OtisLinux · 11-01-2006, 08:12 PM

i think my drivers are fine, i think its just a simple problem. I am probably not doing something correctly.
Thesee are the steps that I do:
iwconfig wlan0 essid jeremy
iwconfig wlan0 key XXXXXXXX open
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
ifconfig wlan0 up
dhcpcd wlan0

tuxdev · 11-01-2006, 08:27 PM

You shouldn't need to do ifconfig wlan0 up. If it shows up in ifconfig, it is already up.

rje_NC · 11-01-2006, 08:35 PM

When I connect manually with my Broadcom wireless card under ndiswrapper, my last step to connect is "dhclient wlan0". Give than I try and see if it will connect.

Bob