[SOLVED] Issue with wireless card, dhcpcd

Shadow r00fler

Well, I was 100% clueless about this until searching around on here for how to set up a wireless connection on this thing, so I managed to knock off 10% at least.

Most of the time, I'm told it was able to configure my card, but it seems to hang up for a long time on getting an IP address, never does and continues booting.

Card : D-Link AirPlus ("Xtreme G") DWL-G520 Wireless PCI Adapter (rev. B)

Uncommented lines in /etc/conf.d/wireless :

essid_wlan0="any"
mode_wlan0="auto"
adhoc_essid_wlan0="<a name>"
channel_wlan0="6"
scan_mode_wlan0="Ad-Hoc"
key_<a name>="<a 128-bit key>"

Two relevant lines in /var/log/messages :

May 28 21:31:06 hostname ndiswrapper (iw_set_tx_power:354): setting tx_power failed (C0010017)
May 28 21:33:17 hostname dhcpcd[10519]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response

So, er. What should I do next?

zonk · Apprentice Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 176

as far as i know, you shouldn't be using ndiswrapper at all for that card, the windows drivers are crap either way. madwifi should have support for your card, as it's atheros based.

Shadow r00fler · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:07 am Post subject:

Ah, okay. Must've misread whatever the hell that wiki was... doesn't surprise me =P

*tries that*

zonk · Apprentice Joined: 23 May 2005 Posts: 176

well, you might wanna find out if it's atheros based first. sorry about forgetting that in the former post.

Shadow r00fler · Posted: Sun May 29, 2005 5:59 am Post subject:

Yep, it was. 'Tis working perfectly now. Thanks