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fzhouzh
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 Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:48 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] RT2860 wireless does not work |
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Hello, all
I have a desktop with an asus rt2860 wireless card. I tried it with 2.6.32 and 2.6.36-r5 kernel, selected the staging driver. I also downloaded the firmware rt2860.bin and put it in lib/firmware. But neither of them works. The problem is that right now, I can use to see the list of wireless networks. However, when I use | Code: | | iwconfig wlan0 essid xyz key s:uvw |
and then use , I can not get an ip address. The same network and password works fine with windows/ubunut 10.04. Also, I tried to use to see the network configuration, regardless of what essid I used, the essid in the output is alway an empty string. I am now stuck. Thanks.
FYI: I am using gentoo amd64 not gentoo ia32, in case it matters.
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 3:57 pm Post subject: |
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| If your are using a desktop environment, take a look at Wicd to manage wifi connections. |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 6:40 pm Post subject: |
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Sent via an rt2860:
have you done | Code: | | emerge wpa_supplicant emerge dhcpcd |
post the output of
Mine: | Quote: | wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
Protocol:802.11b/g/n
ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed
Channel:1
Quality:39/100 Signal level:-74 dBm Noise level:-71 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:18 Mb/s
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK |
My /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf: | Quote: | ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
update_config=1
network={
ssid="NETGEAR"
psk="xxxxxxxx"
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
auth_alg=OPEN
} |
my /etc/conf.d/net: | Quote: | modules_wlan0=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0="-Dwext"
wpa_timeout_wlan0=15
modules_wlan0=( "dhcpcd" )
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )
dhcpcd_wlan0="-t 10"
modules_eth0="ifconfig"
config_eth0="192.168.1.204 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
routes_eth0="default via 192.168.1.1"
dns_servers="8.8.8.8" |
if you emerge wpa_supplicant with the qt4 use flag set and have a GUI you get a handy graphical tool, wpa_gui for configuring wireless.
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fzhouzh
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:55 pm Post subject: |
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| wpa_supplicant caused the problem. I emerged it and now it works. I still have a little problems with bring it up on system start. But the major problem has been solved. Thanks a lot. |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Code: | cd /etc/init.d
ln -s net.lo net.wlan0
rc-update add net.wlan0 default |
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fzhouzh
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:07 pm Post subject: |
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I did that. The problem is that on system start, the net.wlan0 complains to me that wlan0 is down, and | Code: | | /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
seems not be read but wpa_supplicant, which complains that it can not find WEP key for xyz network. However, if I use command line | Code: | | wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf |
and then use , everything works just fine.
PS: I compiled the staging rt2860 driver as a module and loaded the module on system startup. |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:25 pm Post subject: |
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I also have rt2860sta as a module and let udev load it at boot (/etc/modules.autoload.d/kernel-2.6 is empty).
RC_VERBOSE="yes" in /etc/conf.d/rc will give you more feedback.
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DONAHUE
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No answer but-
ordinarily I use fixed IP.
I switched to dhcp as a check and appear to have duplicated your problem. Using dhcp, fails: | Quote: | ~ # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart
* Starting wlan0
* Loading networking modules for wlan0
* modules: apipa arping ccwgroup macchanger macnet rename ifplugd iwconfig essidnet iptunnel ifconfig system dhcpcd ip6to4
* ifplugd provides plug
* iwconfig provides wireless
* ifconfig provides interface
* dhcpcd provides dhcp
* Configuring wlan0 for MAC address 00:08:54:8D:6F:5B ... [ ok ]
* ifplugd does not work on wireless interfaces
* Configuring wireless network for wlan0
* Scanning for access points
* Found "NETGEAR" at E0:91:F5:B7:18:5B (managed, encrypted)
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Network is down.
* wlan0 does not support setting the mode to "managed"
* WEP key is not set for "NETGEAR" - not connecting
* Couldn't associate with any access points on wlan0
* Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 [ !! ] |
Using fixed IP, works: | Quote: | oddman ~ # /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 restart
* Caching service dependencies ...
* Service 'named' already provides 'dns'!;
* Not adding service 'named1'... [ ok ]
* Starting wlan0
* Loading networking modules for wlan0
* modules: apipa arping ccwgroup macchanger macnet rename ifplugd wpa_supplicant essidnet iptunnel ifconfig system dhcpcd ip6to4
* ifplugd provides plug
* wpa_supplicant provides wireless
* ifconfig provides interface
* dhcpcd provides dhcp
* Configuring wlan0 for MAC address 00:08:54:8D:6F:5B ... [ ok ]
* ifplugd does not work on wireless interfaces
* Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... [ ok ]
* Starting wpa_cli on wlan0 ... [ ok ]
* Waiting for association [ ok ]
* Backgrounding ... |
If memory serves dhcp was working for me 2-3 months ago. Something happens in wpa_supplicant to shutdown wlan0, no idea what. this rig is using wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-r2. Another with an rt2870 and wpa_supplicant-0.7.3-r2 has no problem with dhcp.
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The Doctor
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 3:30 am Post subject: |
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I believe that there is a bug in wpa_supplicant/dhcpcd
This thread https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-865327-highlight-.html has a similar problem and there is a bug report.
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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| Why aren't you using rt2800pci? |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 5:12 pm Post subject: |
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Has not worked to and through kernel 2.6.37 by my experience.
Help says:[quote]│ CONFIG_RT2800PCI:
This adds support for rt2800/rt3000/rt3500 wireless chipset family.
Supported chips: RT2760, RT2790, RT2860, RT2880, RT2890 & RT3052
This driver is non-functional at the moment and is intended for
developers.
When compiled as a module, this driver will be called "rt2800pci.ko".
<snip>
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Ant P.
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:08 pm Post subject: |
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| I've been using it for my netbook's RT2860 since the middle of last year, haven't had any problems with it. |
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Sun Feb 27, 2011 6:15 pm Post subject: |
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mileage varies, I try it each major kernel and then curse
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| Posted: Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:34 am Post subject: |
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| Just tried rt2800pci. It works fine for me and I don't have problems with dhcp starting on system boot anymore. Thank you. |
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