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theeverlastinggreed
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 Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2011 2:35 am Post subject: [solved]problems with realtek rtl8187b based wireless device |
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Hi all, I'm currently trying to connect my new box to the internet via wireless. I have a NetGear WG111v3 usb adaptor. Following http://www.gentoo-wiki.info/RTL8187B, I managed to get the kernel to recognise the device. I did That succeed, but iwconfig would report there to be no wireless extensions.
But for some strange and bizarre reason, the wireless card worked in the Ubuntu livecd...
Any ideas will be very much appreciated.
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DONAHUE
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 2:25 am Post subject: |
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check that wifi radio is on: led? switch? key? key combination? BIOS setting?
does kernel config have:
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-*- Wireless --->
--- Wireless
<M> cfg80211 - wireless configuration API
[ ] nl80211 testmode command
[ ] enable developer warnings
[ ] cfg80211 regulatory debugging
[*] enable powersave by default
[ ] use statically compiled regulatory rules database
[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
{M} Common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ ] lib80211 debugging messages
<M> Generic IEEE 802.11 Networking Stack (mac80211)
[ ] PID controller based rate control algorithm
[*] Minstrel
[*] Minstrel 802.11n support
Default rate control algorithm (Minstrel) --->
[ ] Enable mac80211 mesh networking (pre-802.11s) support
-*- Enable LED triggers
[ ] Select mac80211 debugging features ---> |
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theeverlastinggreed
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| Posted: Wed Jun 29, 2011 1:35 pm Post subject: |
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Thank you so very much! It turns out that it is to do with kernel misconfiguration. I left out
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[*] cfg80211 wireless extensions compatibility
[*] Wireless extensions sysfs files
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