Re: Debian Wifi - RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI

Isnt working. Apparently is wep - open

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:53 PM, Reid Towsley <rtowsley@gmail.com> wrote:

> Encryption type will either be AES, TKIP, or TKIP+AES. They are all WPA
> algorithms. Check your router.
>
> Reid
>
>
> Nathan Koch wrote:
>
>
> Leave AES or change to wpa
>
> On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:45 PM, Reid Towsley <rtowsley@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Have you tried manually setting up the networks by manually editing your
> > /etc/network/interfaces file? Mine looks something like this:
> >
> > (change wlan0 to your network device, and edit the following lines to
> > correspond to your specific network)
> >
> > iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> > pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
> > pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
> > pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
> > pre-up ifconfig wlan0 down
> > pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid "myssid"
> > pre-up iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
> > pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
> > pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set EncrypType=AES
> > pre-up iwpriv wlan0 set WPAPSK="A shared key"
> > pre-up ifconfig wlan0 up
> >
> > Reid
> >
> > Nathan Koch wrote:
> >
> > I tried it in debian etch, and it didnt work. I can see networks but i
> > cant connect to them if they are wpa. its a pain.
> >
> > On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Reid Towsley <rtowsley@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > If by Debian you mean Ubuntu I can help you out. The driver for RT2500
> > > series worked in Ubuntu Feisty, but not in Gutsy. I should say at least the
> > > WPA portion of the driver wouldn't work. The iwpriv "set" command was giving
> > > me a whole lot of trouble. I ended up having to blacklist the built-in
> > > driver, and compile the rt2500 driver (or kernel module or whatever Linux
> > > calls them) from source. Worked wonderfully after that.
> > >
> > > If you're using Ubuntu Feisty 7.10 I can give you exact instructions
> > > of what you need to do to get the card up and running with WPA security.
> > >
> > > Reid
> > >
> > > Nathan Koch wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello Linux G33ks,
> > > I just recently switched over to Debian and I need some assistance
> > > getting my pci wifi card up and running.
> > > It was working in Mandriva so I assume it should work in Debian. I was
> > > wondering if someone could offer me some
> > > assistance on getting it up and running again. I'm doing bridged
> > > networking through my macbook so it's online.
> > > Id rather not do that for long though as it's only online when my
> > > macbook is at home.
> > >
> > > Anyone have any words of wisdom?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Nathan
> > > --
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> > >
> > >
> > > -- I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud internet connection
> > > to a 1.5 megabit fiberoptic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP
> > > router that's compatible with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration? To
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > _______
> > Nathan Koch
> > www.xiambax.com
> >
> >
> > -- I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud internet connection to
> > a 1.5 megabit fiberoptic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP
> > router that's compatible with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration? To
> > unsubscribe, send a message with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes)
> > in the body to linux-request@slg.org Archives are at
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> >
>
>
>
> --
> _______
> Nathan Koch
> www.xiambax.com
>
>
> -- I'm interested in upgrading my 28.8 kilobaud internet connection to a
> 1.5 megabit fiberoptic T1 line. Will you be able to provide an IP router
> that's compatible with my token ring ethernet LAN configuration? To
> unsubscribe, send a message with the word "unsubscribe" (without the quotes)
> in the body to linux-request_at_slg.org Archives are at http://list.slg.org/
>
Received on Wed Mar 19 17:58:28 2008