The wifi crusade.

[tchize]

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Howard Coles Jr. a écrit :

> On Saturday 01 April 2006 07:00, tchize wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Today, i decided to buy a wifi PCI card, to get rid of this nice
>> wire in the house. My laptop was already using wifi, it was time
>> for my upstair desktop to go wireless. I have a reflex when it
>> comes to brand new card when they do not seem automatically
>> working on my linux box: test how the manufacturer drivers behave
>> on aimed OS (mainly windows for most) to ensure the card is not
>> defect.
>>
>> Windows installation: put that awfull driver CD in tray, install
>> drivers, go to the wifi configuration panel just click 'scan' and
>> then give your password for the select wifi gateway (and specify
>> the encryption type). Total time of operation from install driver
>> to use browser: 5 minutes.
>>
>> Kubuntu installation: Drivers is recognized immediatly by kernel
>> (rt2500 card) and loaded (great!). I go to kde network config
>> panel and .. Outh, forgot that panel is not working in breezy
>> badger, so i go to the net, find some tutorial and go by hand in
>> /etc/network/interface.
>>
>> I add this:
>>
>>
>> iface ra0 inet dhcp pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid Ayato pre-up
>> iwconfig ra0 mode Managed pre-up iwpriv ra0 set Channel=8 pre-up
>> iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK pre-up iwpriv ra0 set
>> EncrypType=TKIP pre-up iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK="<my key>" pre-up
>> iwpriv ra0 set TxRate=0
>>
>>
>> Parameters AuthMode, WPAPSK, TKIP and the key is exactly the same
>> i used under window
>>
>> Then i type tchize at Urd:~$ sudo ifup ra0 Internet Systems
>> Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.2 Copyright 2004 Internet Systems
>> Consortium. All rights reserved. For info, please visit
>> http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP
>>
>> sit0: unknown hardware address type 776 sit0: unknown hardware
>> address type 776 Listening on LPF/ra0/00:08:a1:98:d4:c3 Sending
>> on LPF/ra0/00:08:a1:98:d4:c3 Sending on Socket/fallback
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 15
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
>> DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4 No
>> DHCPOFFERS received. No working leases in persistent database -
>> sleeping.
>>
>>
>> Ok, i wasn't able to get a dhcp lease from wifi gateway. (note, i
>> tried with a static ip too, no help in getting connect) to
>> ensure driver is working properly , i issue a network scan:
>>
>> tchize at Urd:~$ iwlist ra0 scanning ra0 Scan completed : Cell
>> 01 - Address: 00:11:50:7E:F5:68 Mode:Managed ESSID:"Ayato"
>> Encryption key:on Channel:8 Quality:61/100 Signal level:-65 dBm
>> Noise level:-193 dBm
>>
>> So the driver itself is working properly.
>>
>>
>> Total time: 3 hours work, attempting various config, i am still
>> not able to connect to wifi gateway and no error message at all
>> to provide informations on what could be wrong, except the fact
>> dhcp don't get a lease! The wire cable is still there...
>>
>>
>> Conclusion: If you want to go wifi go windows or mac os x?
>>
>>
>> I hope not! Does someone has a solution to this problem?
>>
>>
>> Thanks.
>
>
> First: Install wpa_supplicant (if it supports your wireless card).
> Then do the following
>
I tried wpa_supplicant at first place :)
However, for rt driver, it's stated in docs the wpa support is builded
in the driver and so you don't need wpa supplicant. Moreover, wpa
supplicant has no 'driver' for rt driver. (I tried all their -D
possible values, none was correct with my card, always ioctl errors)

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