wireless network connections on Kubuntu 8.04.1

Lisi Reisz lisi.reisz at gmail.com
Sat Sep 13 12:26:09 UTC 2008


Hi, Robert,

Saturday 13 September 2008 11:51:27 に Robert Costa さんは書きました:
> 2008/9/13 Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz at gmail.com>:
> > I have a MSI 802.11g PCMCIA WiFi card with the Ralink RT2500 Chipset in a
> > Dell Latitude p4 connecting - or failing to connect :-( - via a Netgear
> > DG834G v4 wireless ADSL modem router.

> can you post the contents of your /etc/network/interfaces file and
> maybe the output of the lspci command and lsmod, just in case no
> drivers are running the WiFi card. hmm.. if it's a driver problem you
> could also try out installing ndiswrapper and using the manufacturers
> drivers, but of cause that's not an option if you want to stay on
> linux native drivers :-)...

Herewith.  The /etc/network/interfaces file has been generated by Kubuntu, and 
I currently have the Ralink configured to static.  When it is configured to 
DHCP it vanishes from /etc/network/interfaces.

The 3 things together are rather long, I'm afraid.  I'd better say thank you 
here at the beginning!  So, thank you :-).  
Lisi

**/etc/network/interfaces**

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.7
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1

auto eth0

iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0

auto lo


iface wlan0 inet static
address 192.168.0.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.0.1
wireless-essid Chitose

auto wlan0

------------------------------------------------------
***lspci***

root at localhost:/home/user# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset Host 
Bridge (rev 04)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82845 845 [Brookdale] Chipset AGP Bridge 
(rev 04)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #1 (rev 
02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM USB Controller #3 (rev 
02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 42)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801CAM ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801CAM IDE U100 Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio 
Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV17 [GeForce4 440 Go] 
(rev a3)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 
78)
02:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:01.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI4451 PC card Cardbus Controller
02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI4451 IEEE-1394 Controller
07:00.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2500 802.11g Cardbus/mini-PCI (rev 01)
root at localhost:/home/user#

-------------------------------------------------------------------------
****lsmod****

root at localhost:/home/user# lsmod
Module                  Size  Used by
rfcomm                 41744  2
l2cap                  25728  13 rfcomm
bluetooth              61156  4 rfcomm,l2cap
ppdev                  10372  0
speedstep_ich           6288  0
speedstep_lib           6532  1 speedstep_ich
cpufreq_ondemand        9740  1
cpufreq_powersave       2688  0
cpufreq_stats           7104  0
freq_table              5536  3 speedstep_ich,cpufreq_ondemand,cpufreq_stats
cpufreq_userspace       5284  0
cpufreq_conservative     8712  0
container               5632  0
sbs                    15112  0
sbshc                   7680  1 sbs
dock                   11280  0
iptable_filter          3840  0
ip_tables              14820  1 iptable_filter
x_tables               16132  1 ip_tables
aes_i586               33536  0
dm_crypt               15364  0
dm_mod                 62660  1 dm_crypt
sbp2                   24072  0
lp                     12324  0
arc4                    2944  2
ecb                     4480  2
blkcipher               8324  1 ecb
rt2500pci              20352  0
rt2x00pci              11264  1 rt2500pci
rt2x00lib              22528  2 rt2500pci,rt2x00pci
rfkill                  8592  1 rt2x00lib
input_polldev           5896  1 rt2x00lib
crc_itu_t               3072  1 rt2x00lib
mac80211              165652  3 rt2500pci,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
cfg80211               15112  1 mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            3200  1 rt2500pci
pcmcia                 40876  0
ipv6                  267780  8
video                  19856  0
output                  4736  1 video
snd_intel8x0           35356  3
snd_ac97_codec        101028  1 snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus                3072  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm_oss            42144  0
snd_mixer_oss          17920  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                78596  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
snd_seq_dummy           4868  0
yenta_socket           27276  3
rsrc_nonstatic         13696  1 yenta_socket
serio_raw               7940  0
pcmcia_core            40596  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
i2c_core               24832  0
button                  9232  0
battery                14212  0
snd_seq_oss            35584  0
snd_seq_midi            9376  0
ac                      6916  0
snd_rawmidi            25760  1 snd_seq_midi
parport_pc             36260  1
parport                37832  3 ppdev,lp,parport_pc
irda                  203068  0
dcdbas                  9504  0
evdev                  13056  5
snd_seq_midi_event      8320  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
crc_ccitt               3072  1 irda
snd_seq                54224  6 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              24836  3 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          9612  5 
snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
intel_agp              25492  1
snd                    56996  15 
snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
soundcore               8800  1 snd
shpchp                 34452  0
pci_hotplug            30880  1 shpchp
agpgart                34760  1 intel_agp
iTCO_wdt               13092  0
iTCO_vendor_support     4868  1 iTCO_wdt
snd_page_alloc         11400  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
pcspkr                  4224  0
psmouse                40336  0
ext3                  136712  3
jbd                    48404  1 ext3
mbcache                 9600  1 ext3
sg                     36880  0
sr_mod                 17956  0
cdrom                  37408  1 sr_mod
sd_mod                 30720  5
ata_generic             8324  0
ata_piix               19588  4
floppy                 59588  0
ohci1394               33584  0
pata_acpi               8320  0
ieee1394               93752  2 sbp2,ohci1394
uhci_hcd               27024  0
3c59x                  46376  0
mii                     6400  1 3c59x
libata                159344  3 ata_generic,ata_piix,pata_acpi
scsi_mod              151436  5 sbp2,sg,sr_mod,sd_mod,libata
usbcore               146028  2 uhci_hcd
thermal                16796  1
processor              36872  2 thermal
fan                     5636  1
fbcon                  42912  0
tileblit                3456  1 fbcon
font                    9472  1 fbcon
bitblit                 6784  1 fbcon
softcursor              3072  1 bitblit
fuse                   50708  1
root at localhost:/home/user#  


> > When I first installed Hardy, the wireless card was recognised and both
> > green lights were on, but it could only connect with static IP.  After
> > numerous attempts over several days, in desperation I tried manually
> > editing /etc/network/interfaces.  Still no joy.  I tried a few different
> > combinations, including finally deleting  /etc/network/interfaces and
> > letting Kubuntu regenerate it.
> >
> > So I installed linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic.  One of the green
> > lights went out and it would now not connect at all, even tho' network
> > settings could still see it.
> >
> > So I uninstalled linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic (apt-get purge
> > linux-backports-modules-hardy-generic, aptget autoremove).  Now the
> > lights are both on, but there is no actual connection.
> >
> > I tried pinging the router.  All packets were dropped.  I pinged the
> > laptop from the router and all packets reached their destination.  So I
> > pinged the router from the laptop.  Nada.  So I again pinged the laptop
> > from the router. This time nothing.  And that is still the situation.
> >
> > I also tried connecting the ethernet connection via DHCP.  It would work
> > only if I told it the DNS to use - it could not get the information from
> > the server.  Not much use for roving!!  But the wrieless card could not
> > even get an IP from the router.
> >
> > Suggestions?  I'll try anything, short of throwing the whole lot through
> > the window.  I have to get wireless DHCP going on this laptop. :-(






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