Wifi config cliff (gutsy, zd1211, aaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhh)

[Greg Emil]

Help! I've fallen over the Wifi config cliff and I can't get up.

I upgraded my fiesty box to gutsy and tried to use my new, generic zd1211
USB dongle to connect to my Linksys WRT54G/GL/GS, which is running DD-WRT
v23 SP2. Never got it working under fiesty, and no luck with gutsy so far.
I've been trying all of the Wifi tips in help.ubuntu.com, and could really
use a pointer or two.

Here are the assorted clues. lsmod shows the zd1211rw module loaded into the
kernel. I set up the router for a static IP address for the USB dongle's
MAC.

$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
wireless-mode managed
address 192.168.1.135
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
wireless-key [a real key]
wireless-essid dd-wrt


$ sudo ifconfig eth1
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:02:72:65:F1:19
          inet addr:192.168.1.135  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:10 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:10
          TX packets:82 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:3674 (3.5 KB)

$ sudo iwconfig eth1
eth1      IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:"dd-wrt"  Nickname:"zd1211"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472 GHz  Access Point: Invalid
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s
          Encryption key:6173-6464-306F-6464-0000-0000-00   Security
mode:open
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

$ sudo iwconfig eth1 freq 2.437G
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.

$ sudo iwpriv eth1
eth1      Available private ioctls :
          set_regdomain    (8BE0) : set   1 byte  & get   0
          get_regdomain    (8BE1) : set   0       & get   1 byte



THANKS in advance!

Cheers,
Greg
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