Wifi config cliff (gutsy, zd1211, aaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhh)

[Alex Janssen]

Greg Emil said the following on 10/20/2007 04:16 PM:
> 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 <http://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 <http://192.168.1.135>
> netmask 255.255.255.0 <http://255.255.255.0>
> gateway 192.168.1.1 <http://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 <http://192.168.1.135>  
> Bcast:192.168.1.255 <http://192.168.1.255>  Mask:255.255.255.0 
> <http://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
Maybe the final advice in this thread: RE: Wireless card stopped working 
immediately after upgrading 7.04    --> 7.10
would work for  you.

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