Wifi config cliff (gutsy, zd1211, aaaaaiiiiiiiiiiiiiihhhhhhhh)

[Greg Emil]

Thanks for the tip. I tried it but got nowhere. Time to bail and buy a
wireless ethernet bridge.

On 10/21/07, Alex Janssen <alex at ourwoods.org> wrote:
>
> 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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