Hello, I've got wlan0 and wmaster0. This is a modem/router combination, it's something quest threw together, so I'll see if I can get it working by disabling wpa. when I lspci: 00:0e.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI I've checked google and found some info on it, but it's only gotten me as far as I am now. I'll keep looking for where to set my wpa. I think that's the solution, essid works fine. Thanks, ~~TheCreator~~ Visit TDS for quality software and website production http://tysdomain.com visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: http://piratecafe.net msn: tyler at tysdomain.com skype: st8amnd127 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kerry Hoath" <kerry@xxxxxxxxx> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> Sent: Monday, June 23, 2008 6:48 PM Subject: Re: using wireless with debian? > Keep it simple then make it complicated. > Turn off your wpa for testing; and see if you can associate with the > access > point when it is open. > > This is a short term solution whilst you figure out what is going on with > your wireless setup. > At no point have you specified which sort of wireless card you have; which > limits how much anyone can help you. > > Wireless cards often have 2 interfaces; one for configuration and one for > ethernet packets. An example, > my atheros based card has wmaster and wlan0. > wmaster is used for setting specific attributes on the card, > wlan is one of possibly many virtual interfaces. > Other cards have wlan0 and eth1, > > You need to tell dhcp to use the ethernet portion of the wireless card, > not > the configuration interface. > > I'm sorry I don't use WPA on this network, I have legacy wm2005 > smartphones > that only talk wep. > In order to get wep working I ran iwconfig on the wireless portion of the > card, set essid keys etc then ran dhcpd on the ethernet portion. > man interfaces > if this is a debian box, you can set up wireless in > /etc/network/interfaces. > Beyond that I can't help much without googling up the information you > need; > something you're more than likely capable of doing yourself. > Regards, Kerry. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tyler Littlefield" <tyler at tysdomain.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Tuesday, June 24, 2008 8:07 AM > Subject: Re: using wireless with debian? > > > OK, I've edited the networks file so that ifup will work with wlan0. now, > when I do dhclient, here's what I get. > wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801 > Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:1e:e5:9f:62:f3 > Sending on LPF/wlan0/00:1e:e5:9f:62:f3 > Sending on Socket/fallback > DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > the only thing that dmesg yields is: > wlan0: no IPv6 routers present > which doesn't seem to be much of a problem. > I can iwlist scan, and see the router I want. > when I do iwconfig essid "my network" it shows up on iwconfig wlan0, but > I'm > not able to see where to put in the wpa key--I filled out my wpa config > file, for wpa_supplicant but it doesn't seem to be connecting me to the > router. > It might also be worth noting that ifconfig wlan0 does not give an IP > address. > I hope I've provided enough info--I'm totally lost here. I've followed > docs, > and it seems to have not worked as well as I would have hoped. > Thanks, > ~~TheCreator~~ > Visit TDS for quality software and website production > http://tysdomain.com > visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: > http://piratecafe.net > msn: tyler at tysdomain.com > skype: st8amnd127 > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "luke" <speakup at lists.tacticus.com> > To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." > <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2008 12:44 PM > Subject: Re: using wireless with debian? > > >> Checkout wireless-tools, wpasupplicant, and related packages. >> >> Luke >> >> >> On Sat, 21 Jun 2008, Tyler Littlefield wrote: >> >>> Hello, >>> It seems as if my card was recognized, >>> Now is the question of how to connect it to the router via >>> wireless--where would I go about setting up the name, and the wpa key, >>> etc? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> ~~TheCreator~~ >>> Visit TDS for quality software and website production >>> http://tysdomain.com >>> visit the piratecafe for programming related resources: >>> http://piratecafe.net >>> msn: tyler at tysdomain.com >>> skype: st8amnd127 >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Speakup mailing list >>> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >>> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >>> >> >> -- >> "Fiat money and sustainable society are not compatible." - Peter Cajander >> _______________________________________________ >> Speakup mailing list >> Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >> http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >> >> __________ NOD32 3205 (20080621) Information __________ >> >> This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >> http://www.eset.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > __________ NOD32 3211 (20080624) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > >
