Wireless Net.. Everything seems to be fine?

[Milkrunner]

OK, so I'm trying to connect to a wireless network and I've already made some progress. I have an unsupported card, but I got it working using ndiswrapper (which seems to be fine, the only problem is that it doesn't automatically show up on Network Manager so I have to do it all in a terminal window -- confusing).

Alright, let me just paste what I've managed to get to so far, and their responses (I'm working out of su -):

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ndiswrapper
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions.
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any     Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Encryption key:off     Power Management:off  
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

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc
[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:CC:05:50
                    ESSID:"Boileau Network"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:39/100  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=50
                    Extra:atim=0

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 key open 0123456789
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 ap 00:13:46:CC:05:50
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid "Boileau Network"
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 commit
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Boileau Network"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:46:CC:05:50   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   
          Encryption key:0123-4567-89   Security mode:open
          Power Management min timeout:0us  mode:All packets received
          Link Quality:45/100  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:10  Invalid misc:108   Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
[root@localhost ~]# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:F7:00:2A:F4  
          inet6 addr: fe80::213:f7ff:fe00:2af4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:4178 (4.0 KiB)
          Interrupt:17 Memory:d3000000-d3010000

I also tried

ifconfig wlan0 (my manual ip) netmask 255.255.255.0

And dhclient, though to be honest whenever I type in "dhclient" the terminal freezes and I have to open a new session. Basically I have no idea what most of that information means, since I had originally assumed that it meant it was working fine, but the browser obviously doesn't work and I'm assuming I need the dhcp to give me an IP, but I have no idea how to do that (or if there's anything wrong with what I've got so far).

Any help would be appreciated Having to reboot my computer just to try one new line of code every ten seconds is getting kind of old.

[Milkrunner]

Oh, I forgot to mention that I'm working with Fedora 7, with an up-to-date kernel.

[hermouche]

I would suggest to you first to try to connect without any encryption and then after if you can go outside and eveything is OK, it 'll be time to add encryption wpe/wpa.

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[FriedChips]

It won't "automatically" show up in network manager, you need to go to add new device>wireless>ndiswrapper
If you don't see the entry for ndiswrapper, do this:

su -
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules

I don't recommend setting it to "active on boot" because if you have no wireless this will make your boot take forever. I don't even set my ethernet to "active on boot"

Hope that helps

[Milkrunner]

Originally Posted by FriedChips

It won't "automatically" show up in network manager, you need to go to add new device>wireless>ndiswrapper
If you don't see the entry for ndiswrapper, do this:

su -
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.conf
echo "alias wlan0 ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper
echo "ndiswrapper" >> /etc/modules

I don't recommend setting it to "active on boot" because if you have no wireless this will make your boot take forever. I don't even set my ethernet to "active on boot"

Hope that helps

Thanks, that managed to get it to pop up in network manager (Gnome)! Makes my life that much easier.

I tried turning off encryption and I got the same results. I'll keep trying that to see if it helps along the way...

Right now I've got the card up in network manager, but it doesn't seem to be able to find an IP via DHCP, and the static IP that I give it doesn't work (it says "active" no matter what kind of fictional IP I give it, including the correct one, and none of them allow me to connect to the internet). And asking it to automatically detect an IP claims that there is a cable unplugged... which can't be right because I can iwlist wlan0 scanning and detect networks, and otherwise work with the card. An ndiswrapper error, maybe? (please god no)

If it helps anyone, I'm trying to connect through a windows network, if that causes any problems. I feel like I had similar problems connecting my windows partition as well, but the information requested in NM is so straightforward that I fail to see the problem.. static IP, gateway IP, subnet mask, all of these things I can see in my windows partition and plug in, but they don't work.. This is probably just a silly problem that I'm overthinking.. anyone?

[hermouche]

Originally Posted by Milkrunner

Thanks, that managed to get it to pop up in network manager (Gnome)! Makes my life that much easier.

I tried turning off encryption and I got the same results. I'll keep trying that to see if it helps along the way...

Right now I've got the card up in network manager, but it doesn't seem to be able to find an IP via DHCP, and the static IP that I give it doesn't work (it says "active" no matter what kind of fictional IP I give it, including the correct one, and none of them allow me to connect to the internet). And asking it to automatically detect an IP claims that there is a cable unplugged... which can't be right because I can iwlist wlan0 scanning and detect networks, and otherwise work with the card. An ndiswrapper error, maybe? (please god no)

If it helps anyone, I'm trying to connect through a windows network, if that causes any problems. I feel like I had similar problems connecting my windows partition as well, but the information requested in NM is so straightforward that I fail to see the problem.. static IP, gateway IP, subnet mask, all of these things I can see in my windows partition and plug in, but they don't work.. This is probably just a silly problem that I'm overthinking.. anyone?

if you can't connect even with the windoz partition, i suggest to see your router/modem config???

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[Milkrunner]

I don't have problems connecting with my windows partition, I had problems getting it set up on my end, but it works fine now that I know what I'm doing (with windows).

[Iron_Mike]

Look at your first message, you listed running this command:

iwconfig wlan0 mode ad-hoc


But the ap's are listed as being "managed" so the setting for the card should be either "auto or managed" might want to check that....

[FriedChips]

issue this command to see if you card can "see" anything as far as networks

su -
iwlist wlan0 scan

If that doesn't "see" anything or returns an error, than something is wrong with your ndiswrapper driver setup.

also post the output of:

ndiswrapper -l
/sbin/lsmod

[Milkrunner]

Originally Posted by Milkrunner

[root@localhost ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:46:CC:05:50
                    ESSID:"Boileau Network"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Managed
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:39/100  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=50
                    Extra:atim=0

This is why I assume it's not ndiswrapper, but when I get a chance I'll try the other commands you've listed and post the output..

Yeah I noticed the ad-hoc thing; it seems to automatically set itself to Managed anyway..

Originally Posted by Milkrunner

[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 essid "Boileau Network"
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0 commit
[root@localhost ~]# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"Boileau Network"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:46:CC:05:50   
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   
          Encryption key:0123-4567-89   Security mode:open
          Power Management min timeout:0us  mode:All packets received
          Link Quality:45/100  Signal level:-67 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:10  Invalid misc:108   Missed beacon:0

I'm thinking that it has something to do with the route it's taking to get to the gateway, or the fact that it's a Windows network.

[Iron_Mike]

Goto system ->administration ->network, Does your card show up? If it does highlight and click "edit" double check the settings, dns, and other settings....Also if you are going to use NetworkManager, disable the "activate on boot" option and enable "allow user enable/disable device". Reboot the computer and computer and left click the NM and see what happens...