Re: MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem
--- Florian Kulzer <florian.kulzer+debian@icfo.es> wrote:
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> On Thu, Jul 12, 2007 at 03:00:35 -0700, I M wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > I recently bought a MSI PC60G wireless card and i am experiencing
> > problem with configuring it on debian etch.I googled up and i found
> > that it uses Ralink chipset and i got Ralink RT61 driver for linux.
> > I managed to configure and install the driver .. but can't get
> > connected.Both Wlassistent and gnome-network admin tool recognize
> the
> > card...connect to the network ,recieves the SSID but when trying to
> > dhcp(dhclient connect to achieve addresses) both fail.The AP is
> > configured with dhcp and as far as i know i think it's a Mircosoft
> > dhcp server.Could this be the problem? I tryed it on windows xp and
> > it's working just fine.Can somebody help me?
>
> Please execute the following two commands (e.g. in a Gnome terminal)
> and
> post the output:
>
> dmesg | egrep 'eth|rt61'
>
> /sbin/iwconfig
>
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Here is the output for dmesg | egrep 'eth|rt61' :
-------------------
eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xc800, 00:0e:2e:83:77:16, IRQ 201
eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8100B/8139D'
eth1: link down
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
eth1: Promiscuous mode enabled.
device eth1 entered promiscuous mode
audit(1184365375.210:3): dev=eth1 prom=256 old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
bridge-eth1: enabling the bridge
bridge-eth1: up
bridge-eth1: already up
bridge-eth1: attached
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And for /sbin/iwconfig :
-------------------
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 no wireless extensions.
ra0 RT61 Wireless ESSID:""
Mode:Auto Frequency:2.412 GHz Bit Rate=54 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level:-121 dBm Noise level:-111
dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
sit0 no wireless extensions.
vmnet8 no wireless extensions.
vmnet1 no wireless extensions.
-------------------
And here is some other usefull info that i think youll help you guys in
determining my problem:
"dmesg | grep ra0" :
-------------------
ra0: no IPv6 routers present
device ra0 entered promiscuous mode
audit(1184365373.666:2): dev=ra0 prom=256 old_prom=0 auid=4294967295
ra0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix
driver !
-------------------
after ifdown ra0 doing"ifup ra0" :
-------------------
Listening on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on ra0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping
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I also mention that tools like wlassistant or gnome-networking detect
the access points and their MAC addresses but when trying to connect
the same dhcpdiscover problem.Here is the output of wlassistant when
trying to connect on one of the channels:
Listening on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on Socket/fallback
ifup: /sbin/ifconfig ra0 up
iwconfig_set: /sbin/iwconfig ra0 mode managed channel 6 key off essid
skynet
iwconfig_ap: /sbin/iwconfig ra0 ap 00:05:9E:83:9C:C3
ifconfig_dhcp: /sbin/dhclient -q ra0
kill_dhcp: /sbin/dhclient -r ra0
==>stderr: Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.4
Copyright 2004-2006 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
Listening on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on LPF/ra0/00:19:db:02:7b:92
Sending on Socket/fallback
CONNECTION FAILED.
Checking for active connection.
Trying to get gateway address...
...from /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases
...from 'route'
No default gateway.
Thanks for trying to help.Looking forward to your responses.
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