Re: MSI PC60G wireless adaptor problem
On Fri, Jul 13, 2007 at 15:37:36 -0700, I M wrote:
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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
> -------------------
That looks OK to me. I assume your eth0 interface works fine?
> 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.
>
> -------------------
Here I don't like "Mode:Auto" and the link quality / signal level. The
interface does not associate with an access point. This is the first
thing that has to be fixed. (There is no use in trying to get a DHCP
lease if your are not associated with any access point.)
> 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 !
> -------------------
For the moment that is OK as /proc/net/wireless is still supported.
[ snip: dhclient cannot get a lease. ]
I think you should first try if you can change the settings of the card.
As root, run
iwconfig ra0 mode Managed
Then check the result with "iwconfig ra0". You should now see something
like
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.4.. GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
The "XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX" should be the mac address of your access point.
If the interface associates with the wrong AP then you can change this
with:
iwconfig ra0 ap YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY
If you get "Access Point: not associated" then we have to check if the
card can see any access points at all. Run
iwlist ra0 scan
and post the output here. You can remove all real mac addresses from the
output if you want to. I only need to see the signal levels and if your
access point is using WEP or WPA encryption.
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