Re: Need a little help with my network configuration
On Monday 11 June 2007 15:50, Celejar wrote:
> On Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:06:17 +0200
>
> Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 06 June 2007 01:54, Celejar wrote:
> > > On Sun, 3 Jun 2007 16:34:48 +0200
> > >
> > > Chris <list.hurschler@gmx.de> wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I have a box with a usb-nic which uses the zd1211rw module. The box
> > > > is dist-upgraded to the testing level. I can connect to the router
> > > > using network-manager and from kde with network-manager-kde just
> > > > fine.
> > > >
> > > > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"cjwlan" Nickname:"zd1211"
> > > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point:
> > > > 00:04:0E:96:0F:37 Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
> > > > Encryption key: XXXXXXX Security mode:open
> > > > Link Quality=34/100 Signal level=28/100
> > > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > > > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> > > >
> > > > Every time I boot, I have to re-enter the passphrase again, but I
> > > > want it to
> > >
> > > What sort of passphrase? What security protocol (WEP, WPA, WPA2, etc)
> > > are you using? What does ifconfig show when you boot before you enter
> > > the passphrase?
> >
> > I'm using WEP and entering the passphrase as hex in network-manager-kde.
> > If I boot with:
> >
> > cat /etc/network/interfaces >>
> >
> > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> >
> > # The loopback network interface
> > auto lo
> > iface lo inet loopback
> >
> > # The primary network interface
> > # allow-hotplug eth0
> > # iface eth0 inet dhcp
> >
> > Then:
> >
> > ifconfig >>
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:A5:F7:26:6A
> > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >
> > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:72:56:84:A9
> > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:104 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:4368 (4.2 KiB)
> >
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> > RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> > RX bytes:732 (732.0 b) TX bytes:732 (732.0 b)
> >
> >
> >
> > After I log in as user and enter the passphrase in network-manager-kde:
> >
> > ifconfig >>
> >
> > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:A5:F7:26:6A
> > UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> >
> > eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:02:72:56:84:A9
> > inet addr:192.168.178.27 Bcast:192.168.178.255
> > Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::202:72ff:fe56:84a9/64 Scope:Link
> > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> > RX packets:3570 errors:0 dropped:43 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:2092 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> > RX bytes:4986730 (4.7 MiB) TX bytes:130461 (127.4 KiB)
> >
> > lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> > RX packets:57 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> > TX packets:57 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> > RX bytes:3700 (3.6 KiB) TX bytes:3700 (3.6 KiB)
> >
> > iwconfig >>
> >
> > eth1 IEEE 802.11b/g ESSID:"essid" Nickname:"zd1211"
> > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point:
> > 00:04:0E:96:0F:37 Bit Rate=11 Mb/s
> > Encryption key:"passphrase" Security mode:open
> > Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=32/100
> > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
> >
> > And everything is ok. The interface as such works, but I'm having trouble
> > getting eth1 up automatically either:
> >
> > 1) using network-manager which should actually automatically do it, but
> > always askes for the passpharse instead; or
> >
> > 2) by having eth1 start from auto eth1 in /etc/network/interfaces which
> > fails either statically or dhcp, why I don't know.
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions. I need to be able to have this box come up
> > and attach to the network over eth1 without any intervention.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > > > connect automatically at boot. I tried to set up an interface
> > > > in /etc/network/interfaces (I don't really need network-manager).
> > > > But I can't for the life of me get it working! Here is my
> > > > /etc/network/interfaces:
> > > >
> > > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
> > > > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
> > > >
> > > > # The loopback network interface
> > > > auto lo
> > > > iface lo inet loopback
> > > >
> > > > # The primary network interface
> > > > # allow-hotplug eth0
> > > > # iface eth0 inet dhcp
> > > >
> > > > iface eth1 inet dhcp
> > > > wireless_keymode restricted
> > > > wireless_key XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
> > > > wireless_essid XXXXXXXXX
> > > >
> > > > Any suggestions on either getting network-manager-kde to remember the
> > > > passphrase, OR getting my normal network/interfaces working would be
> > > > really, really appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Chris
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > C. Hurschler
> > >
> > > Celejar
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> > C. Hurschler
>
> If the WEP password is specified in 'interfaces', then 'ifup eth1' or
> 'auto eth1' in 'interfaces' should bring it up. What error do you get?
> When it fails, what do 'ifconfig' and 'iwconfig' say?
I found an error in dmesg about negotiating encryption, googled a bit and got
it to work by using "wireless_keymode open". The thing that got me stuck was
that "wireless_keymode restricted" worked on another computer with a
different nic, so I didn't consider it a problem.
The interface comes up on boot now with auto eth1, and everything works fine.
Thanks,
Chris
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C. Hurschler
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