Also sprach Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Thu, 29 Dec 2005 10:59:24 +0000): > On Wednesday, 28 December 2005 at 20:03:12 +0100, Richard Mittendorfer > wrote: > > Also sprach Richard Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> (Wed, 28 Dec 2005 > > 18:33:11 +0000): > [...] > > > Thinkpad 600E, Kernel 2.6.14-2-686, sid, orinoco wifi card. > > > Wifi card talks to the Netgear DG834G router when security is > > > disabled, but when I turn WEP on it doesn't connect. > > > [...] > > Also use wireless-mode managed (or auto) > > wireless-channel xx > > wireless-key restricted xx128bitxx (or open) (or just > > the key) > > ..in /e/n/i. > > I get no change when adding mode and channel and the 'restricted' > keyword. > > I am not sure /etc/network/interfaces is even being sourced. After > bootup, it does not have any details of the access point. Manually > giving essid and key and then ifup results in first the correct AP > details and then in associating it and showing the correct frequency. > But connections fails, and Rx invalid crypt gets an entry. See below. > > > To my innocent eye, this suggests that there are two problems: > - /e/n/i not sourced at bootup
Do you have any other configuration tools installed that might interact through hotplug/pcmcia? Is it a cardbus/pcmcia card at all? If, what does "lspci" and the logs tell when it's plugged in? > - kernel/modules problem with encryption. There should be a description about what to choose when compiling the kernel. AFAICR The config you posted didn't look bad. check this. > Does that seem a correct analysis? Or is it merely one of those > problems of sequence of loading modules that I really do not > understand? Doesn't seem far away. I've seen incompatiblities between between card/ap-manufactors, but not yet with 11b. > ----------------- > castagna:~# iwconfig eth0 > eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname "HERMES I" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.422 GHz Access Point: > Not-Associated Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 > Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:off > Power Management:off > Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153 > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 > Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 > > castagna:~# iwconfig eth0 essid Coixxxxxx > castagna:~# iwconfig eth0 key xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > castagna:~# iwconfig eth0 [...] > castagna:~# ifup eth0 > Internet Software Consortium DHCP Client 2.0p15 > Copyright 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 The Internet Software > Consortium All Rights Reserved. > > Please contribute if you find this software useful. > For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/dhcp-contrib.html > > eth0: New link status: Connected (0001) > Listening on LPF/eth0/00.02.2d.a6.07.bb > Sending on LPF/eth0/00.02.2d.a6.07.bb > Sending on Socket/fallback/fallback-net > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 12 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 > DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 5 > Do DHCPOFFERS received. > No working leases in persistent database. > > Exiting. > > Failed to bring up eth0. Have you tried manually without DHCP? > castagna:~# iwconfig eth0 > eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"Coixxxxxxxxx" Nickname "HERMES I" > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.427 GHz Access Point: > 00:0F:B5:51:D7:FC Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3 > Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off > Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx Security > mode:open Power Management:off > Link Quality=10/92 Signal level=-78 dBm Noise level=-88 > dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:305 Rx invalid > [...] ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Never seen this before. There's the problem for sure. Does this card work with earlier kernels? Is udev in use? sl ritch -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
