> > The real bonkers bit for me is that wpa_supplicant throws an error
> > message
> > at boot, every time, yet I still get dhcp working and here I am ..
> > with wlan0
> > working just fine. No clue what black magic voodoo goes on there.
>
> Linux is connected by PPPoE, ad hoc using a WiFi USB stick for me
> doesn't work, resp. it might work from time to time for around 1 second.
> I need it to use an iPad I won. Currently I've XP installed to VBox to
> sync the iPad, but a jailbreak seems to be useless without an Internet
> connection.
What does lsusb report ?
just for giggles I plugged in an old cisco/linksys ub wireless dongle and I
see this :
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1737:0071 Linksys WUSB600N v1 Dual-Band Wireless-N
Network Adapter [Ralink RT2870]
So that is a Ralink RT2870 which is well supported :
mars $ lsmod | grep rt2
rt2800usb 17753 0
rt2x00usb 17725 1 rt2800usb
rt2800lib 43755 1 rt2800usb
rt2x00lib 38382 3 rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2800usb
crc_ccitt 12347 1 rt2800lib
mac80211 192806 4 rt2x00lib,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,ath9k
cfg80211 137243 4 rt2x00lib,mac80211,ath,ath9k
usbcore 128681 9
ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd,usb_storage,rt2x00usb,rt2800usb,usbhid,uvcvideo,rts5139
ifconfig confirms that the MAC address printed on the back of the dongle is in
play now
and all seems well :
wlan1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1e:e5:e4:10:73
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)
I guess the quation is .. what is the MAC address of the usb dongle you have
there and what is the chip in it? Hopefully something well supported.
dc
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