Hi, I just installed OS 11.1 beta5 while the rtl8187b is
supported there. I see a connection with my router of 40%,
but I can’t get an internet connection. I use static IP addresses and WPA psk. As soon as I type in my dns data the
‘apply’ button grays out. I use the Gnome desktop.
please some hints. Wal
walherus wrote:
> Hi, I just installed OS 11.1 beta5 while the rtl8187b is
> supported there. I see a connection with my router of 40%,
> but I can’t get an internet connection. I use static IP addresses and
> WPA psk. As soon as I type in my dns data the
> ‘apply’ button grays out. I use the Gnome desktop.
> please some hints. Wal
I don’t know anything about Gnome, but we should be able to determine where your
connection goes wrong.
Please post the output of ‘/usr/sbin/iwconfig’.
Please post the output of ‘/sbin/ifconfig’.
Please post the output of ‘/sbin/route -n’.
Larry
I lost my internet connection in 11.1 beta5 as soon as I changed my hostname and I can’t get it back. Maybe someone smarter than me can figure out which “module” is doing this. :shame:
OK Larry, if you can help me out wonderful !
But first of all: I can’t find my console anymore,
where is it ?
Wal:(>:(
walherus wrote:
> OK Larry, if you can help me out wonderful !
> But first of all: I can’t find my console anymore,
> where is it ?
I don’t use Gnome, but it should be in the applications tab. Can anyone else help?
Larry
OK Larry. Hope you’re till there.
So I downloaded 11.1 RC 1 KDE. And the output I get is:
wal@linux-i4r2:~> /usr/bin/lsusb
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 1241:1166 Belkin MI-2150 Trust Mouse
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 003: ID 0ac8:0323 Z-Star Microelectronics Corp. Luxya WC-1200 USB 2.0 Webcam
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0bda:8189 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless 802.11g 54Mbps Network Adapter
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 058f:9254 Alcor Micro Corp. Hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 05e3:0608 Genesys Logic, Inc. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
wal@linux-i4r2:~> /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wmaster0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=27 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
wal@linux-i4r2:~> /sbin/iconfig
bash: /sbin/iconfig: No such file or directory
wal@linux-i4r2:~> /sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:0B:47:F9:1B
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)
Interrupt:251 Base address:0xa000
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:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:44 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2664 (2.6 Kb) TX bytes:2664 (2.6 Kb)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:AF:A9:E8:8A
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)
wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-15-AF-A9-E8-8A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)
wal@linux-i4r2:~> /sbin/route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
wal@linux-i4r2:~>
Hope you can help me now.
Wal
Everything looks normal so far. At this point, you should be able to scan for
networks using ‘sudo /usr/sbin/iwlist scan’. If that command shows you your AP,
then you need to configure your connection. There should be a network icon in
the lower-right hand corner of the screen. Click on it and select “New
Connection”. The popup should show eth0 and wlan0. Click on the latter, select
your ESSID and fill in the blanks. One thing - although the “Connect and Save”
button will be active from the start, keep clicking on “Next” as long as it is
active.
Larry
Back again,I did all that and I managed to connect 2 times
very shortly. What I see is a very poor connection of 30 percent. Is this due to the distance of 10m or is it a poor driver ? Under vista it works well.
wal
walherus wrote:
> Back again,I did all that and I managed to connect 2 times
> very shortly. What I see is a very poor connection of 30 percent. Is
> this due to the distance of 10m or is it a poor driver ? Under vista it
> works well.
The “Link Quality” calculation is only approximate - I can say that as I wrote
that code for the RTL8187B. As far as I can tell, the driver is pretty good. The
throughput is a little lower than my other two wireless devices, but still
faster than any broadband line. I only see the differences when talking to my
server, which is hard wired to the router.
You will get a bit better performance if you use the compat-wireless drivers
found at http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download. These include some
improvements that won’t be in the mainline until 2.6.29. If you go this route, I
also have a pending patch that you will need. To build these drivers, you will
need the “make”, “gcc”, and “kernel headers” packages.