Wireless a no go.

user · March 23, 2009, 1:06am

Hello all!

I have been having a mess of problems with my wireless. Hopefully someone will be able to help me.

I have a Linksys WMP54G ver4.1. I have it installed, and hardware seems to be working correctly. But I can’t get any connectivity.

I can detect my network and others around me.

/usr/sbin/iwlist scan

lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:33:C3:1A:2A
                    

ESSID:"ThunderDome"
                    
Mode:Master
                    
Channel:1
                    
Frequency:2.412 GHz
                    
Quality=90/100  
Signal level=-58 dBm
                    
Encryption key:on
                    
IE: WPA Version 1
                        
Group Cipher : TKIP
 Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
 Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
 Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=0000000062898907
 Cell 02 - Address: 00:23:51:D2:72:99
                    

ESSID:"2WIRE740"
                    
Mode:Master
                    
Channel:6
                    
Frequency:2.437 GHz
                    
Quality=87/100  
Signal level=-78 dBm
                    
Encryption key:on
                    
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000003ba88f181
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:1A:70:42:21:97
                
ESSID:"linksys"
                    
Mode:Master
                    
Channel:6
                    
Frequency:2.437 GHz
                    
Quality=87/100  
Signal level=-76 dBm
                    
Encryption key:off
                    
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=00000001795f4549
          Cell 04 - Address: 00:1C:10:04:90:2D
                    
ESSID:"dardis"
                    
Mode:Master
                   
Channel:11
                    
Frequency:2.462 GHz
                    
Quality=87/100  
Signal level=-78 dBm
                    
Encryption key:on
                    
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000001a0342d7fdf
          Cell 05 - Address: 00:23:51:3E:6E:59
                    
ESSID:"2WIRE170"
                    
Mode:Master
                    
Channel:6
                    
Frequency:2.437 GHz
                  
Quality=87/100  
Signal level=-80 dBm
                    
Encryption key:on
                    
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Extra:tsf=000001a02ea6c181
          Cell 06 - Address: 00:1A:70:74:9B:74
                    
ESSID:"city year"
                    
Mode:Master
                    
Channel:6
                    
Frequency:2.437 GHz
                    
Quality=87/100  Signal level=-80 dBm
                    
Encryption key:off
                    
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                              24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s

It associates with my access point and provides a good mac addy.

/usr/sbin/iwconfig

lo        
no wireless extensions.

eth0      
no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  
no wireless extensions.

wlan0     
IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"ThunderDome"
          
Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:1F:33:C3:1A:2A
          
Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2346 B
          
Encryption key:off
          
Link Quality=10/100  Signal level=-56 dBm
          
Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          
Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth1      
no wireless extensions

But I fail to get assigned an IP. If I restart my /init.d/network, when it get to wlan dhcp, no ip address, waiting, added to background.

/etc/init.d/network restart

eth0      
device: nVidia Corporation CK804 Ethernet Controller (rev a3)
              
No configuration found for eth0                         
unused
    eth1      device: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8001 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
              
No configuration found for eth1                         
unused
    wlan0     device: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
    wlan0     
warning: WPA configured but may be unsupported
    wlan0     
warning: by this device
    wlan0     
starting wpa_supplicant
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 5 value 0x1 -     
wlan0     (DHCP) . . . . . no IP addwaitingt... backgrounding.
Setting up service network  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  .  done

I keep getting a RX deauthentication, reason=15.

dmesg | less

Interface doesn't support scanning.



dmesg | less

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): 
wlan0: link becomes 
ready
wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (reason=15)

wlan0: deauthenticated

wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a

wlan0: RX authentication from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)

wlan0: authenticated

wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a

wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)

wlan0: associated

wlan0: no IPv6 routers present

wlan0: RX deauthentication from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (reason=15)

wlan0: deauthenticated

wlan0: authenticate with AP 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a

wlan0: RX authentication from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (alg=0 transaction=2 status=0)
wlan0: authenticated

wlan0: associate with AP 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a

wlan0: RX ReassocResp from 00:1f:33:c3:1a:2a (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=1)

wlan0: associated
wlan0: deauthenticate(reason=3)

I have also obtained linux firmware from RaLink, the chipset manufacture, and I have placed them into the ‘/lib/firmware’ folder. I’m at a lose.

Akoellh · March 23, 2009, 1:08am

Which openSUSE version?

Kernel version?

user · March 23, 2009, 2:14am

I’m not sure on the exact kernel version, but I’m running suse 10.3.

user · March 23, 2009, 2:35am

Kernel version is 2.6.22.5.31

When I open knetworkmanager, I get about 5 networks to choose from. I click mine, it sits for a few mins, then says it is unable to connect and to verify some settings. I re-enter my network key, it sits, then says can’t establish connection.

Akoellh · March 23, 2009, 11:10am

The rt61pci-driver in 2.6.22 is not reliable.

Webpin

deinstall “rt2x00-kmp-Flavor” (default, bigsmp, use “uname -r” to find out)
install compat-wireless-kmp-Flavor matching your kernel version and architecture (i586 or x86_64, use “cat /etc/SuSE-release” to find out)
run


su

password

modprobe -rv rt61pci

modprobe -v rt61pci

user · March 31, 2009, 3:15am

I’ve modprobe’d the rt61 and then tried both the default and bigsmp without any luck. I’m going to try the xen next. What is the difference in these installs?

I get the same thing with the ones above, it sees 6 different networks, but I unable to connect to anything.