Re: [gNewSense-users] wireless config

[Robert Vogel]

Thanks for your reply.

Ok. So I went back to Radio Shack with the wusb54gc device which linksys 
customer support says is only for windows 2000 and XP (she is in the 
Philipines she said.)
and instead the nice man traded me for a wusb54g... the correct one 
according to the list.

Now the wireless line appears in the Network Settings box...but I cannot 
activate it.
Iwconfig lists the frequency correctly. Interface properties box comes up 
when I press Properties on Network Settings
and I check the box with "enable this connection".  I fill in the Network 
name (ESSID) which at some point appeared automatically (its not getting it 
now). ...yes it is.
The Key type is Plain ASCII...but I don't have a WEP key. (Do I really need 
one ? I don't care if anyone drives by and uses it.)

If I change the dropdown under 'Connection settings' from "static IP 
address" to DHCP I get the OK button undimmed. I didn't try providing an IP 
address
because I thought it might pick up what it needs to know from the wireless 
connection itself. This stuff is best done automagically. Don't you think ?

iwconfig now has the ESSID mode: Managed   Frequency=2.4 GHz Access Point 
looks good
Bit Rate = 11 Mb/s RTS thr:off
Link Quality=0/70  ...

So it is seeing wireless. iwlist tells me there are 14 channels at 2.4.. 
GHz.

Network Proxy Preferences box is set to Direct Internet Connection.

I Press OK on the Interface properties.....a progress bar appears 
"Activating interface 'rausb0'" and it locks up tight. No Mouse. No 
Keyboard. Progress bar stopped cold.

I have to hit the power off.

- - - - -

Any thoughts on this ?

I haven't put any modules in for the Kernel...could that have anything to do 
with it ?




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MJ Ray" <address@hidden>
To: <address@hidden>; <address@hidden>
Sent: Saturday, December 30, 2006 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: [gNewSense-users] wireless config


> "Robert Vogel" <address@hidden> wrote:
> > The only problem is it doesn't recognize the Linksys Wireless wusb54gc 
> > USB
> > adapter.
>
> That looks like an rt2x00 from
> http://linux-wless.passys.nl/query_part.php?brandname=Linksys
> - I'd try "sudo modprobe rt2x00" from a terminal as a first step.
> Watch the terminal and the console for errors, then try looking them
> up in man, info, www or whatever else you can think of.  The driver
> developers' web site is linked from the above address.
>
> I didn't find anything that suggests a firmware-related problem with
> that device, so I assume there's some fault stoppping it working.
> Let us know how you fix it.
>
> Good luck,
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