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post #1 of 25
10/21/06 at 3:42am
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Hi, I am a real noob to linux. It's something I've wanted to try and switch to, but since I'm so new to it, I thought I'd try linux live disc to see how things work. The only real trouble I'm having right now is that I can't get my laptop to connect to wireless through linux. A friend gave me the live CD to use and apparently it is based on slax or slackware??? I'm not sure if that makes sense, but it's what I was told. My wireless card is 802.11g MiniPCI Wireless and the laptop I'm using is a Sager 9750. I've tried some of the basic commands in the shell thing, but they don't seem to do anything. I apologize in advance if I didn't make complete sense, but this is the best I can explain it. Thanks in advance for any help with this.

Mike
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post #2 of 25
10/21/06 at 11:54am
Output of...

lspci -v

lsmod

ifconfig

Please post encapsulated in CODE tags, not quote

Seablade
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post #3 of 25
10/21/06 at 3:08pm
Thread Starter 
Ok, I know I'm going to make myself sounds even more noobish than I already did, but I must ask...So if I type

lspci -v

lsmod

ifconfig

into the shell command thing, it will work? Do I hit enter after each one? And what exactly do you mean by encapsulated code? Sorry for the extra questions and thank you so much or the help.
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post #4 of 25
10/21/06 at 4:39pm
IDK about the command shell part, but he means to post the "result" inside code tags instead of quote tags.

I assume code tags are these

[code]Your stuff here[/code*] (without the *)

If not your "result" will be garbled and hard to understand.
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post #5 of 25
10/21/06 at 4:50pm
Thread Starter 
Ok, so I need to enter those one at a time in code tags? Such as...

Code:
lspci -v

?
Sorry if I'm making this difficult. I've got some information on Linux that I'm trying to read through to understand better, but with exams going on, I don't have much time and I need to get it to connect wirelessly as soon as I can. Thanks for the help.

Mike
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post #6 of 25
10/21/06 at 5:17pm
I think this is how it goes....(not sure just guesswork here) Put lspci -v into the comand shell, it will give you some information (lets call that X) then put lsmod into the comand shell, it will give you some information (lets call that Y) and finaly put ifconfig into the comand shell, it will give you some information (lets call that Z) then come here and post something like this.
Quote:
Originally Posted by This is what your post would look like
lspci -v
Code:
X
lsmod
Code:
Y
ifconfig
Code:
Z
Again IDK anything about linux or codes and stuff, just what I gathered from Seablades post.
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post #7 of 25
10/21/06 at 7:10pm
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AH, I see. Ok, I posted those and got the results, but I have no idea how to get them here since I can't connect when using linux. Is there some way I can save or transfer them so that I can come back and post the results here? I have an external drive that I could connect to save the information, but I'm not sure how to do that. Thanks again


Mike
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post #8 of 25
10/21/06 at 8:06pm
yeah just copy them and paste em into a text editor, then transfer to flash drive and yeah yeah yeah...ya know how it goes.

you never mentioned what distro you're using either? and whats your wifi card?
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post #9 of 25
10/21/06 at 8:11pm
Thread Starter 
How do I get my external drive to show up in there? I connected it but I couldn't find it so that I could save it. I think the distro is slax or slackware? Atleast that's what I was told. My wifi card is 802.11g MiniPCI wireless I believe.
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post #10 of 25
10/21/06 at 9:38pm
haha. to really simplify your life i'd give a more modern (and friendly) distro a shot...etc...etc. But shall you remain with slack, usb drives are usually mounted as /dev/sda1 or something along those lines. so in terminal as root type in "mkdir /mnt/usbdrive" and then "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media" then you can do "cd /mnt/media" to access your drive
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post #11 of 25
10/22/06 at 1:47am
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Originally Posted by abf
haha. to really simplify your life i'd give a more modern (and friendly) distro a shot...etc...etc. But shall you remain with slack, usb drives are usually mounted as /dev/sda1 or something along those lines. so in terminal as root type in "mkdir /mnt/usbdrive" and then "mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/media" then you can do "cd /mnt/media" to access your drive
more modern than what? slackware (and slax) is a bit 'do it yourself', and not the best if you just want things to work out of the box, but Slackware is every bit as modern as any of the others. Mike, does your laptop have an ethernet port? if so, plug it in, boot then run the commands, and post the results.
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post #12 of 25
10/22/06 at 3:21am
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Ah, thank you abf and drlouis. I couldn't get my ext drive to mount, but with the ethernet I can now post through linux. Finally, here's the info: lspci -v
Code:
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 16
        Memory at b0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Capabilities: [80] AGP version 3.0
        Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [60] #08 [0060]
        Capabilities: [58] #08 [8001]

00:00.1 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.2 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.3 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.4 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:00.5 PIC: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller (prog-if 20 [IO(X)-APIC])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

00:00.7 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 Host Bridge
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 PCI bridge [K8T800/K8T890 South] (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2

00:02.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
        I/O behind bridge: 00005000-00005fff
        Memory behind bridge: d0000000-d1ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: c0000000-cfffffff
        Capabilities: [40] #10 [2841]
        Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

00:03.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] #10 [2841]
        Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

00:03.2 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. K8T890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
        Capabilities: [40] #10 [2841]
        Capabilities: [68] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [70] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-

00:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1410 PC card Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 18
        Memory at 8c020000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=08, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 88000000-89fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 8a000000-8bfff000
        I/O window 0: 00002400-000024ff
        I/O window 1: 00002800-000028ff
        16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001

00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        Memory at d2206000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
        Memory at d2200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
        Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2

00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 23
        I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
        Memory at d2206800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Expansion ROM at 8c000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

00:0a.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)
        Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.: Unknown device 6833
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 22
        Memory at d2204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
        Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2

00:0f.0 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA VT6420 SATA RAID Controller (rev 80) (prog-if 8f [Master SecP SecO PriP PriO])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 20b0 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 20a4 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 20a8 [size=8]
        I/O ports at 20a0 [size=4]
        I/O ports at 2080 [size=16]
        I/O ports at 1400 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06) (prog-if 8a [Master SecP PriP])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19
        I/O ports at 2090 [size=16]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 2020 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 2040 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 Controller (rev 81) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        I/O ports at 2060 [size=32]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21
        Memory at d2206c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2

00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8237 ISA bridge [KT600/K8T800/K8T890 South]
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 0
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235/8237 AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 20
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2

00:11.6 Communication controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 80)
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=256]
        Capabilities: [d0] Power Management version 2

00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
        Flags: fast devsel
        Capabilities: [80] #08 [2101]

00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
        Flags: fast devsel

00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
        Flags: fast devsel

02:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation: Unknown device 0099 (rev a1) (prog-if 00 [VGA])
        Subsystem: CLEVO/KAPOK Computer: Unknown device 0901
        Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
        Memory at d1000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
        Memory at d0000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M]
        I/O ports at 5000 [size=128]
        Capabilities: [60] Power Management version 2
        Capabilities: [68] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
        Capabilities: [78] #10 [0001]
lsmod
Code:
Module                  Size  Used by
ipv6                  301344  10
snd_seq_dummy           4484  0
snd_seq_oss            43392  0
snd_seq_midi_event      8064  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                63440  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_pcm_oss            52000  0
snd_mixer_oss          19840  1 snd_pcm_oss
ohci_hcd               24324  0
amd64_agp              13188  1
shpchp                 44448  0
ohci1394               39216  0
ieee1394              106680  1 ohci1394
r8169                  31752  0
rt2500                209124  0
hci_usb                18716  0
bluetooth              55396  1 hci_usb
usb_storage           102976  0
uhci_hcd               27660  0
ehci_hcd               38792  0
i2c_viapro              9620  0
i2c_core               21248  1 i2c_viapro
snd_via82xx            30872  1
gameport               14856  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_codec        114980  1 snd_via82xx
snd_ac97_bus            3200  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_pcm                87812  4 snd_pcm_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer              26116  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd_page_alloc         10632  2 snd_via82xx,snd_pcm
snd_mpu401_uart         9984  1 snd_via82xx
snd_rawmidi            24352  1 snd_mpu401_uart
snd_seq_device          8972  4 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_rawmidi
snd                    57444  13 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_via82xx,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm,snd_timer,snd_mpu401_uart,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device
soundcore               9824  1 snd
pcmcia                 38700  4
yenta_socket           31884  3
rsrc_nonstatic         15104  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            43412  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
nls_utf8                3072  1
capability              4488  0
commoncap               6912  1 capability
agpgart                36552  1 amd64_agp
lp                     13096  0
parport_pc             30660  1
parport                40264  2 lp,parport_pc
psmouse                48648  0
nls_iso8859_2           5632  0
nls_iso8859_1           5120  0
nls_cp437               6784  0
aufs                  108444  1
squashfs               71152  11
ifconfig
Code:
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:90:F5:48:A6:50
          inet addr:192.168.1.102  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::290:f5ff:fe48:a650/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3249 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:3322 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3008878 (2.8 MiB)  TX bytes:558336 (545.2 KiB)
          Interrupt:23 Base address:0xa800

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:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
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post #13 of 25
10/22/06 at 10:46am
The reason folks were asking for you to post the output of those commands, was to determine what WiFi hardware is in your computer, and if you were loading the appropriate device driver modules. So based on your output you have the following ethernet devices in your computer;

00:08.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8169 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 10)

This is your wired ethernet port. And your WiFi ethernet controller is;

00:0a.0 Network controller: RaLink Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference Card (rev 01)

The problem is that the Linux you are booting is loading the right modules;

r8169 31752 0 - Your wired ethernet port
rt2500 209124 0 - Your wireless ethernet controller

So the Linux distribution you are using is modern enough. BUT, your ifconfig shows the wired port configured, and doesn't show the wireless port even present. I would try and unload the WiFi RALink module and then reload it with the following commands;

rmmod rt2500
modprobe rt2500

If after doing that, ifconfig does not show the wireless controller in your ifconfig, try and see if it's present and accounted for by issuing the following command;

iwconfig

BTW, you're looking for an ethernet port that's called ra0.

Finally if it doesn't work, then it looks like you might need to install a Linux distribution, and then manually install an RALink Linux driver, probably the most recent driver from the sourceforge repository.

You seem to be asking as to whether or not you can run Linux on this laptop and most importantly, have a working WiFi connection. My guess would be that with an open source effort to develop drivers for your WiFi card, you are in good hands, and you should feel confident that you can get it working on your laptop. It just might take some work. (You might want to have the friend who lent you the Linux CD help out if he's experienced in installing Linux)

If I were you I would play around with the Linux you have loaded with the wired ethernet port, and see if you like it. If you do, and you want to install it, pick a Linux distribution and get started on reading up on how to best install it for your needs. Finally once you're truly up and running on Linux visit the RALink resources below for help in getting your WiFi card running under Linux. Good Luck.

RALink Tech Support which lists a Linux driver
http://www.ralinktech.com.tw/supp-1.htm

rt2x00 Open Source Project website
http://rt2x00.serialmonkey.com/
(better Linux driver and better support. check out their forums there..)

A Gentoo User's Experience installing a driver for an RT2500 WiFi controller
http://www.google.com/url?sa=U&start...Mvf8lJ-BScZFc=
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post #14 of 25
10/22/06 at 11:33am
in other words...crack open your console and do the following (as root):

rm rt2500
modprobe rt2500
iwconfig ra0 essid YOURNETWORKNAMEHERE (other option such as wep as needed)
ifconfig ra0 up
dhclient ra0 (if says dhclient not found then try dhcpcd ra0)
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post #15 of 25
10/22/06 at 7:45pm
Thread Starter 
I put in the commands that were listed and it doesn't appear to have worked. I did:

rmmod rt2500
and then
modprobe rt2500

then with ifconfig, ra0 had disappeared. So I did:

iwconfig and it showed ra0 there. Then I tried:

iwconfig ra0 essid "mynetworkname" "WEP key"

but that said that my key was not a recognized command. Then I did:

ifconfig ra0 up

nothing happened. So I tried:

dhcpcd ra0 up

It paused for some time and then it came back but didn't say anything. Still no wifi though. So, if none of those worked, my only option is to get some drivers for ralink and see if that works? Thanks for all of the help guys...hopefully I can work with this some more and get it figured out.
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post #16 of 25
10/22/06 at 9:30pm
Thread Starter 
Now this is odd...I rebooted and was running through the commands again to see if maybe something would give me some more information, and it has. I did the commands:

rmmod rt2500
modprobe rt2500
ifconfig
iwconfig
ifconfig

Then I let it set for a while so I could do some reading about the ralink drivers. When I came back, I went to the wireless assistant and my local network showed up in there. I chose to connect to it, entered my WEP key, and it worked. I have no idea why, but I have wireless connection now. Is this explainable somehow? I'm hoping I can get it to work again, as I connect wirelessly at many different places through the course of a week (home, school, work...). Regardless, thanks for all of the help. I'm a super noob when it comes to linux, but this should give me somewhere to start so that I can do basic things with this while reading about more advanced things.


Mike
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post #17 of 25
10/24/06 at 12:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by mike27
Now this is odd...I rebooted and was running through the commands again to see if maybe something would give me some more information, and it has. I did the commands:

rmmod rt2500
modprobe rt2500
ifconfig
iwconfig
ifconfig

Then I let it set for a while so I could do some reading about the ralink drivers. When I came back, I went to the wireless assistant and my local network showed up in there. I chose to connect to it, entered my WEP key, and it worked. I have no idea why, but I have wireless connection now. Is this explainable somehow? I'm hoping I can get it to work again, as I connect wirelessly at many different places through the course of a week (home, school, work...). Regardless, thanks for all of the help. I'm a super noob when it comes to linux, but this should give me somewhere to start so that I can do basic things with this while reading about more advanced things.


Mike

It sounds like you got it up and running with the above commands, but if you never entered your WEP key in (which you mentioned previously), you are probably surfing on someone else's wireless connection that is open (no WEP)

It happens, so no worries.

Ok, so in a previous post, you said that it didn't recognized your key as a command, that's because you left out a word... you typed:

iwconfig ra0 essid "mynetworkname" "WEP key"

Instead, try typing

iwconfig ra0 essid MYNETWORKNAME key WEP-KEY

If you don't get any errors (make sure you do this as root), and it just returns you to the prompt, it probably worked. Check it by typing 'iwconfig ra0', and it should have your network listed.

Now, type

dhclient ra0

And that should get you all setup. If that doesn't work (tells you dhclient isn't a recognized command or whatever), try

dhcpcd ra0

Not sure what Slax uses for a DHCP command, but it's most likely one of those two (dhcpcd is the older command, dhclient is the newer one).

You should get a bunch of output that says 'Renewal in xxxx seconds' at the end of it.

-olly
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post #18 of 25
10/24/06 at 1:18pm
Try:
iwconfig ra0 essid youressid
iwconfig ra0 key wepkey
ifconfig ra0
dhcpcd ra0
ifconfig ra0

Alex
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post #19 of 25
10/24/06 at 7:19pm
Thread Starter 
Ah, I did forget to type "key" in that command. Thanks Olly. Once I ran those earlier commands, I used startx and went into the wireless assistant. That's when my network finally showed up and it asked me for the WEP key. I entered it and got connected. It's been working great ever since. I'm learning more about the commands and such for this distro now and it's going good. I finally figured out how to access my external drive. It won't let me write to it for some reason...says permissions won't allow. I went to the properties and tried to change the permissions, but it wouldn't let me do that either. Anybody have any idea about that? If not, I'll read some more until I figure it out. Thanks for the extra advice Olly and adewolf.

Mike
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post #20 of 25
10/24/06 at 7:21pm
Thread Starter 
Sorry, double post
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