Linksys network card on Etch

**Glimn** · 12-12-2006

I've just successfully installed Etch on my Dell Inspiron 7500 via the network install, via my Linksys WPC11 v.3 network card. However, it doesn't seem as if the computer, now that the system is installed, can access the internet. The "link" light on the card is on, and when I go into network-admin, all the correct information for the network is there, and it says "The interface eth0 is active." What additional set-up do I have to do to actually be able to access the network and internet?

**antidrugue** · 12-12-2006

The old school way to do it would be to install the "linux-wlan-ng" driver, as mentioned here :
http://www.linuxvoodoo.com/resources/howtos/linksys/

But I guess (I could be wrong) the more modern way to do it would be to use the hostap module embedded into the kernel.

To make sure, post the output of :

Code:

lspci | grep -i network

**Glimn** · 12-12-2006

There's no output for that exact input (sorry if it implied something that I didn't do - I'm kind of new to Linux).

The plain old lspci output, though, is:

Code:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01:0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge  (rev 03)
00:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:04.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1225 (rev 01)
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EM/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10)
00:10.0 Communication controller: Agere Systems WinModem 56k (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)

**antidrugue** · 12-12-2006

Is that a PCMCIA card ? Is it in ?

You can try to load the hostap module :

Code:

modprobe hostap

and then check the output of

Code:

dmesg | tail

to see if it is the right thing to do.

Perhaps someone here as the exact solution for you, but I guess you will have to try a few things.

Also, post the output of

Code:

iwconfig

**Glimn** · 12-12-2006

Did modprobe hostap, then too a look at dmesg | tail. It looked pretty ugly, lots of the same message:

Code:

eth0: invalid skb->cb magic (0x00000000, expected 0xf08a36a2)

Output of iwconfig is as follows:

Code:

lo     no wireless extensions.

sit0     no wireless extensions.

eth0     IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"familynet"
           Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:18:39:63:63:0D
           Bit Rate: 2 Mb/s   Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:16E8-E199-BE   Security mode:restricted
           Power management:off

wlan0_rename  IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"familynet"
           Mode: Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:18:39:63:63:0D
           Bit Rate:2 Mb/s  Sensitivity=1/3
           Retry min limit:8   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
           Encryption key:16E8-E199-BE   Security mode:restricted
           Power management:off
           Link Quality:35/70  Signal level:-56 dBm  Noise level:-91 dBm
           RX invalid nwid:0  RX invalid crypt:0  RX invalid frag:0
           TX excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:73  Missed beacon:0

**antidrugue** · 12-12-2006

Ok, so forget about hostap, wlan0_rename looks like it.

You just need a connection manager :

Code:

apt-get install network-manager-gnome

Then comment everything (place a # at the beginning of the line) in /etc/network/interfaces, except for :

Code:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

Finally, add yourself to the netdev group :

Code:

adduser your_username netdev

More details here :
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...uration-2.html

Restart the computer.

Then it should work.

**Glimn** · 12-12-2006

I couldn't use apt-get directly because I don't have access to the internet on that computer, so I downloaded network-manager-gnome and transferred it to my laptop via floppy. When I tried to install it, the computer said that I already had that version of it installed. I did comment the lines in /etc/network/interfaces, but when I went to add myself to the netdev group, it likewise said that I was already a part of it. Yet, my computer still won't connect to the internet, despite the "link" light being on and the output of iwconfig. Any thoughts?

Thanks for your continued help!

**Glimn** · 12-13-2006

Oh, and yes, it's a PCMCIA card, in response to your earlier question.

Anyone have any ideas?

**rmenabney** · 12-24-2006

try hashing out eth0 in

/etc/udev/rules.d/z25_persistent-net.rules

and unhasing the stuff in /etc/networking/interfaces that look relavent (except for actual comments

)

this woked for me, it will hopefully work for you.

**Glimn** · 12-25-2006

Much thanks, rmenabney...that worked like a charm!

Thread Tools

Display

Linksys network card on Etch

Posting Permissions