So Close on Wireless Internet

[Glimn]

As I posted a little while ago, I have installed Debian Etch on my Dell Inspiron 7500 laptop. The system runs smoothly. My only problem is that it can't connect to the internet through my Linksys WPC11 v.3 wireless ethernet card. However, I can tell that the card is very close to connecting. Linux recognizes it, the link light on the card turns on, and when I click on the network icon on the desktop, I am actually given the option to connect to my network (which it knows the name of), and sometimes my neighbors' networks as well. Thus, I'm quite certain it's getting a signal. However, when I type in the WEP key (or passphrase, I've tried both) and hit "connect", the icon gives a sort of "processing" signal for awhile, then indicates that it has not connected.

Any ideas about what might be holding the connection back? I've played with all sorts of settings. DHCP was my first choice for connecting, but I've also used all manual settings, as well as tried several encryption modes. Nothing seems to work, even though the card continues to recognize the presence of my router.

[bidi]

The WEP on some routers is shown as a decimal number, and if I'm not mistaken Linux sends it as a Hexadecimal, so the numbers would obviously no match up! It might be the other way around, I suck at remembering this stuff. Try removing the WEP temporarly and try connecting it that way, just to be sure it does connect and the problem is not something else.

[Glimn]

I tried disabling the WEP. The laptop recognizes that the network doesn't need a key anymore; however, it's still not connecting.

[SweetLou]

I had a similar problem with the same card. I think this is more of an etch issue though and that the proper settings are not written to /etc/network/interfaces

My card is listed as eth2 but this was not written to the /etc/network/interfaces I changed everything that was for eth0 to eth2 and it worked.

[CUEBALL696]

yea the ubuntu run a Hex. ok I have Toshiba satellite A35-S159 and have embed Wlan NIC and every time I put off the WEP on my Router and I get connected right way with and on the net using ubuntu configuration..

hold on

now I played around and found Kwifimanger and plug in the right stuff(WEP 64ch and name of router) I am able to connect to the Router then I unplug my LAN and still connected to it Wireless I still DO NOT get a IP and Submask from the router.. so I am not able to get on Gaim and net ect. AND I and not ping the router.. so I am stuck


I hope my troubleshoot help some but please help me get me up and FREE from the BLANK WIRES

[Glimn]

Unfortunately, my card is listed as eth0, so I'm assuming that's what it's supposed to be in /etc/network/interfaces, and indeed, it is. All the signs seem to be there that it should work. Yet, it doesn't. A Linux/computer guru, if given access to my computer, could probably find the problem in minutes. However, although I know a thing or two, I'm neither.

Any other suggestions of things to try? Any other people with similar problems?

[CUEBALL696]

ok Glimn is this for you...
So first off, the Eth0 mean the Lan, and Ath0 mean your wireless aka Wlan, and IO is you local. (side note)<what the "a" in Ath0 mean, I dont know.> so you need to go in to the gui and set up the Wireless to have your Broadcast name and the WepKEY(side noted, I used a 128bit 26 HEX digits)... and follow the following sets and you should be golden if you still have problem just post more troubleshooting you done or IM me.


ok for everyone that is having problems, I got MY WIRELESS WORK on my Tobshiba Satellite A35-S159.... but this should run for every Wireless Embed Ath0 Device.

First as you can tell from my last posted, I tried multiple thing out... so I read more Threads and I found that like in Windows Command you type in "ipconfig /all" to fine what your NIC's are running at...So I got this command in Linux do the same thing "ifconfig" and it showed me that my Wlan was running on MTU 1500(that mean F* me) but I got my router to read this as well.

I then when back into the network setting(in Ubuntu, not the router) and clicked on the tab saying "General" asking for a host name so I plug that in as well, and then left the domain name blank, and then when over to the DNS tab found that it had pick up my routers IPAddress which is for me 192.168----- and the rest of it blank. and then when over HOSTS Tab and delete all the default off of it..and it pop up GREEN by the Wlan icon up by the time and power icons and I am up and going!!!!!


Hope I did not lose or confuz any of you on my steps.. any questions I around.. I am off to get my touchpad running UBUNTU did not pick it up when it installed

[SweetLou]

If you can't get it to work, post what you get for ifconfig and iwconfig. Must be run as root.

Then eth0 or eth1 or eth2 can be strange with etch. I have installed it a couple of times and my card keeps changing each time. But my problem was that eth0 was my wired card and it was set to default. I edited the /etc/network/interfaces to make eth2, my wireless card, to be default.

I also had to shutdown my wired card at times using
ifconfig eth0 down