Can't Connect to Internet Even With iwconfig working

***Cabhan*** · 01-21-2005

After switching from FC3 (DAMN FREEZES) to Mandrake 10.1, I'm trying to set up Linux to reach the network that I had accessed with FC3. I am using the ndiswrapper method with a Linksys WMP54GS Card.

The interesting thing is that my iwconfig gives me all the right data for the card. It prints:

Code:

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID&#58;&#40;CORRECT ESSID&#41;  Nickname&#58;"localhost"
          Mode&#58;Auto  Frequency&#58;2.437 GHz &#40;Channel 0&#41;  Access Point&#58; &#40;CORRECT ACCESS POINT&#41;
          Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   Tx-Power&#58;25 dBm
          RTS thr=2347 B   Fragment thr=2346 B
          Encryption key&#58;&#40;CORRECT KEY&#41;   Security mode&#58;restricted
          Power Management&#58;off
          Link Quality&#58;100/100  Signal level&#58;-95 dBm  Noise level&#58;-256 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid&#58;0  Rx invalid crypt&#58;0  Rx invalid frag&#58;0
          Tx excessive retries&#58;13  Invalid misc&#58;446   Missed beacon&#58;0

However, when I try to connect to the Internet, it tells me that I can't find any websites. Is there any way to get this crazy thing working?

**lakerdonald** · 01-21-2005

Code:

dhclient wlan0

***Cabhan*** · 01-22-2005

Oh, I have a script that runs

Code:

dhcpcd wlan0

And it runs successfully...

**lakerdonald** · 01-22-2005

so, then you're set?

***Cabhan*** · 01-22-2005

That's what I thought, since everything looks right, but my web browser (the default GNOME one until I can download Firefox) tells me that it can't connect to any sites that I type in. Gaim can't connect either.

**lakerdonald** · 01-22-2005

Hmmm... Strange.
What does:

Code:

ifconfig -a

return?
-lakerdonald

***Cabhan*** · 01-22-2005

Well, it's a little weird what it returns:

Code:

&#91;root@localhost root&#93;# ifconfig -a
dummy0    Link encap&#58;Ethernet  HWaddr 8E&#58;8E&#58;AB&#58;3D&#58;29&#58;E9
          inet addr&#58;192.168.1.1  Bcast&#58;192.168.1.255  Mask&#58;255.255.255.0
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP  MTU&#58;1500  Metric&#58;1
          RX packets&#58;0 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
          TX packets&#58;12 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carrier&#58;0
          collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0
          RX bytes&#58;0 &#40;0.0 b&#41;  TX bytes&#58;1856 &#40;1.8 Kb&#41;

lo        Link encap&#58;Local Loopback
          inet addr&#58;127.0.0.1  Mask&#58;255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU&#58;16436  Metric&#58;1
          RX packets&#58;90 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
          TX packets&#58;90 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carrier&#58;0
          collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;0
          RX bytes&#58;5892 &#40;5.7 Kb&#41;  TX bytes&#58;5892 &#40;5.7 Kb&#41;

wlan0     Link encap&#58;Ethernet  HWaddr 00&#58;0F&#58;66&#58;1C&#58;AC&#58;83
          BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST  MTU&#58;1500  Metric&#58;1
          RX packets&#58;82 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 frame&#58;0
          TX packets&#58;15 errors&#58;0 dropped&#58;0 overruns&#58;0 carrier&#58;0
          collisions&#58;0 txqueuelen&#58;1000
          RX bytes&#58;6474 &#40;6.3 Kb&#41;  TX bytes&#58;8320 &#40;8.1 Kb&#41;
          Interrupt&#58;21 Memory&#58;fcfee000-fcfeffff

As far as I'm aware, the wlan0 should not be ethernet...

**lakerdonald** · 01-22-2005

that shouldn't matter.
try running manually:

Code:

dhclient wlan0

***Cabhan*** · 01-22-2005

I did. It told me that it couldn't because dhcpcd had already run.

I can try running dhclient before running dhcpcd, but will it really make a difference?

**lakerdonald** · 01-22-2005

Well, they both do the same thing.

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