No wifi on my laptop

[axessterminated]

I have a big problem...I can't go online with my laptop. I have a DWL-G630 which is recognized perfectly. But I can't seem to connect to the network. Sometimes it tells me that there are no AP's...but even when iwlist wlan0 scan finds an AP, I still can't go online. I've set the encryption, the SSID, and I've tried KWifiManager too.

dhclient won't connect to anything, it says there aren't any open leases....but I know there are, because when I had XP on it, it was fine, I have DHCP set up for 172.16.0.1-172.16.0.9 to accomodate all computers in the house, and any friends that come over.

I just booted it, here's what I've done:

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # ping -c 3 www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # ifconfig
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)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:3D:4D:70:52
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:3dff:fe4d:7052/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:11

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     No scan results
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # ifconfig wlan0 up
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     No scan results
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g/b+  ESSID:"2WIRE003"  Nickname:"kubuntu"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power:15 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:33/100  Signal level:6/100  Noise level:0/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

sit0      no wireless extensions.

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwconfig -a
-a        No such device

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g/b+  ESSID:"2WIRE003"  Nickname:"kubuntu"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power:15 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:33/100  Signal level:6/100  Noise level:0/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwconfig wlan0 enc open 6695481890
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11g/b+  ESSID:"2WIRE003"  Nickname:"kubuntu"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s   Tx-Power:15 dBm   Sensitivity=1/3
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off
          Encryption key:6695-4818-90   Security mode:open
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:33/100  Signal level:6/100  Noise level:0/100
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

root@thinkpad:/home/steve # ping -c 3 www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
root@thinkpad:/home/steve # sudo konqueror
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: No protocol specified

konqueror: cannot connect to X server :0.0
root@thinkpad:/home/steve #

What I am I missing?

steve

[lakerdonald]

Try:

dhcpcd

[axessterminated]

yea, i've tried that one. command not found. and there's no apt-get package for it either...

all i have for dhcp is dhclient, and it doesn't find anything.

a_t

[axessterminated]

Okay, my card is a DWL-G630 rev C...which maybe isn't supported or something. So no I'm trying ndiswrapper...but some other module has got to be using my wifi card in order for it to work as well as it did (even though it wasn't that well)

How can I find out what module it is?

a_t

[lakerdonald]

It doesn't sound like an issue of it being unsupported, as it's recognized and all. Is there any encryption or something?

[axessterminated]

There is WEP on the network..but even with it turned off, it doesn't help any.

A_T

[loft306]

OMG a 2wire router/modem.... they are a pain in the rear but i can get mino]e to work with a 2wire with encryption ...so it isnt impossible!

Everything in the above pastings looks good and is working properly....

ok here on my lappie i have in gentoo in my /etc/conf.d/net (the network settings file in gentooo) i have this set for when i use 2wire router/modem/wap

iface_wlan0="dhcp"

so try

ifconfig wlan0 dhcp

not dhcpcd
Also is there a windows box on this network? at the same time? if so pull the powercord out of the router after you set the iwconfig wlan0 and then see if when plugged back in in atleast 30s if it catches an IP if not play around in the 2wire homepage( if you have a winbox or a hardwired box to do it from) and see if the laptop is seen and if it is you may have to enable it in the 2wire homepage(or rename it to let it connect)

P.S. i have had many silly battles with 2wire routers that make no sense at all! but none the less have had them.......#$%^&*(@#$
P.P.S if the ifconfig works then perminantly set this in your network config file ....i find when i get to the house with the 2wire router i have to make my settings in my net config file then reboot to make it work that is stupid i cant seem to beable to restart the nic to make it connect...

One last thought is that with a 2wire router set teh ESSID to what is in the router dont set it to "any" that is another headache with 2wire