[SOLVED] Wireless USB works... still can't connect!

**drens** · 07-31-2010

My wireless USB seems to work fine, since it detects my internet connection. But it can't connect to it for some reason. I enter the security code, it tries to connect but it just asks for the code again after a minute.

If it's relevant, here's what I got from the stickied topic:

Code:

============ lspci ============
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82915G/P/GV/GL/PL/910GL Memory Controller Hub [8086:2580] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
	Kernel modules: intel-agp
00:02.0 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation 82915G/GV/910GL Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2582] (rev 04)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller [8086:2668] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:2660] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2662] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 [8086:2658] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 [8086:2659] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 [8086:265a] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.3 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 [8086:265b] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:265c] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge [8086:244e] (rev d4)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FR (ICH6/ICH6R) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:2640] (rev 04)
	Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt, intel-rng
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller [8086:266f] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801FR/FRW (ICH6R/ICH6RW) SATA Controller [8086:2652] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:266a] (rev 04)
	Kernel modules: i2c-i801
03:01.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV44A [GeForce 6200] [10de:0221] (rev a1)
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau
03:02.0 Communication controller [0780]: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem [14f1:2f20]
03:08.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller [8086:1064] (rev 04)
	Kernel driver in use: e100
	Kernel modules: e100

============ lsusb ============
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 004: ID 413c:2010 Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 0461:4d15 Primax Electronics, Ltd Dell Optical Mouse
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 413c:1003 Dell Computer Corp. 
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 046d:c218 Logitech, Inc. Logitech RumblePad 2 USB
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 148f:2870 Ralink Technology, Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

============ lsmod ============
Module                  Size  Used by
binfmt_misc             6587  1 
ppdev                   5259  0 
lp                      7028  0 
parport                32635  2 ppdev,lp
dm_crypt               11331  0 
snd_hda_codec_idt      51914  1 
snd_hda_intel          21877  2 
snd_hda_codec          74201  2 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep               5412  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm_oss            35308  0 
snd_mixer_oss          13746  1 snd_pcm_oss
snd_pcm                70662  3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss
rt2870sta             461811  0 
snd_seq_dummy           1338  0 
arc4                    1153  2 
snd_seq_oss            26726  0 
snd_seq_midi            4557  0 
rt2800usb              31531  0 
snd_rawmidi            19056  1 snd_seq_midi
rt2x00usb               9703  1 rt2800usb
snd_seq_midi_event      6003  2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi
rt2x00lib              27509  2 rt2800usb,rt2x00usb
led_class               2864  1 rt2x00lib
snd_seq                47263  6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_timer              19098  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
snd_seq_device          5700  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
mac80211              204922  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
snd                    54148  16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_seq_oss,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
dell_wmi                1793  0 
cfg80211              126485  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
psmouse                63245  0 
soundcore               6620  1 snd
dcdbas                  5422  0 
crc_ccitt               1339  1 rt2800usb
joydev                  8708  0 
serio_raw               3978  0 
snd_page_alloc          7076  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
squashfs               20680  1 
aufs                  149050  1 
isofs                  29250  1 
nls_iso8859_1           3249  0 
nls_cp437               4919  1 
vfat                    8901  0 
fat                    47767  1 vfat
dm_raid45              81647  0 
xor                    15028  1 dm_raid45
hid_logitech            7388  0 
ff_memless              4093  1 hid_logitech
usbhid                 36110  1 hid_logitech
hid                    67032  2 hid_logitech,usbhid
fbcon                  35102  71 
tileblit                2031  1 fbcon
font                    7557  1 fbcon
bitblit                 4707  1 fbcon
softcursor              1189  1 bitblit
vga16fb                11385  0 
vgastate                8961  1 vga16fb
nouveau               467048  2 
ttm                    49943  1 nouveau
drm_kms_helper         29297  1 nouveau
drm                   162471  4 nouveau,ttm,drm_kms_helper
intel_agp              24177  1 
e100                   28211  0 
i2c_algo_bit            5028  1 nouveau
mii                     4381  1 e100
agpgart                31724  3 ttm,drm,intel_agp
ramzswap                6362  1 
xvmalloc                4074  1 ramzswap
lzo_decompress          2189  1 ramzswap
lzo_compress            1853  1 ramzswap

============ dmesg-firmware ============
[   60.973322] intel_rng: don't want to disable this in firmware setup, and if
[   65.991384] rt2800usb 1-6:1.0: firmware: requesting rt2870.bin

============ kernel version ============
2.6.32-21-generic

============ ifconfig ============
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:76:43:d9:e7  
          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)

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:764 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:764 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:59728 (59.7 KB)  TX bytes:59728 (59.7 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:14:d1:5f:3c:a9  
          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)


============ iwconfig ============
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any  
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:on

I'm using Ubuntu off the disc, since I'm not quite sure about the effects of partitioning.

**drens** · 08-01-2010

Update: I installed Ubuntu onto my hard drive, not much difference. It says I get a connection when I change "wireless mode" from infrastructure to ad-hoc (I'm not totally sure what this means, but I use infrastructure in xp). But, Firefox still doesn't work. It says it's connected even if I input the security code incorrectly (I'm using WPA2-PSK, encryption is TKIP - again, I'm not exactly sure what this means!).

A reply would be nice...

**MikeTbob** · 08-01-2010

Hello and Welcome. Try these commands and post the results back here please.

Code:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up

Code:

sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

Code:

route

Code:

cat /etc/resolv.conf

**drens** · 08-01-2010

Thanks for replying. Here's what I got:

Code:

matthew@MattsComputer:~$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
matthew@MattsComputer:~$ sudo iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: B0:E7:54:6E:CB:D1
                    Channel:2
                    Frequency:2.417 GHz (Channel 2)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=34 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"BELL963"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=000000a02609fd88
                    Extra: Last beacon: 716ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000742454C4C393633
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030102
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          Cell 02 - Address: BA:1E:AD:0B:F6:10
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=70/70  Signal level=0 dBm  
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:"BELL963"
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Ad-Hoc
                    Extra:tsf=0000000000000000
                    Extra: Last beacon: 65148ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 000742454C4C393633
                    IE: Unknown: 010882840B160C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 06020000
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C

matthew@MattsComputer:~$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
10.42.43.0      *               255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 wlan0
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 wlan0
matthew@MattsComputer:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Generated by NetworkManager

I had 2 configurations for Bell963, because I made 1 manually, the other was automatically picked up.

**MikeTbob** · 08-01-2010

Are you using DHCP to get an IP address? You should be if not. As a workaround, issue the command below please.

Code:

gksu gedit /etc/resolv.conf

Add this line

Code:

nameserver     8.8.8.8

Save, exit and reboot. Try the Internet please.
I would try deleting the manually created Bell963 point just to avoid confusion.

**drens** · 08-01-2010

Unfortunately, that didn't change anything. I'm using DHCP, added the line, rebooted, but to no avail.

**MikeTbob** · 08-01-2010

I bet that line got deleted too. Check the /etc/resolv.conf file...see if it's still the same.

**drens** · 08-01-2010

You're right, it got deleted. I can't write to the file because it's read only, and I can't change this because "I am not the owner". If I'm not the owner, who is??

**MikeTbob** · 08-02-2010

Root is the owner.

What happens if you try to connect then open a terminal window and issue this command?

Code:

dhclient wlan0

**drens** · 08-02-2010

Originally Posted by MikeTbob

Root is the owner.

What happens if you try to connect then open a terminal window and issue this command?

Code:

dhclient wlan0

Code:

matthew@MattsComputer:~$ dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.3
Copyright 2004-2009 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.

can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases: Permission denied
SIOCSIFADDR: Permission denied
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Permission denied
Open a socket for LPF: Operation not permitted

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