netgear WG111v3 [SOLVED]

[Trio3b]

running PCLOS 2009.1 on Thinkpad T21

Total newb to wireless. Never did it in Windows either. I have a LinksysWRT54G wireless router v4 that is supposed to be linux compatible as they changed in v5. So just connected via ethernet wire to see if I could access router control panel via browser, entered 192.168.1.1 and that seems to work ok.

Now I disconnected the ethernet and inserted netgear wireless USB WG111v3 and went to PCC. Unit is detected and it asks for bunch of stuff I don't understand

"managed" ad hoc, etc, tried several
SSID - linksys manual says to insert "linksys"
encryption -  set at none

finished wizard and insert default http://192.168.1.1 and nothing

I notice the rtl8187 driver is loaded during boot but http://linux-wless.passys.nl support page indicates driver is in 2.6.27 or later but pclos is 2.6.24.

 lsusb shows the unit recognized.

What can I do to get the correct driver installed?

Any help appreciated
Thanks

[UPDATE]:  kernel update from pclos2007 repos did the trick. upgrade all installed software. I'm sure not all of it had to be but did it anyway. THen reboot, then install 2.6.27.31tex5 and reboot and Netgear WG111v3 driver is compiled into the kernel. The only funk is PCC network wizard indicated connectivity problem but connection seems fine through subsequent reboots and am able to user connect and disconnect w/o hangs (unlike the 2.6.26 kernel) so am marking this solved.

[wedgetail]

Trio3b

first have you read throught this one

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,56672.0.html

You may understand what it is about, if so you will probably get great information. 

Here is one way of getting more specific information.

http://www.pclinuxos.com/forum/index.php/topic,80859.msg669993.html#msg669993

In the 3rd konsole listing instead of lspci you should use lsusb for a USB dongle

I notice you are still on 2009.1 that could throw up some interesting points 

[Trio3b]

let's see. Thinkpad T20 / pclos 2009.1

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[user01@localhost ~]$ uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.26.8.tex3 #1 SMP Mon Jan 12 04:33:38 CST 2009 i686 Pentium III (Coppermine) GNU/Linux
[user01@localhost ~]$ lsusb BUS 001 Device 004: ID 0846:4260 NetGear, Inc. WG111v3 54 MbsWireless [realtek RTL 8187B]
[user01@localhost ~]$ lspci |grep Network
[user01@localhost ~]$ lspci | grep Network
[user01@localhost ~]$ lspci -vnn
00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge [8086:7190] (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: agpgart-intel
        Kernel modules: intel-agp

00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge [8086:7191] (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 128
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64
        Memory behind bridge: f0000000-f7ffffff
        Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 40000000-400fffff
        Kernel modules: shpchp

00:02.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1450 [104c:ac1b] (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11
        Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=05, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 30000000-33fff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 34000000-37fff000
        I/O window 0: 00001400-000014ff
        I/O window 1: 00002400-000024ff
        <access denied to the rest>
        Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
        Kernel modules: yenta_socket

00:02.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI1450 [104c:ac1b] (rev 03)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 10
        Memory at 50100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=09, sec-latency=176
        Memory window 0: 38000000-3bfff000 (prefetchable)
        Memory window 1: 3c000000-3ffff000
        I/O window 0: 00002800-000028ff
        I/O window 1: 00002c00-00002cff
        <access denied to the rest>
        Kernel driver in use: yenta_cardbus
        Kernel modules: yenta_socket

00:03.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: 3Com Corporation 3c556B CardBus [Tornado] [10b7:6056] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device [10b7:6356]
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 9
        I/O ports at 1800 [size=256]
        Memory at e8101400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Memory at e8101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40100000 [disabled] [size=128K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: 3c59x
        Kernel modules: 3c59x

00:03.1 Communication controller [0780]: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem [10b7:1007] (rev 20)
        Subsystem: 3Com Corporation Device [10b7:6159]
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
        I/O ports at 2000 [size=256]
        Memory at e8101c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
        Memory at e8101800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
        Capabilities: <access denied>

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] [1013:6003] (rev 01)
        Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m [1014:0153]
        Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at e8100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Memory at e8000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: Sound Fusion CS46xx
        Kernel modules: snd-cs46xx

00:07.0 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA [8086:7110] (rev 02)
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0

00:07.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE [8086:7111] (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64
        [virtual] Memory at 000001f0 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 000003f0 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000170 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=8]
        [virtual] Memory at 00000370 (type 3, non-prefetchable) [disabled] [size=1]
        I/O ports at 1c00 [size=16]
        Kernel driver in use: PIIX_IDE
        Kernel modules: ata_piix

00:07.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB [8086:7112] (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
        Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        I/O ports at 1c20 [size=32]
        Kernel driver in use: uhci_hcd
        Kernel modules: uhci-hcd

00:07.3 Bridge [0680]: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI [8086:7113] (rev 03)
        Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9
        Kernel modules: i2c-piix4

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: S3 Inc. 86C270-294 Savage/IX-MV [5333:8c12] (rev 11) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
        Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad T20/T22 [1014:017f]
        Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11
        Memory at f0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128M]
        [virtual] Expansion ROM at 40000000 [disabled] [size=64K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel modules: savagefb

[user01@localhost ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

irda0     no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"linksys"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.427 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=20 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

[user01@localhost ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:86:42:5F:6D
          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:9 Base address:0xc400

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:424 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:31856 (31.1 KiB)  TX bytes:31856 (31.1 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:3F:FF:7C:DB
          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)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-3F-FF-7C-DB-F4-5F-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

[user01@localhost ~]$ service -f network
/sbin/service: line 127: ./network: Permission denied
/sbin/service: line 128: ./network: Permission denied
[user01@localhost ~]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost user01]# service -f network
Shutting down interface eth0:                                   [  OK  ]
Shutting down interface wlan0:                                  [  OK  ]
Shutting down loopback interface:                               [  OK  ]
Disabling IPv4 packet forwarding:                               [  OK  ]
Bringing up loopback interface:                                 [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface eth0:                                     [  OK  ]
Bringing up interface wlan0:  Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; Device or resource busy.
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 -                                   [  OK  ]
Here's what I've done so far:

1. PCC hdwr lists the netgear wg111v3 but lists it as unknown
2. console lsusb shows device as using rtl8187 driver.
3.since lsmod only showed rtl8187se I d/l windows driver from realtek
4. unpacked onto desktop
5. opened console: ndiswrapper -i wg111v3.inf   installed OK
6 went to PCC - configure new connection - two options:
a.  netgear wireless WG111v3 - went thru wizard - cannot get wlan0 up
b. tried with ndiswrapper - indicates has been configured already (b/c I did it via console) - continued anyway -nothing

7. console: ndiswrappper -e wg111v3.inf - then used ndiswrapper -l to confirm removal
8. back to PCC - networking - again tried both options wg111v3 - nothing
b. use ndiswrapper-  point it to wg111v3 - installs - go thru wizard -  try the 192.168.1.1 - nothing
9. remove wlan0 via PCC (that's probably why no wlan shows up

10. stuck

Heard about blacklisting drivers in /etc but not sure. maybe we need to stop the rtl8187 and somehow load the rtl8187B if I even have that.

Any help appreciated
Thanks



 

[muungwana]

what do you mean by "finished wizard and insert default http://192.168.1.1 and nothing "

you are supposed to configure your wireless card to be in "managed" mode

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:3F:FF:7C:DB
          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)

The above quoted part says your system properly saw the wireless device and configured it and it is ready to be used. The reason you can not go online is probably due to it not getting an ip address from the access point.

can you unplug it, plug it back in and wait for around ten seconds and then type this command on the terminal and they copy and paste its output here?

dmesg | tail -n 50

[Trio3b]

Well I go thru the  PCC networking wizard and tried ad hoc / SSID = linksys / encryption = none and also tried managed  with other settings same

When I hook up this laptop with ethernet, I am able to access the WRT54G woreless routers setup panel via Firefox with 192.1681.1 but cannot with the netgear wireless USB device: At this point I believe I have removed  wlan0 via PCC and also removed wWindows wg111v3 driver via console using : ndiswrapper -e wg111v3 just to start fresh

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[root@localhost user01]# dmesg | tail -n 50
ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:841): adding encryption key 1 failed (C0010015)
ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:841): adding encryption key 1 failed (C0010015)
ndiswrapper (add_wep_key:841): adding encryption key 1 failed (C0010015)
usbcore: deregistering interface driver ndiswrapper
ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
ndiswrapper version 1.54 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
usb 1-1.4: reset full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
ndiswrapper: driver wg111v3 (NETGEAR Inc.,05/11/2007,5.1084.0511.2007) loaded
wlan0: ethernet device 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db using NDIS driver: wg111v3, version: 0x1, NDIS version: 0x500, vendor: 'NDIS Network Adapter', 0846:4260.F.conf
wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2PSK
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 3
ndiswrapper: device wlan0 removed
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy1: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
usb 1-1.4: usbfs: USBDEVFS_CONTROL failed cmd sane-find-scann rqt 128 rq 6 len 2 ret -75
eth0:  setting half-duplex.
usb 1-1.1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     LEXAR    JUMPDRIVE ELITE  1000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 252928 512-byte hardware sectors (129 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 252928 512-byte hardware sectors (129 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb-storage: device scan complete
usb 1-1.1: USB disconnect, address 5
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 4
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 6
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy2: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy2: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2

Will have to continue tomorrow

Thanks

[muungwana]

 Turn off password requirement for now in your access point(router), let solve one problem at a time.

look at those first lines of the output, they show that you can not access the router because the key is not being accepted and hence you are not allowed to join the network.

Those output says "ndiswrapper" is the one controlling the card, remove its driver, delete the connection in pcc, disconnect the card, wait for around ten seconds, reconnect the card, start pcc, and reconfigure a new wireless connection and dont use "ndiswrapper" windows driver, use linux native one if it is being seen and then type that command when you are done, what does it say?

[Trio3b]

1. Again new to wireless. Netgear says to use software to disconnect a wireless device - much like a flashdrive. I'm assuming these USB devices are hotplug/unpluggable?

2. Are you saying to connect via ethernet wired adapter and change psswd on router?  i think default is "admin". I will have to learn to do this.

3. When using ndispwrapper I notice PCC says "this device is already configured using rtl8187" do you want to continue? This tell me that kernel is using native linux driver but I already tried that. Also chart at wireless lan support http://linux-wless.passys.nl indicates this device is supported in kernel 2.6.27 and later but pclos2009 kernel I'm using is 2.6.26.8 . Is it possible to blacklist the rtl 8187 native driver and use ndiswrapper?

I have heard blacklist but don't know how to do it.

here is output you asked for without using ndiswrapper. This detects rtl8187B chip and indicates that the native driver is experimental and could damage hdwr. below that is output AFTER attempting to access router.

Hope this helps.

Thanks

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BEFORE:
[root@localhost user01]# dmesg | tail -n 50
nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
IrDA: Registered device irda0
nsc-ircc, Found dongle: Sharp RY5HD01
ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: found ejectable bay
ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: Adding notify handler
ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR] Added
input: Video Bus as /class/input/input5
ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery absent)
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -84112938 ns)
gameport: CS46xx Gameport is pci0000:00:05.0/gameport0, speed 1754kHz
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
Linux video capture interface: v2.00
bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller Driver v1.26.
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
loop: module loaded
Adding 975200k swap on /dev/hda7.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:975200k
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8192 buckets, 32768 max)
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
NET: Registered protocol family 17
eth0:  setting half-duplex.
ndiswrapper version 1.54 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
fuse init (API version 7.9)
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy0: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy1: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
[root@localhost user01]# 

____________________________________________________________________________________

AFTER:

[user01@localhost ~]$ dmesg | tail -n 50
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller Driver v1.26.
device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
loop: module loaded
Adding 975200k swap on /dev/hda7.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:975200k
nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8192 buckets, 32768 max)
ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
NET: Registered protocol family 17
eth0:  setting half-duplex.
ndiswrapper version 1.54 loaded (smp=yes, preempt=no)
usbcore: registered new interface driver ndiswrapper
fuse init (API version 7.9)
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy0: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
usb 1-1.4: USB disconnect, address 3
usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
         hardware, use at your own risk
phy1: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
phy1: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
usb 1-1.2: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-1.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usb-storage: device found at 5
usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     LEXAR    JUMPDRIVE ELITE  1000 PQ: 0 ANSI: 0 CCS <- no net connection so have to use thumbdrive to post
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 252928 512-byte hardware sectors (129 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 252928 512-byte hardware sectors (129 MB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 43 00 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
 sda: sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI removable disk
usb-storage: device scan complete
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
usb 1-1.2: USB disconnect, address 5
[user01@localhost ~]$                                              

[muungwana]

can you put outputs of commands in "code" tags? it is easier to read that way and it takes less space.

Those output says the card is recognized and a module called "rtl8187" is loaded to handle it, so far so good since "dmesg" commands says the kernel isnt complaining about anything. It is possible to blacklist the driver but we still dont know yet if the driver is the problem.

The problem could one of these:
1. The computer cant associate with the wireless access point due to a bad password or a bug somewhere in encryption handling btw the computer and access point. Having an open access point will eliminate the need for an encrypted wireless network.  I was not asking you to change the password or your router, i was asking to set your wireless network to not require a password to use it, essentially making it an "open wireless network" requiring no password to connect to it.This part answers your question number two.

2. The computer can associate correctly with the access point but it is denied an ip address for some reason and it is not set to use a static one. This will put blame on the network set up, not the wireless card.

now, on the terminal, while you have the card unplugged from the computer, type the first command, plug in the card to your computer, wait for around 10 seconds and then type the second command and give its output here

service syslog restart

cat /var/log/syslog  | tail -n 100

Those above two commands will show if your computer attempts to associate with the access point, ask for an ip address, if it is denied one and where an error occur.

[wedgetail]

muungwana
You are probably looking for more in dmesg but this one, dmesg | egrep "rtl|wlan" sort of filters out a bit of the extras. An example from my system (wlan0 is turned off), I have trimmed off identical lines.

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[gert@localhost ~]$  dmesg | egrep "rtl|wlan"
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
...
wlan0: direct probe to AP 00:22:b0:97:bb:e6 (try 1)
[gert@localhost ~]$

[Trio3b]

Here you go:

BTW, just d/l the rtl8187B drivers for linux just in case.


Thanks

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[root@localhost user01]# cat /var/log/syslog | tail -n 100
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: input: Sleep Button (CM) as /class/input/input4
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: LNXTHERM:01 is registered as thermal_zone0
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM0] (43 C)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc 00:0e: activated
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, chip->init
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: IrDA: Registered device irda0
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nsc-ircc, Found dongle: Sharp RY5HD01
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: found ejectable bay
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: \_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR: Adding notify handler
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: Bay [\_SB_.PCI0.IDE0.SCND.MSTR] Added
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: input: Video Bus as /class/input/input5
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: Video Device [VID] (multi-head: yes  rom: no  post: no)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery absent)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Marking TSC unstable due to: TSC halts in idle.
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:05.0[A] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Clocksource tsc unstable (delta = -196456845 ns)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: gameport: CS46xx Gameport is pci0000:00:05.0/gameport0, speed 1754kHz
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Linux video capture interface: v2.00
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: bttv: driver version 0.9.17 loaded
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: bttv: using 8 buffers with 2080k (520 pages) each for capture
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: bttv: Host bridge needs ETBF enabled.
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Non-volatile memory driver v1.2
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: sonypi: Sony Programmable I/O Controller Driver v1.26.
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: 4.13.0-ioctl (2007-10-18) initialised: dm-devel@redhat.com
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: EXT3 FS on hda5, internal journal
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: loop: module loaded
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: Adding 975200k swap on /dev/hda7.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:975200k
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: nf_conntrack version 0.5.0 (8192 buckets, 32768 max)
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: ACPI: WMI: Mapper loaded
Oct 21 22:53:46 localhost kernel: NET: Registered protocol family 17
Oct 21 22:53:48 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2431]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Oct 21 22:53:48 localhost kernel: eth0:  setting half-duplex.
Oct 21 22:53:48 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2431]: Using interface eth0/00:00:86:42:5F:6D with driver <3c59x> (version: )
Oct 21 22:53:48 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2431]: Using detection mode: SIOCETHTOOL
Oct 21 22:53:48 localhost ifplugd(eth0)[2431]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
Oct 21 22:53:50 localhost kernel: usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8187
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Found user 'avahi' (UID 71) and group 'avahi' (GID 71).
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Successfully dropped root privileges.
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: avahi-daemon 0.6.23 starting up.
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: WARNING: No NSS support for mDNS detected, consider installing nss-mdns!
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Successfully called chroot().
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Successfully dropped remaining capabilities.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Loading service file /services/openssh.service.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Loading service file /services/sftp-ssh.service.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: System host name is set to 'localhost'. This is not a suitable mDNS host name, looking for alternatives.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Network interface enumeration completed.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Registering HINFO record with values 'I686'/'LINUX'.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Server startup complete. Host name is linux.local. Local service cookie is 3843129960.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Service "SFTP File Transfer on linux" (/services/sftp-ssh.service) successfully established.
Oct 22 03:53:54 localhost avahi-daemon[2851]: Service "Remote Access on linux" (/services/openssh.service) successfully established.
Oct 21 22:53:54 localhost xinetd[2854]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/cups-lpd [file=/etc/xinetd.conf] [line=15]
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/rsync [file=/etc/xinetd.d/rsync] [line=15]
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/saned [file=/etc/xinetd.d/saned] [line=12]
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: Reading included configuration file: /etc/xinetd.d/sshd-xinetd [file=/etc/xinetd.d/sshd-xinetd] [line=15]
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: removing printer
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: removing rsync
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: removing ssh
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: service/protocol combination not in /etc/services: sane-port/tcp
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: xinetd Version 2.3.14 started with libwrap options compiled in.
Oct 21 22:53:55 localhost xinetd[2854]: Started working: 0 available services
Oct 21 22:53:57 localhost smbd[2755]: [2010/10/21 22:53:57, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69)
Oct 21 22:53:57 localhost smbd[2755]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused
Oct 21 22:53:57 localhost smbd[2755]: [2010/10/21 22:53:57, 0] printing/print_cups.c:cups_connect(69)
Oct 21 22:53:57 localhost smbd[2755]:   Unable to connect to CUPS server localhost:631 - Connection refused
Oct 21 22:53:58 localhost nmbd[2982]: [2010/10/21 22:53:58, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(190)
Oct 21 22:53:58 localhost nmbd[2982]:   create_subnets: No non-loopback local interfaces !
Oct 21 22:53:58 localhost nmbd[2982]: [2010/10/21 22:53:58, 0] nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:create_subnets(191)
Oct 21 22:53:58 localhost nmbd[2982]:   create_subnets: Waiting for an interface to appear ...
Oct 21 22:54:06 localhost kernel: fuse init (API version 7.9)
Oct 21 22:54:06 localhost kdm_config[3485]: Invalid option value 'All' at /usr/share/config/kdm/kdmrc:52
Oct 21 22:54:16 localhost kdm_greet[3560]: Can't open default user face
Oct 21 22:57:10 localhost net_applet[3775]: ### Program is starting ###
Oct 21 22:58:47 localhost kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped.
Oct 21 22:58:47 localhost kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
Oct 21 22:58:48 localhost exiting on signal 15
Oct 21 22:58:48 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Oct 21 22:58:48 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Oct 21 22:58:48 localhost kernel: Inspecting /boot/System.map-2.6.26.8.tex3
Oct 21 22:58:49 localhost kernel: Loaded 29117 symbols from /boot/System.map-2.6.26.8.tex3.
Oct 21 22:58:49 localhost kernel: Symbols match kernel version 2.6.26.
Oct 21 22:58:49 localhost kernel: No module symbols loaded - kernel modules not enabled.
Oct 21 22:59:18 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.4: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
Oct 21 22:59:18 localhost kernel: usb 1-1.4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
Oct 21 22:59:19 localhost kernel: rtl8187: 8187B chip detected. Support is EXPERIMENTAL, and could damage your
Oct 21 22:59:19 localhost kernel:          hardware, use at your own risk
Oct 21 22:59:19 localhost kernel: phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'pid'
Oct 21 22:59:19 localhost kernel: phy0: hwaddr 00:22:3f:ff:7c:db, RTL8187BvE V0 + rtl8225z2
Oct 21 22:59:46 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[4142]: ifplugd 0.28 initializing.
Oct 21 22:59:46 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[4142]: Using interface wlan0/00:22:3F:FF:7C:DB
Oct 21 22:59:46 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[4142]: Using detection mode: wireless extension
Oct 21 22:59:46 localhost ifplugd(wlan0)[4142]: Initialization complete, link beat not detected.
[root@localhost user01]#    

[muungwana]

the network device does come up and it just sits there, it doesnt attempt to associate to a network or ask for an ip address. Your kernel is not complaining about the wireless network device and i see no reason why we should think there is any problem with how the kernel is relating to the card.

Start pcc, go to network and internet -> set up new network interface -> wireless and go through the process and make sure you choose "automatic IP" at one of the stages. I do not have a wireless card at the moment and i can not go through the steps to make sure i have everything correct so someone will have to help me here but you should be able to see a list of wireless networks in your area, yours and your neighbors if you have any with wireless networks.

[Trio3b]

I have gone thru the PCC wireless "setup"  8-10 times by now and do see networks, but the number of networks and which networks they are change each time. Is this normal?

wizard finishes with "congratulations, network is finished, pleasse restartx-environment ...."

Then using Firefox http://192.168.1.1 produces error page "firefox cannot establish a connection to server at ...."

ping in console produces "network is unreachable"


Just hooked up ethernet and router asks for login and psswd which is "admin" for both and am able to login.  If wireless were connected wouldn't it also ask for a login prompt? Also, wireless section of router allows for several radio frequencies and requires all network devices to use the same freq. How do I know what freq the Netgear usb wless is using? There is no indication on unit or packaging.

Also in the network configuration window, the wireless orange icon never turns green after I select "connect" like it does with the ethernet connection.

If I install the 8187B drivers will they show up in synaptic so I can remove them later if necessary? Also will I need to blacklist the default 8187 drivers and how to do that?

Thanks

[muungwana]

It is normal for a list of networks to change on refresh, it depends on how on the strength of the signal the card is getting. It will display them if they are over a certain value and not if they are under. Access point that are far from you and hence has a weaker signal will show up and disappear more often.

Do you see your own wireless network on the list? all access points on the list will have icons on them, green mean an open wifi, a yellowish on means protected with WEP encryption and a deep yellowing one means protected with WPA encryption. Yours show up with what color? Do you see any with green color? click to join this network and you should be able to go online.

The password to access the router is different from the password to join a wireless network if the network is protected.

Try to go to google.com or yahoo.com on your browser. The wireless network could be operating on a different network address and that is why that address fail.

after you get those congratulations, open the terminal and type this command and copy and paste its output here:

ifconfig

[Trio3b]

My linksys_SES_36218 shows up  green with 50% signal strength (router is 6 ft away). with operating mode managed. Last time it showed up 100% strength. several others are in list at low strength orange.

I select network , hit connect, then configure and connect buttons grey out., but device icon in network center and tray icon are still orange. Cannot connect to anything Google or otherwise.

Ran across athread in Suse forums one of authors of rtl8187 indicates that it supports 8187B

UPDATE: I set encryption mode to none but keeps resetting to WPA/WPA2 pre-shared key. Can't find any setting on router (when using etherent) to set no encryption.

ifconfig produces:

 [user01@localhost etc]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:00:86:42:5F:6D
          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:9 Base address:0xc400

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:48 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3200 (3.1 KiB)  TX bytes:3200 (3.1 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:3F:FF:7C:DB
          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)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-22-3F-FF-7C-DB-F4-BF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

[user01@localhost etc]$     

[muungwana]

ok, your wireless point is not password protected so you shouldnt need a password to join it

what does this command give you? (copy and paste it on the terminal and enter root's password when asked

su -c "cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-wlan0"