Re: [PLUG] Kubuntu and a Belkin 54g wireless card with an Atheros chipset

[sean finney <seanius@seanius.net>]

hi mike,

On Thu, Aug 03, 2006 at 05:45:06PM -0400, Mike Leone wrote:
> ath0      IEEE 802.11  ESSID:"mike-leone-54g"

okay, so it actually shows up to the OS.  you *probably* don't need
to do any driver compiling then.

> ath0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:11:50:70:EC:FD
>           inet6 addr: fe80::211:50ff:fe70:ecfd/64 Scope:Link
>           UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:0 errors:120 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:120

hrm.

> Selected /etc/network/interfaces:
> auto ath0
> iface ath0 inet dhcp
> 
> #Wifi Adapter
> pre-up iwconfig ath0 essid "mike-leone-54g"
> pre-up iwconfig ath0 mode managed
> pre-up iwpriv ath0 set Channel=9
> pre-up iwpriv ath0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK
> pre-up iwpriv ath0 set EncrypType=TKIP
> pre-up iwpriv ath0 set WPAPSK="********"
> pre-up iwpriv ath0 set TxRate=54
 
my guess is something's wrong with the encryption
negotiation/configuration?  i'd try the following:

- temporarily opening your network and disabling encryption, and
  verify that the card/driver actually works and gets an ip
- re-enabling the encryption, removing the /etc/network/interfaces
  stuff, and getting the device up manually.
- putting the manual stuff back in to /e/n/interfaces.

it could be that one of the iwpriv extensions you're trying to
use don't work or similar (/var/log/{syslog,messages} will probably
have something in it if that's the case)


	sean

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