Voyage Linux - DWA 160 A2

[elf_lord_ZC5]

I am trying to get a wireless link up on a Atom board running Voyage Linux, the firmware-atheros and wireless tools are installed.

#iwconfig shows the usb wireless dongle as follows;
IEEE 802.11abg ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff


#ifconfig wlan0 up gets me wlan0: link is not ready

Any ideas where to go from here please.

 

[MyWorld]

Some atheros devices are called ath0, is your naming correct? You snipped of the relevant part in your post.

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      no wireless extensions.

[B]wlan0 [/B]    IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:"xxxxx"  Nickname:"rtl_wifi"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   
          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Sensitivity:0/0  
          Retry:off   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=100/100  Signal level=100/100  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

vboxnet0  no wireless extensions.

What instructions are you following? Since it is a stripped down version of Debian, try this:
http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi

http://wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

wlan0 is the correct name for the interface

Thanks for the links ...

Are the same as ones Google provided ...

Do I need wpa_supplicant installed?

 

[MyWorld]

If you are using encryption, yes.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

If you are using encryption, yes.

Okay, then I am going to need a wpa_supplicant.conf file ...

Where do I put the shared key in /etc/network/interfaces using the following

wpa-psk mysecretpassphrase

or in wpa_supplicant.conf or both?

 

[MyWorld]

according to the wiki links from earlier, /etc/network/interfaces

Something that looks similar to this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid mynetworkname
    wpa-psk mysecretpassphrase

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

according to the wiki links from earlier, /etc/network/interfaces

Something that looks similar to this:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
    wpa-ssid mynetworkname
    wpa-psk mysecretpassphrase

Right ... except I had a spelling mistake, which is now fixed

wpa_supplicant.conf looks like follows;

crtl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel

network={
	ssid="home"
	#psk="0004ed5bafde"
	psk=5a891f992674f8ca8d270882161a7b40a2f51105dbeb79670273b68bc9531ba9
}

iwconf as follows;

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"home"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: 00:04:ED:5B:AF:DE   
          Bit Rate=1 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=70/70  Signal level=-37 dBm  
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

ifconfig as follows;

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1e:8c:cd:66:41  
          inet addr:10.0.0.103  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21e:8cff:fecd:6641/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:336 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:69 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:50200 (49.0 KiB)  TX bytes:6984 (6.8 KiB)
          Memory:fbfc0000-fc000000 

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:560 (560.0 B)  TX bytes:560 (560.0 B)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr f0:7d:68:71:3b:b3  
          inet6 addr: fe80::f27d:68ff:fe71:3bb3/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:576 (576.0 B)

Looking better

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

Now I am fighting with a "No DHCP offers" message, and am wondering if my router is being a little tardy in handing out DHCP addresses .... , but I now have to leave that for another day ...

 

[stricken]

Now I am fighting with a "No DHCP offers" message, and am wondering if my router is being a little tardy in handing out DHCP addresses .... , but I now have to leave that for another day ...

is it broadcasting on the correct subnet? first go with static IP until you sure everything is pinging / natting / etc. nicely.

 

[elf_lord_ZC5]

is it broadcasting on the correct subnet? first go with static IP until you sure everything is pinging / natting / etc. nicely.

Not sure, when the wi-fi stick is inserted, there is a line "cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: DK ...

Have so far not been successful in changing this setting, as it might influence the channels the radio works on ...

The router A Telkom 5102G might also be slow at handing out DHCP leases, as sometimes, my WIN7 Laptop does not get a connection every time I switch it on.

Many thanks ...