From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1J66jm-0006oP-7f for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:58:06 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id lBMFufll020807; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:56:41 GMT Received: from gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de [134.76.163.126]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id lBMFmOir008138 for ; Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:48:24 GMT Received: by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix, from userid 8) id 406C3324726; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:49:00 +0100 (CET) Received: from localhost (dslb-082-083-042-236.pools.arcor-ip.net [82.83.42.236]) by gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6ACB5324725 for ; Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:48:58 +0100 (CET) Date: Sat, 22 Dec 2007 16:30:45 +0100 From: Hans-Werner Hilse To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] realtek 8197 wireless card setup Message-Id: <20071222163045.8ff3d6b0.hilse@web.de> In-Reply-To: <200712220008.27004.jcranmer01@earthlink.net> References: <28254489.1197934001504.JavaMail.root@elwamui-royal.atl.sa.earthlink.net> <200712201845.26293.jcranmer01@earthlink.net> <20071221152103.124c7d94.hilse@web.de> <200712220008.27004.jcranmer01@earthlink.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; i586-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.64 (2004-01-11) on gabriel.sub.uni-goettingen.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.5 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, DATE_IN_PAST_96_XX,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=2.64 X-Archives-Salt: aa12178b-cc2b-406d-8f75-e11a4521b064 X-Archives-Hash: bfc49ac5fa28bbdac50b5d3b8ed1975a Hi, On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 00:08:26 -0500 Jeff Cranmer wrote: > I think I'm getting closer now. > I removed the driver from the kernel, and installed ndiswrapper. > I got the inf driver from a guy from realtek, and used > ndiswrapper -i drivername.inf to install it. > > Now, when I run > iwlist wlan0 scanning, I can actually see my access point listed, plus lots of > other local wireless networks. That's good. It actually receives. > connecting to it is a different matter, however, as the connection always > appears to time out. I'm using iwconfig to manually set the ESSID, wep key > etc. at the moment, and have tried the trick of setting the speed manually to > 5.5M to avoid timeouts. > > When I try to run dhcpcd wlan0 the first time, I get Error, wlan0: timed out > The second time I try to run it, I get an error because dhcpcd is already > running. Try the minimal approach first and configure it manually using ifconfig/route and ping some host on your network (or the AP if it does IP). If that does not work, there's something wrong with the driver, if it does, the culprit is dhcpcd (vram USE flag?). Start with WEP, if that works switch to WPA. -hwh -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list