[gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

Hi,

I've installed wicd and configured as
http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd on Fedora says.

*Just starting its daemon

But when I open it I only see my wired conection.
My wireless interface is avaliable via ifconfig:
 # iwconfig 
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan1     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Encryption key:off
          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

 # ifconfig wlan1
wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:3B:2A:6D:0F  
          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)


But it does not appear in wicd client.
I'd like to use WEP keys, and I see no refernce to that option in
prefernces tab... only WPA.


Anyone with experience on wicd could give me some help, plesae?

TIA,
Arnau

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Saphirus Sage]

On Jan 31, 2009, at 7:41 PM, Arnau Bria <arnau@emergetux.net> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I've installed wicd and configured as
> http://wicd.sourceforge.net/moinmoin/Wicd on Fedora says.
>
> *Just starting its daemon
>
> But when I open it I only see my wired conection.
> My wireless interface is avaliable via ifconfig:
> # iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> wmaster0  no wireless extensions.
>
> wlan1     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:""
>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not- 
> Associated
>          Tx-Power=0 dBm
>          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
>          Encryption key:off
>          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
>
> # ifconfig wlan1
> wlan1     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:3B:2A:6D:0F
>          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)
>
>
> But it does not appear in wicd client.
> I'd like to use WEP keys, and I see no refernce to that option in
> prefernces tab... only WPA.
>
>
> Anyone with experience on wicd could give me some help, plesae?
>
> TIA,
> Arnau
>
Just click the tab next to each BSSID, and check "enable encryption".  
Then, click the tab on what type of encryption, select WEP(hex), as  
ASCII support is a bit limited. Enter in the relevent information and  
join the network. 

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:32:33 -0500
Saphirus Sage wrote:

Hi,

> Just click the tab next to each BSSID, and check "enable
> encryption". Then, click the tab on what type of encryption, select
> WEP(hex), as ASCII support is a bit limited. Enter in the relevent
> information and join the network. 
Maybe I did not explain myself correctly, but my biggest problem is
that I do not see any wireless interface/netwrok... only my wired one
is avalible....

anything needed for wireless being recognized?

TIA,
Arnau  

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Neil Bothwick]

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On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:52:17 +0000, Arnau Bria wrote:

> Maybe I did not explain myself correctly, but my biggest problem is
> that I do not see any wireless interface/netwrok... only my wired one
> is avalible....

You need to set the interface name in the preferences. It's probably set
to wlan0 now, when you are using wlan1.


-- 
Neil Bothwick

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have created diverse and various operating systems."
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Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:01:54 +0000
Neil Bothwick wrote:

Hi,

> You need to set the interface name in the preferences. It's probably
> set to wlan0 now, when you are using wlan1.

now it hangs at validating authentication... I see all newts, but I
cannot conect.

I set WEP encription, passphrase, but I get no timeout, no error...

Any idea?

TIA,
Arnau

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Saphirus Sage]

On Jan 31, 2009, at 2:35 PM, Arnau Bria <arnau@emergetux.net> wrote:

> On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:01:54 +0000
> Neil Bothwick wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>> You need to set the interface name in the preferences. It's probably
>> set to wlan0 now, when you are using wlan1.
>
> now it hangs at validating authentication... I see all newts, but I
> cannot conect.
>
> I set WEP encription, passphrase, but I get no timeout, no error...
>
> Any idea?
>
> TIA,
> Arnau
>
You could just use iwconfig, set up the interface for WEP from the  
command line, and join the network with "dhcpcd <interface>"

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 14:33:09 -0500
Saphirus Sage wrote:

> You could just use iwconfig, set up the interface for WEP from the  
> command line, and join the network with "dhcpcd <interface>"
yes, or I could also use "scripts"... but I'd like to have wicd
working at 100%. it's a network manager, and should be able to manage
wep keys... am I wrong?

Arnau 

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 19:35:59 +0000
Arnau Bria wrote:

> Any idea?
Really strange, going to contact wicd list.
If I set key in command line:
 

iwconfig wlan1 key open s:FXXXXXXXXX
then wicd is able to connect...

Thanks,
Arnau

Re: [gentoo-user] wicd manager on xfce4 not detecting wireless interfaces

[Arnau Bria]

On Sat, 31 Jan 2009 18:01:54 +0000
Neil Bothwick wrote:

> On Sun, 1 Feb 2009 01:52:17 +0000, Arnau Bria wrote:
> 
> > Maybe I did not explain myself correctly, but my biggest problem is
> > that I do not see any wireless interface/netwrok... only my wired
> > one is avalible....
> 
> You need to set the interface name in the preferences. It's probably
> set to wlan0 now, when you are using wlan1.
You're right! It was wlan0 on livecd (it's a fresh install) and I did
not notice the change in interface's name.


Thanks.
Arnau