madwifi question using DLink WNA2330

Hello,

I just installed the above wireless card in my machine running Debian
sid.

I have madwifi installed and I can scan the networks but am unable to
connect.

I have put some info below.

Any help would be very much appreciated.

Steve


debian:/home/dad# wlanconfig ath0 list scan
SSID BSSID CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS
linksys-g 00:16:b6:55:ab:eb 6 54M 35:0 100 ESs WME
grapeape 00:80:c8:03:82:6c 3 22M 72:0 100 EPB
linksys 00:18:39:8d:67:30 6 54M 2:0 100 Es
linksys 00:18:39:51:52:59 6 54M 7:0 100 ESs


debian:/home/dad# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wifi0 no wireless extensions.

ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-
Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=1/1
Retryff RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-93 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:20218 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

My /etc/network/interfaces

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

#BELOW ADDED

# The wireless network interface
#allow-hotplug ath0
#iface ath0 inet dhcp

I have tried the ath0 as uncommented, commented, and wifi0.

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 03:58:41 +0000, Steve wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I just installed the above wireless card in my machine running Debian
> sid.
>
> I have madwifi installed and I can scan the networks but am unable to
> connect.
>
> I have put some info below.
>
> Any help would be very much appreciated.
>
> Steve
>
>
> debian:/home/dad# wlanconfig ath0 list scan SSID BSSID
> CHAN RATE S:N INT CAPS linksys-g 00:16:b6:55:ab:eb 6
> 54M 35:0 100 ESs WME grapeape 00:80:c8:03:82:6c 3 22M
> 72:0 100 EPB linksys 00:18:39:8d:67:30 6 54M 2:0 100
> Es linksys 00:18:39:51:52:59 6 54M 7:0 100 ESs
>
>
> debian:/home/dad# iwconfig
> lo no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0 no wireless extensions.
>
> wifi0 no wireless extensions.
>
> ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys" Nickname:""
> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-
> Associated
> Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=1/1 Retryff
> RTS thrff Fragment thrff Encryption keyff
> Power Managementff
> Link Quality=0/70 Signal level=-93 dBm Noise level=-93 dBm
> Rx invalid nwid:20218 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
>
> My /etc/network/interfaces
>
> # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system #
> and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
>
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
>
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet dhcp
>
> #BELOW ADDED
>
> # The wireless network interface
> #allow-hotplug ath0
> #iface ath0 inet dhcp
>
> I have tried the ath0 as uncommented, commented, and wifi0.

Assuming "linksys" as above is the access point you wish to connect to,
and that router has dhcp enabled, in a terminal, as root type:

dhclient ath0

That should get you an IP, and you should be connected.

When or if you enable security, after you associate with the ESSID using
iwconfig, use iwconfig to enter the WEP security "key" --- iwconfig ath0
key <securitykey> -- then use dhclient to connect.

If you're using WPA for security, you need to use a supplemental utility,
wpa_supplicant, before using dhclient.

Stef

On Mon, 03 Sep 2007 20:26:53 +0000, Stefan Patric wrote:

<<snip>>
> Assuming "linksys" as above is the access point you wish to connect to,
> and that router has dhcp enabled, in a terminal, as root type:
>
> dhclient ath0
>
> That should get you an IP, and you should be connected.
>
> When or if you enable security, after you associate with the ESSID using
> iwconfig, use iwconfig to enter the WEP security "key" --- iwconfig ath0
> key <securitykey> -- then use dhclient to connect.
>
> If you're using WPA for security, you need to use a supplemental utility,
> wpa_supplicant, before using dhclient.
>
> Stef

Thank you Stef,

I finally got it working. I just made a few dumb mistakes. When I went
back and reread the site I was on, it became clear what I was doing wrong.

For anyone else the site is:
http://madwifi.org/wiki/UserDocs/FirstTimeHowTo

Their troubleshooting site told me how to connect to my ap using wep.

Thanks again,
Steve