Bill Davidsen writes:<br>
>Brian Wood wrote:<br>
>> I'm having some trouble getting internet/ssh working over<br>
>> a Linksys wireless usb adapter -- model WUSB54GSC.<br>
>><br>
>> I did get it working one time, but don't know why or if<br>
>> I did something to make it work. I see the access<br>
>> point I want to use and connect to it. That seems to work.<br>
>> Then iwconfig reports<br>
>><br>
>> lo no wireless extensions.<br>
>><br>
>> eth0 no wireless extensions.<br>
>><br>
>> wlan2 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"brian"<br>
>> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:3B:06:97<br>
>> Bit Rate=36 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm<br>
>> RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B<br>
>> Link Quality=57/100 Signal level=57/100<br>
>> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0<br>
>> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0<br>
>><br>
>> But bringing up a URL or ssh'ing to another machine doesn't work.<br>
>> I'm using Fedora 12. If I use an ethernet cable instead of the<br>
>> wireless, everything works fine. Any ideas on what to check<br>
>> or do?<br>
>><br>> I see two things here, one is that there is no IP on that wlan2, indicating that<br>
> it is connected but not routed. The other is that it's wlan2 insteadl of wlan0,<br>
> indicating that something is going on, since even with the built-in (802.11g)<br>
> and plug-in (802.11n) NICs, I have wlan0 and wlan1, so they always do start and<br>
> zero and go consecutively.<br>
><br>
> Try:<br>
> - <span>dhclient</span> wlan2<br>
> - <span>netstat</span> -r<br>
> and post the results. I would expect you will get connections after that.<br><br>Hi, Bill,<br><br>Unfortunately I've not been able to get it working yet. dhclient<br>didn't output anything. The netstat -r output:<br>
Kernel IP routing table<br>Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface<br>192.168.50.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan2<br>default 192.168.50.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan2<br>
<br><br>
> Your dmesg output should have information of why that's wlan2, please read and<br>
> report.<br>
<br>Here's the result of dmesg | grep wlan:<br><br>wlan0: register 'rndis_wlan' at usb-0000:00:03.3-1, Wireless RNDIS device, BCM4320b based, 00:1e:e5:a6:98:ee<br>usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan<br>
udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan2<br>
rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect<br>ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan2: link is not ready<br>rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect<br>ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan2: link becomes ready<br>wlan2: no IPv6 routers present<br>
rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect<br>rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect<br>rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect<br>rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect<br><br clear="all"><br>Regards,<br>Brian Wood<br>
<a href="http://www.webEbenezer.net" target="_blank">http://www.webEbenezer.net</a><br>
<br><br><br><br>