Just can't figure this out (wireless)...

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08-29-2006, 02:06 AM
marinebro0306

Just can't figure this out (wireless)...

Hi,
I finally started running Knoppix Live CD, and everything works great with one exception: I can't connect to the internet. I tried everything, but to no avail. This is wireless, and the router is a D-Link DL-624, and the thing in the recieving end is a Linksys PCI card (B). I ran ifconfig, and this was the result:

Code:

eth1 Link encap: UNSPEC HWaddr 00-01-08-00-20-01-39-08-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 inet addr: 192.168.0.1 B cast: 192.168.0.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MILTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1 RX packets: 0 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 102 errors: 8 dropped: 8 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 1000 RX bytes: 0 (0.0 b) TX bytes: 3672 (3.5 KiB) eth2 Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:08:01:08:6A inet addr: 192.168.0.1 B cast: 192.168.0.255 Mask: 255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MILTICAST 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 KiB) Interrupt: 16 Base address: 0xec00 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: 406 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 frame: 0 TX packets: 406 errors: 0 dropped: 0 overruns: 0 carrier: 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 0 RX bytes: 29007 (28.3 KiB) TX bytes: 29007 (28.3 KiB)

I've tried several different things, but nothing works. Can someone please give me a step by step tutorial as to what do do?

Thanks in advance!

Specs:
Dell Dimension 8200
Knoppix 5.0.1 CD
2x hard drives
512 MB ram
08-29-2006, 08:48 AM
ockham23

You cannot assign the same IP address (192.168.0.1) to two different network adapters. What's the output of

Code:

ifconfig -a iwconfig
08-29-2006, 03:14 PM
marinebro0306

OK I did those two, and these were the results: (and for the sake of my hand while copying it down a lot is abbreviated, but understandable)

ifconfig -a

Code:

eth0: Link encap: Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:25:1B:AD:5C Broadcast multicast mtu: 1500 metric: 1 RX packets, errors, etc: all 0 TX: all 0 collisions: 0 txqueuelen: 1000 RX+TX bytes: 0 interrups: 9 base address: 0x4000 eth1 same as eth0, except: HWaddr 00:01:08:01:08:6A interrupt: 16 base addr: 0x2c00 eth2 -00 same as eth0 except: Link encap: unspec HWaddr: 00-01-08-00-20-01-39-08-00-00-00-00-00-00-00 TX errors, dropped are 4 no line for interrupt/base addr 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+TX packets 62, all else 0 coll.+txqueu: 0 RXbytes: 4300 (4.1 KiB), same with TX sit0 Link encap: IPv6-in-IPv4 NOARP MTU: 1480 Metric: 1 RX+TX all 0 coll+txqueu: 0 RX+TX byes: 0

And for iwconfig:

Code:

lo: no wireless extensions eth0: IEEE 802.11b ESSID:off/any Nickname: "Broadcom 7301" Mode: managed access point: invalid Bitrate=1 MB/s RTS thr: off Fragment thr: off Link quality, signal level, noise level: 0 RX invalid nwid, crypt, frag: 0 TX excessive retries, invalid misc, missed beacon: 0 eth1, eth2, sit0: same as lo

Keep in mind that this was after a reboot.
Thanks.
08-29-2006, 03:46 PM
ockham23

Quote:

access point: invalid

This doesn't look good, but we can give it try. Log in to the router and disable encryption (we can deal with that later).

Code:

su ifdown eth1 ifdown eth2 iwconfig eth0 essid "mynet" mode Managed channel X dhclient eth0

mynet= ESSID of your WLAN
X=numeric value for channel

By the way: You don't have to type, just use copy & paste.
08-29-2006, 04:37 PM
marinebro0306

Quote:

Originally Posted by ockham23

Quote:

access point: invalid

This doesn't look good, but we can give it try. Log in to the router and disable encryption (we can deal with that later).

Code:

su ifdown eth1 ifdown eth2 iwconfig eth0 essid "mynet" mode Managed channel X dhclient eth0

mynet= ESSID of your WLAN
X=numeric value for channel

By the way: You don't have to type, just use copy & paste.

Few questions: How do I log into the router and disable encryption?
How do I determine the ESSID?
How do I determine the value for my channel?
And all 5 of those lines are seperate entries, right?

I'm not an idiot when it comes to computers, I'm just used to the automation of Windows, and how it determines all this automatically. Bear with me, this is all new to me.
Also I can't copy and paste cause I'm writing this on a different computer...and I would do it on the one with Knoppix on it, but I cant connect to the internet and it takes to long to constantly switch OS's.

Thanks again for your patience.
08-29-2006, 04:39 PM
rusty

If the OP could give a bit more info on the hardware setup, for example the output of: lspci -v
, we could get a better idea of whats going on, Also the output of lsmod, to see if drivers for a wireless device have been installed.
08-29-2006, 04:45 PM
ockham23

Quote:

Also I can't copy and paste cause I'm writing this on a different computer...and I would do it on the one with Knoppix on it, but I cant connect to the internet and it takes to long to constantly switch OS's

Do you have a USB thumb drive?
08-29-2006, 04:57 PM
marinebro0306

Quote:

Originally Posted by ockham23

Quote:

Also I can't copy and paste cause I'm writing this on a different computer...and I would do it on the one with Knoppix on it, but I cant connect to the internet and it takes to long to constantly switch OS's

Do you have a USB thumb drive?

Yeah, didn't think of that.
08-29-2006, 05:08 PM
ockham23

Few questions: How do I log into the router and disable encryption? You need a network cable to connect to it and a password to log in.

How do I determine the ESSID? After login, you can retrieve the router's settings.
How do I determine the value for my channel? Same as above.

And all 5 of those lines are seperate entries, right? Yes, each line is a separate command.
08-29-2006, 05:10 PM
marinebro0306

Quote:

Originally Posted by rusty

If the OP could give a bit more info on the hardware setup, for example the output of: lspci -v
, we could get a better idea of whats going on, Also the output of lsmod, to see if drivers for a wireless device have been installed.

OK I did those two. The outputs were rediculously long, so they are condensed. I will remember to put them on a thumb drive from now on :)

Here is lspci -v

Code:

intel corp 82850 850 (tehama) chipset host bridge intel corp 82850 850 (tehama) chipset asp bridge intel corp 82850 850 (tehama) chipset pci bridge intel corp 82801 (tehama) chipset ISA bridge Intel corp 82801BA IDE U100 intel corp 82801/BAM USB intel corp 82801/BAM smbus vga compatible controller: nvidia nv36 geforce fx 5700 le broadcom corp bcm4303 802.11b wireless lan controller cirrus logic cs 4614/22/24 3com corp. modem division 56k fax modem model 5610 hint corp hb6 universal pci-pci bridge realtek semiconductor co, ltd. rtl-8139/8139c/8139c+ texas instruments tsb43ab23 ieee-1394a-2000 controller nec corp usb nec corp usb nec corp usb

And for lsmod:

Code:

ipvb sworks_agp nvidia_agp ati_agp amd_k7_agp ali_agp af_packet dm_mod fuse tsdev hy_random snd_cs46xx gameport snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd_ac97_codec snd_ac97_bus snd_pcm_oss snd_mixer_oss snd_timer shpchp 8139too mii 8250_pnp intel_agp pci_hotplug snd i2c_i801 i2c_core parport_pc parport serio_raw bcm43xx ieee80211softmac ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt 8250_pci 8250 serial_core soundcore snd_page_alloc agpgart ide_floppy evdev usbhid pcmcia firewire_class yetna_socket rsrc_nonstatic pcmcia_core video thermal processor fan container button battery ac unionfs cloop sbp2 ohci1394 ieee1394 usb_storage ohci_hcd uhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore

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