Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:23:24 -0400 | From | "John W. Linville" <> | Subject | Re: [2.6.26-rc4] Problems with rt2x00 USB interface on powerpc |
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On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 04:30:01PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > Hi. > > I have an iBook G3 600MHz combo (late 2001 model, powerpc) with a USB > wireless card rt2x00 that doesn't work. > > I just compiled a fresh 2.6.26-rc4 kernel and it can't get a lease from > the access point, even though it is able to see the access point. > > The userland here is Debian unstable (sid) and I can perform some of the > steps in the direction of configuring the interface. For instance, the > following works (I am using wep as the encryption system with other systems > running under Linux, but, unfortunately, EVEN disabling encryption for the > sake of the tests doesn't help here): > > *insert USB card* > ifconfig wlan0 up > iwconfig wlan0 essid "default" > iwconfig wlan0 s:my-key > iwconfig wlan0 ap any > (Here it shows that it can see the access point) > dhclient wlan0 > (Here, it is unable to grab an IP addess from the access point)
You should set the key _before_ setting the essid.
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