Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-22 Thread Brian
On Sat 21 Dec 2013 at 21:10:41 -0500, Frank McCormick wrote: Yes I noticed on the Ralink Tech site that some of the drivers cover a wide range of chipsets. It was weird that the adapter seemed to be setup but couldn't function under dhcp. . . . . . . . . In and earlier message you said:

Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank McCormick wrote: Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Frank McCormick, 19.12.2013: Solved my problem. +1 for wicd in the Debian repositories...-10 for gnome-nettool :) If you are having wireless setup problems, it's the tool to goto. FWIW, I have a cheap usb wireless adabter with the

Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-21 Thread Frank McCormick
On 21/12/13 04:35 PM, Bob Proulx wrote: Frank McCormick wrote: Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Frank McCormick, 19.12.2013: Solved my problem. +1 for wicd in the Debian repositories...-10 for gnome-nettool :) If you are having wireless setup problems, it's the tool to goto. FWIW, I have a

Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-21 Thread Bob Proulx
Frank McCormick wrote: Yes I noticed on the Ralink Tech site that some of the drivers cover a wide range of chipsets. It was weird that the adapter seemed to be setup but couldn't function under dhcp. I have seen wifi associate and then not obtain a dhcp address on a variety of chipsets and

Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-19 Thread Frank McCormick
On 19/12/13 01:32 AM, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:09:03 -0500 Frank McCormick sent: It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when Debian (sid) boots it tries dhcpdiscover 255.255.255.255 about 10 times then gives up after getting no reply. There has

[SOLVDED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-19 Thread Frank McCormick
On 19/12/13 10:25 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/12/13 01:32 AM, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:09:03 -0500 Frank McCormick sent: It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when Debian (sid) boots it tries dhcpdiscover 255.255.255.255 about 10 times then

Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-19 Thread Selim T. Erdogan
Frank McCormick, 19.12.2013: On 19/12/13 10:25 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/12/13 01:32 AM, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:09:03 -0500 Frank McCormick sent: It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when Debian (sid) boots it tries dhcpdiscover

Re: [SOLVED] Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-19 Thread Frank McCormick
On 19/12/13 05:32 PM, Selim T. Erdogan wrote: Frank McCormick, 19.12.2013: On 19/12/13 10:25 AM, Frank McCormick wrote: On 19/12/13 01:32 AM, Charlie wrote: On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:09:03 -0500 Frank McCormick sent: It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when

setting up usb wireless

2013-12-18 Thread Frank McCormick
After spending hours trying to setup a (cheap Chinese USB wireless adapter) I thought I'd ask here for some kind soul to walk me through it. It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when Debian (sid) boots it tries dhcpdiscover 255.255.255.255 about 10 times then

Re: setting up usb wireless

2013-12-18 Thread Charlie
On Thu, 19 Dec 2013 01:09:03 -0500 Frank McCormick sent: It appears it is supported - I have the ralink-firmware installed, but when Debian (sid) boots it tries dhcpdiscover 255.255.255.255 about 10 times then gives up after getting no reply. There has been a recent thread about wireless.