On 15:29 Wed 03 May , Andrija Perunicic wrote: > I have a > > 01:04.0 Network controller: RaLink|Ralink RT2500 802.11 Cardbus Reference > Card (rt2500) > > wireless card > I installed the rt2500 (not 2x00) drivers adn the card shows up fine as ra0 > > Before I installed the drivers i recompiled my kernel to eliminate SMP > support which freezes the computer on ifconfig ra0 up > > now all that works, but I still can't get wireless > I think it's in the settings. > What am I doing wrongly? > /etc/rc.conf: > lo="lo 127.0.0.1" > eth0="dhcp" > ra0="dhcp" > INTERFACES=(lo eth0 ra0) > > /etc/conf.d/wireless: > wlan_ra0="ra0 mode managed essid default" > WLAN_INTERFACES=(ra0) > > /var/log/error.log: > May 3 15:23:24 arcturus dhcpcd[2925]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP > server response > > But I see people with wireless access around me (well, I SAW people with > wireless access around me) > Also it used to work on ubuntu > and on win xp as it came with the computer but I have neither installed any > more > So any troubleshooting can be done thorugh arch or livecd. > > Thanks...
I had a similar problem, I solved setting the address of the router with something like this: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed essid myrouter ap 00:13:6A:50:83:12 -- Alessio 'mOLOk' Bolognino _______________________________________________ arch mailing list [email protected] http://www.archlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/arch
