Linux wireless issues.

[3vilp4wn]

Hello!

I've been going through hell with linux wireless.  I have a 2wire router that I want to connect to via my WNA1000M wireless dongle.  I'm using Debian 7.0 Wheezy.

I got the WNA1000M set up so that it can see the 2wire, but when I try to connect, it keeps asking for the key (WEP) over and over.

Any ideas on what I should do?

Thanks,
3vilp4wn.

[proxx]

Can you post the output of lsusb?

[3vilp4wn]

Here ya go:

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:9041 NetGear, Inc. WNA1000M 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1e3d:2093 Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd

[techb]

Have you tried connecting via iwconfig?

[3vilp4wn]

Have you tried connecting via iwconfig?

I have not.  How would I go about that?

[techb]

I have not.  How would I go about that?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=iwconfig+connect+wep

[3vilp4wn]

Have you tried connecting via iwconfig?

Now I have, and still no luck 
Here's what I did:

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iwconfig wlan0 mode managed key 0123456789
iwconfig wlan0 essid "2WIRE123"
dhclient wlan0

[techb]

Now I have, and still no luck 
Here's what I did:

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iwconfig wlan0 mode managed key 0123456789
iwconfig wlan0 essid "2WIRE123"
dhclient wlan0

Is that really your WEP key?

[3vilp4wn]

Is that really your WEP key?

No, but I replaced it with my WEP key when I executed the command.   

[proxx]

Here ya go:

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Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0846:9041 NetGear, Inc. WNA1000M 802.11bgn [Realtek RTL8188CUS]
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 046d:c016 Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 1e3d:2093 Chipsbank Microelectronics Co., Ltd

You have a chipset that can be real bitch on linux.
The rtl81xx series , especially the USB variants are terrible.
You should look for people that have similar problems, maybe there is a driver that does work properly.

[techb]

Since ubuntu is debian, try this?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/123937/rtl8188cus-wireless-usb-dongle-doesnt-work-unless-i-disable-wireless-security

[3vilp4wn]

I'm using this driver atm.

Since ubuntu is debian, try this?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/123937/rtl8188cus-wireless-usb-dongle-doesnt-work-unless-i-disable-wireless-security

I attempted to use those drivers once, but the install.sh didn't work.  It gave an error about not having make installed.
If you think you could help me with that, I can post the output of install.sh

Thanks,
3vilp4wn

[RedBullAddicted]

I'm using this driver atm.

I attempted to use those drivers once, but the install.sh didn't work.  It gave an error about not having make installed.
If you think you could help me with that, I can post the output of install.sh

Thanks,
3vilp4wn

apt-get install make ?? Maybe you are missing some more dependencies. Just try it and install whats missing. Maybe you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. I think you will need at least build-essential and gcc.. but I am not sure about it. Keep trying

[3vilp4wn]

apt-get install make ?? Maybe you are missing some more dependencies. Just try it and install whats missing. Maybe you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list. I think you will need at least build-essential and gcc.. but I am not sure about it. Keep trying

Erm, the issue with apt-get install make is that I don't have internet.
Is there any way that apt-get could tell me the url's I need to use (including dependencies)?

Thanks,
3vilp4wn

[RedBullAddicted]

uh.. no Internet?!? Can't you just plug in a cable? Never done it this way but here you can search for packets and it lists the dependencies too.

http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages#view

make for example:
http://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=make&searchon=names&suite=stable&section=all

At the bottom of the page you can download the make debian package for different platforms. When you try to install it with dpkg -i package.deb it will tell you if you have all required packages installed.