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    stuck on configuring device

    I am trying to setup my wireless card but when I run network manager and try to connect to my router it stops at configuring device and then it says cannot connect to network. I have tried everything even reseting my router. Can i get some opinions?

    card is a linksys WMP54G v4.1
    the router is a WRT54G
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    Cool

    Sounds like the proper module isn't being loaded, or it is but is not working.

    First things first: What distro are you using?

    We'll also need your /sbin/lspci and /sbin/lsmod outputs (just the network stuff) posted.

    Are you sure it's version 4.1? If so, that should be the RaLink RT61 chipset. Newer kernels should have the correct ID for it, but if your distro is older, then your best bet is to head over to serialmonkey for their module download. You can also try RaLink, too, but most forums I perused seemed to like SM's better.

    If you use Fedora, you can check to see if FreshRPMs.net has any dkms-based installers for the RaLink. I looovvveee dkms installers...

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    FC7 recognizes it i just can't connect to the network. It is recognized as the RAlink rt61. I don't think it is finding my router.
    This is my /sbin/ifconfig

    [nolimit974@nolimit974 ~]$ /sbin/ifconfig
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:40:2B:47:1F:3A
    inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
    inet6 addr: fe80::240:2bff:fe47:1f3a/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:479502 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:453914 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:471177386 (449.3 MiB) TX bytes:42762182 (40.7 MiB)
    Interrupt:21 Base address:0x8000

    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:15294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:15294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:15352004 (14.6 MiB) TX bytes:15352004 (14.6 MiB)

    virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:3239 (3.1 KiB)

    this is /sbin/lspci

    02:0b.0 Network controller: RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI
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    few ideas would be to use a few networking tools to see what is going on. the first tool i would use would be tcpdump to see if any packets are being sent from the router to the wireless card. can you ping the router ?? can you ping outside WAN address such as www.google.com ? if so it might be a DNS problem . check your /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure nameserver has an ip set

    nameserver 192.168.1.1


    I would also run netstat to see what is showing up as well as arp to see if it has the Mac address of the router. just a few tools i use when testing my internet connection when problems happen.


    also if you type iwlist it should list all the SSID the wireless card is seeing. does it see any wireless points ??

    I hope i pointed you in the right direction . you also might need to install WPA
    packages to get encryption working . I can't remember the name of the package.

    I will be install ing gentoo 64 bit over the weekend and for my wireless card i am forced in using ndiswrapper. if your card isn't supported in the kernel you might need to use ndiswrapper as well.
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    few ideas would be to use a few networking tools to see what is going on. the first tool i would use would be tcpdump to see if any packets are being sent from the router to the wireless card. can you ping the router ?? can you ping outside WAN address such as www.google.com ? if so it might be a DNS problem . check your /etc/resolv.conf file to make sure nameserver has an ip set

    nameserver 192.168.1.1


    I would also run netstat to see what is showing up as well as arp to see if it has the Mac address of the router. just a few tools i use when testing my internet connection when problems happen.


    also if you type iwlist it should list all the SSID the wireless card is seeing. does it see any wireless points ??

    I hope i pointed you in the right direction . you also might need to install WPA
    packages to get encryption working . I can't remember the name of the package.

    I will be installing gentoo 64 bit over the weekend and for my wireless card i am forced in using ndiswrapper. if your card isn't supported in the kernel you might need to use ndiswrapper as well.
    "Software is like sex: it's better when its free."
    -LINUS TORVALDS

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    Well i got everything set up but now i just can't ping my router.
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    Cool

    Okay, is the RAlink setup as eth0? I remember testing my FC5 with a D-Link DWL-G122 usb, and having it come up as wlan0 (or was it ra0? It used the 25xx module...).

    And just because your lspci shows it sees the RT61, it doesn't mean the (correct?) module for it was loaded. What does /sbin/lsmod tell you?

    You can open up (GUI) the "System -> Administration -> Network" utility, and hit the "Hardware" tab to see what all F7 found. If the RAlink isn't in there, then you may have to head over to serialmonkey, ralink, or ndiswrapper if the module isn't listed under the "New -> Adaptor" drop-down menu.

    On the router side, make sure your wireless security is allowing the card's MAC ID into the LAN (if you have it enabled). You may want to make it an "Open" router until you get a connection going, then play around with adding in the security modes. If it's WPA (module for it is called "wpa_supplicant"), then set it to "None" or "WEP-64bit" until you figure things out.

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    I just run a cat 5 cable under the house and i'm going stay wire and just make my other computer wireless.
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