Shaun: Your "PS" worked. Installed Tribe 5 of Gutsy, and now, like magic, it automatically connects with WPA and everything!!
Thank you for the suggestion! On 8/23/07, ShaunS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 August 2007 16:34:00 kwan wrote: > > I have this problem on an Asus WL-130G PCI card. Using Feisty 7.04 > > generic Ubuntu all networks showing 0/100 quality. Need to get it > > working with WPA TPK. > > > > I'm new to Linux, and I'd like to use the fix suggested but I have no > > idea what/how to deal with setting security mode to 'restricted' and key > > to off". I tried the commands shown but no change. Can anyone help me > > here please - I'm getting desperate. Couldn't even get NDISwrapper to > > work for some reason. If this is a Network Manager issue, how do > > I/should I turn it off? > > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Hi Kwan, > > Is the WL-130G based on RT2500 chipset. > > My Ubuntu 7.04 setup uses a fixed IP and TKIP. > > If so: > > Install the package wireless-tools > sudo apt-get install wireless-tools > > I added the lines below to /etc/network/interfaces > > > auto ra0 > iface ra0 inet static > address 192.168.1.11 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > gateway 192.168.1.1 > > pre-up ifconfig ra0 up > pre-up iwpriv ra0 set AuthMode=WPAPSK > pre-up iwpriv ra0 set EncrypType=TKIP > pre-up iwconfig ra0 essid TI-AR7WRD > pre-up iwpriv ra0 set WPAPSK="PASSWORD" > > > Change password and IP address as desired - I have a fixed ip address > of 192.168.1.11 and gateway of 192.168.1.1 > > Note: I removed anything to do with wlan0 in my setup. > > You must get your networking setup to use ra0 as the network interface, > disable others like eth0 etc. > > Please backup your /etc/network/interfaces file before changing it. > > > Cheers > Shaun > > PS: I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 7.10 and wireless networking works > much better than 7.04. This is good news for the future release of 7.10 > > -- > RT2500-based wireless G network card cannot be set or reset on 2.6.20-11 > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92742 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > -- RT2500-based wireless G network card cannot be set or reset on 2.6.20-11 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/92742 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
