Guest coho66 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hello all, I"m new to linux, although I have played with an earlier version of mandrake and dabbled in unix, but this was many moons ago. So i am comfortable with command line interface, but I don't remember any of the linux commands or pertinent tools or software to use. Anyways, I currently have an issue with trying to enable wpa with my trendnet tew-424 usb wireless nic (uses zd1211 chipset) in mandriva 2007 (powerpack). I can get the network/internet to work fine without any encryption enabled, but I can't seem to connect to the internet while enabling wpa, regardless of whatever settings i've tried? The odd thing is i can obtain a network address using wpa through the wireless manager, but still no dice with eeenturnet access. Any suggestions on how to troubleshoot this process? All advice is appreciated. Thanks, Coho Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianw1974 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Have you got wpa_supplicant installed? Did you configure anything in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf? I've got a sample one at home for basics, and it does work, but not got it to hand right now as not at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coho66 Posted February 20, 2007 Report Share Posted February 20, 2007 Hi there, thanks so much for the prompt reply; much appreciated. I can't tell you if i've got it installed or not. Is there a diagnostic I can perform to find out? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest coho66 Posted February 21, 2007 Report Share Posted February 21, 2007 yup, wpa supplicant is installed... but, still no dice??? in addition to regular dhcp, I tried manually configuring an ip and then it says "associated with eth2" upon successful connection with the router...and the browser will attempt to look for the domain i choose but never reaches a site...the signal strength is pitiful and the connection disconnects Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.