help with wireless config [solved]

[barry thomas-brown]

Hi,

 

I am new to linux having installed mandriva One the other night on my machine. I have managed to set up a wireless connection however it is showing as 0% signal strength and does not allow me to access the internet (firefox shows as server not found). I am unsure if i have configured everything correctly. Here is some information I have obtained:

 

i) I am connecting using: Ralink RT2500 802.11G cardbus/mini-pci

 

ii) DHCP was not allowing me to connect, so i entered my IP, subnet, gateway etc manually.

 

iii) Iwconfig shows as:

lo no wireless extension

ra0 RT2500 wireless ESSID "" Nickname"loclahost"

mode:managed frequency=2.412ghz bitrate=11mb/s tx-power: -1dbm

RTS thr:off fragment thr:off encryption key:off link quality: 0/100

signal level: -120dbm noise level: -79dbm RX invalid nwid:0

RX invalid crypt: 0 RX invlaid frag:0 TX extreme retries: 0 invaild misc:0

missed beacon: 0

 

iv) I never imported a driver it seemed to detect its own.

 

anyone have any ideas? if its a driver issue, can anyone point me in the right direction of the correct one i need? I am using ASUS 802.11b/g wireless LAN card, but i couldnt see any linux drivers on their site.

 

also, i have changed secruity status to standard, and allowed all apps access in firewall, but still no change. thanks.

Edited March 23, 2008 by barry thomas-brown

[Greg2]

Would you please open a terminal, and post the output of

lspci |grep -i rt

and (as root)

lsmod |grep -i rt

for us to see?

[barry thomas-brown]

Hi greg, thanks for your response, but i have now resolved this issue. I basically just needed to tweak some settings in IWCONFIG, which appeared to work. thanks for your help.

 

I am posting this from Mandriva, woot:)