Wifi Cannot Work on Boot - eeepc 1000H netbook

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I'd tried the en:guides:wifi-easy and wifi-hard. Somehow it won't work.

I'm using slitaz stable whereby the wifi is NOT wlan0... it's ra0.

I'd changed the network.conf file to the below.

=== START /etc/network.conf ===
INTERFACE="ra0"

# Dynamic IP address.
# Enable/disable DHCP client at boot time.
DHCP="yes"

# Static IP address.
# Enable/disable static IP at boot time.
STATIC="yes"

# Set IP address and netmask for a static IP.
IP="192.168.1.112"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"

# Set route gateway for a static IP.
GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"

# Set DNS server for a static IP.
DNS_SERVER="192.168.1.1"

# Wifi connection.
# Enable/disable wireless connection at boot time.
WIFI="yes"

# Wifi interface (iwconfig) and ESSID.
WIFI_INTERFACE="ra0"
WIFI_ESSID="theessidname"
WIFI_MODE="managed"
WIFI_KEY="s:thepassword"
WIFI_KEY_TYPE="wep"
WPA_DRIVER=""
WIFI_CHANNEL=""
WIFI_IWCONFIG_ARGS=""
=== END /etc/network.conf ===

It won't work. The module rt2860sta is initialized on boot.

However, if I do the following as root in the terminal, the wifi will work...
iwconfig ra0 key open
iwconfig ra0 key s:thepassword
iwconfig ra0 essid theessidname
udhcpc -i ra0

Please let me know what should I do to make the wifi work from boot.

Thank you!

Posted 12 years ago #
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1. Install ralink firmware:
http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/slitaz/packages/cooking/firmware-rt2x00-20110227.tazpkg
2. /etc/network.conf :
DHCP="yes" STATIC="no" or DHCP="no" Static="yes"
Don't say "yes" or "no" to both.
3. TazUSB : #tazusb writefs gz

Reboot if you fail to connect with wep change WIFI_KEY_TYPE="any"

Posted 12 years ago #
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May I know how do I 'install' the ralink firmware? I tried by entering in the terminal
./firmware-rt2x00-20110227.tazpkg

It showed many lines of error ending 'not found'.

Kindly advise.

Posted 12 years ago #
mojo

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Open xterm become root:
su
password: root
Go to same directory as firmware-rt2x00-20110227.tazpkg
tazpkg install firmware-rt2x00-20110227.tazpkg

Posted 12 years ago #
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It's installed. But now it cannot detect ra0. There's only 'lo' listed in the Network Connections.

:(

Do I have to load any modules? I'd taken out the rt2860sta from initialization.

Posted 12 years ago #
mojo

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#modprobe -r rt2860sta
#modprobe rt2860sta
#/etc/init.d/network.sh restart

If you can't connect:
Look for errors in dmesg
Turn off wep
lsmod =>look for modules rtxxxx than may be autoloading causing conflict
Post lspci -nn

Posted 12 years ago #
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Hi mojo,

After thinking thru, I suspect it's the 'key open' line that is missing.

So, I'd opened up /etc/init.d/network.sh and added a line as per below

==== network.sh snippet - START ====
# encrypted network
[ -n "$WIFI_KEY" ] && case "$WIFI_KEY_TYPE" in
wep|WEP)
iwconfig $WIFI_INTERFACE key open # this line added by me
IWCONFIG_ARGS="$IWCONFIG_ARGS key $WIFI_KEY"
iwconfig $WIFI_INTERFACE essid "$WIFI_ESSID" $IWCONFIG_ARGS
==== network.sh snippet - END ====

After adding the line - iwconfig $WIFI_INTERFACE key open - the wifi works on boot. Even then, I still have to click on the 'Network Status Monitor' icon on the systray and change to...
General tab > Connection > Name > ra0 (from 'Unknown')

In fact, I'd reinstalled slitaz-stable (without the slitaz-cooking's firmware-rt2x00-20110227.tazpkg). Slitaz detected and loaded the rt2860sta module. But it's not defaulted in the Network Status Monitor.

Hope this helps someone! Cheers!

Posted 12 years ago #
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One thing I'd noticed is that under the Network Status Monitor's General Tab, there's always Activity: Receiving...

Wonder why's tat?

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