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tiziano
offlineMember
ok, did it meanwhile in the new USB stick as well. Don't ask me how.. ;)
still connection is coming and going and in the end connection is not settled steadily ...
USB stick is FAT definitely - gonna try to move to /home/boot/packages and see ...
by the way, in terminal can be seen following
tiziano
offlineMember
@Ceel/mojo
Formatted a new ext3 usb live with latest rolling - With live CD worked so instinctively should work with this one as well
shall I download and install the packages in a special 'packages' directory under /home/boot or somewhere else or does it matter?
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Hi tiziano,
Copying the packages in /home/boot/packages will only avoid you to install them yourself after boot.
After the kernel will have found your stick, it'll mount your home and will install the 2 packages:
Home has been specified to b79aaa98-61f2-4f2b-bcdb-ea8fb66fd3c3... Sleeping 3 s to let the kernel detect the device... Mounting /home on /dev/sdb1... Creating folder "/var/cache/tazpkg"... [ Done ] Recharging repository "Main" ================================================================================ Checking... [ Failed ] Creating backup of the last packages list... [ Done ] Getting "bundle.tar.lzma"... [ Failed ] Restoring database files... [ Done ] ================================================================================ Recharging failed
don't worry about the "Failed" messages
Installation of package "iwlwifi" I need only one package ================================================================================ Intel iwlwifi driver -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Copying package... [ Done ] Extracting package... [ Done ] Remember modified packages... [ Done ] Installing package... [ Done ] Removing all tmp files... [ Done ] Execute post-install commands... [ Done ] Update system databases... [ Done ] ================================================================================ Package "iwlwifi" (3.2.71) is installed.
After the boot, open a terminal, become root and type
/etc/init.d/network.sh stop
modprobe rtl8188ee
/etc/init.d/network.sh startOpen TazPanel; you should be able to view the wifi networks.
Configure your wifi.
tiziano
offlineMember
Hi Ceel,
your instructions worked fine - finally got wifi connection with usb stick and anything seems to be ok
nevertheless when wifi connection is set and it should work, it doesn't - no connection to internet
see the screenshot - connection indicators look good but wifi is disconnected [??]
configuration mistakes myside?
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tiziano
offlineMember
maybe this can help..
tux@slitaz:~$ su
Password:
root@slitaz:/home/tux# /etc/init.d/network.sh stop
Loading network settings from /etc/network.conf
Stopping all interfaces
ifconfig: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device
Killing all daemons
wlan0 No such device
root@slitaz:/home/tux# modprobertl8188ee
sh: modprobertl8188ee: not found
root@slitaz:/home/tux# modprobe rtl8188ee
root@slitaz:/home/tux# /etc/init.d/network.sh start
Loading network settings from /etc/network.conf
Starting udhcpc client on: eth0...
udhcpc (v1.23.2) started
Sending discover...
Sending select for 192.168.1.2...
Lease of 192.168.1.2 obtained, lease time 3600
deleting routers
adding dns 192.168.1.1
root@slitaz:/home/tux#
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Hi tiziano,
I can reproduce the problem when I enter a wrong password. Status is
- connected in TazPanel
- disconnected in the Connection properties box
When I click on Name in the Connection Properties box, eth0 has disappeared, only lo remains and I'm not able to establish any connections neither any wifi networks nor ethernet. Need to reboot.
Are you sure you entered the good password?
tiziano
offlineMember
Hi Ceel,
Thank you for your endurance :)
Password is definitely correct but problem persists - a further hint may be this: did a test with another laptop, my older one with rolling CD live - no USB boot capabilities - got same result even if system does recognize straight away wifi card of this machine .. Network seems to connected Connection Properties box shows wlan0 disconnected. - 'name' only shows wlan0 and lo. No eth0. As you experienced yourself
Shall be a solution valid for both cases - maybe a minor setting. - that's a pity getting so close to the goal .....
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Hmm, I don't understand what happens.
When you open a terminal and type tail -f /var/log/messages, can you see the same lines repeat every 20-30 seconds?
What are they?
Didn't you limit the number of authorized computers on your wifi network? (I did it once and spent hours to understand why my computer cannot connect to my box :-/ )
tiziano
offlineMember
that's what I get
6 time and that's it!
I didn't limit the number of authorized computer on wifi network or, at least, I didn't know if it has been done unwanted..
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Ceel
offlineAdministrator
I admit I'm lost. You can see the wifi networks; your wifi interface works fine. We are doing something wrong.
You said a few days ago that you had managed to connect to wifi from a LiveCD. Delete your /home/boot/packages directory and try to establish the connection manually as you did.
tiziano
offlineMember
Hey Ceel,
something weird happened - today joined a Netgear wifi access point to my rourter - it has a different ESSID of course - did a test it it with the commands you recommended -
/etc/init.d/network.sh stop
modprobe rtl8188ee
/etc/init.d/network.sh start
and... it connected!! Connection is strong and stable.
the only difference between this appliance and the other is that the Netgear hotpoint requires a WEP key - if configured with WPA as, on the other hand, does the router, it didn't start
Now, that our goal is reached the question is....:
Why the router doesn't go? It was always working fine with WPA password.... :(
Ceel
offlineAdministrator
This is a good news.
Why it doesn't work with WPA? I really don't know.
Well, you can simplify the procedure to start the wifi:
modprobe rtl8188ee
tiziano
offlineMember
just one more hint, maybe of minor importance, however checking the module details the protocol accepted by both router and access point is 802.11g or 802.11b which are different from the one shown in the module rtl8188ee (802.11n)
may this make any difference?
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Ceel
offlineAdministrator
Unfortunately, I'm not a specialist of 802.11 :-/
What I've undersood is that the protocol has known evolutions. I guess the module rtl8188ee with 802.11g release is able to drive devices with 802.11b or 802.11g
protocol
You can have a look to this https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IEEE_802.11#Protocol
I come back on your previous post :
the only difference between this appliance and the other is that the Netgear hotpoint requires a WEP key - if configured with WPA as, on the other hand, does the router, it didn't start
In the french version of the link above I've read that WPA encryption appeared with 802.11i (2004). So it seems normal you cannot connect to your Netgear hotpoint (802.11b, 1999) with a WPA password.
The final release for WPA encryption is dated year 2004 but the first release with WPA encryption is April 2003 and 802.11g is 2003. TazPanel identifies your router as WPA encryption... It should work (but don't you say you did it working with the LiveCD?).
Maybe someone more experienced in this domain will provide an explanation.
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