topic title: How to get WPA working with my HAMA Wlan USB Stick?
Posts: 1
imho74
Joined: 30 Dec 2007
#1
Hi all,

I am new to antiX. Before it I used Debian Lenny on on my Tecra 8000. With Lenny my HAMA USB WLAN stick with RT73 chipset worked very well. Also WPA encryption was no problem.

Now with antiX-M7 Lysistrata the stick works too but I cannot connect with WPA encryption to the router.

In"Admin/Tools -> Mepis Admin -> Network" I have filled in MYSSID and my WPA passphrase with and without quotation marks. I have rebooted the laptop but it won't work.

This is my /etc/network/interfaces:

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#mapping hotplug
#script echo

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto eth1
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto eth2
allow-hotplug eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto ath0
allow-hotplug ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto wlan0
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto ra0
allow-hotplug ra0
iface ra0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto rausb0
allow-hotplug rausb0
iface rausb0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
#auto wifi0
allow-hotplug wifi0
iface wifi0 inet dhcp
  address 192.168.79.1
  netmask 255.255.255.0
  broadcast 192.168.79.255
  gateway 192.168.79.1
# DO NOT EDIT ABOVE THIS LINE
This is the output of iwconfig:

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# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

irda0     no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wlan0     RT73 WLAN  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.412 GHz  Bit Rate=54 Mb/s   
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level:-86 dBm  Noise level:-115 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
And this says dhclient:

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# dhclient wlan0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/wlan0/00:0e:2e:dc:24:e4
Sending on   LPF/wlan0/00:0e:2e:dc:24:e4
Sending on   Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 11
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 9
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 13
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 8
DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 1
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.
Any further ideas?

BTW: I am glad that I have changed to antiX despite this problem. The other things works fantastic. It is really the perfect Distro for this old piece of hardware. I think I will fix the problem with the WPA encryption sooner or later. But I hope with your help it will be sooner. __{{emoticon}}__

Regards,
Christian
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#2
Try to set it up again with mepis network. This time make sure to hit"apply" after every change or entry. It can be fussy but the chip is recognized and should work.

eriefisher
anticapitalista
Posts: 5,955
Site Admin
Joined: 11 Sep 2007
#3
Follow eriefisher's advice and it should work. If it doesn't then I'm sure others will be able to get it to work.

And welcome to antiX!
Posts: 6
handheldcar
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
#4
Hello, I'm not finding a solution to my problem, so I'll post here. From the live CD, I can't select WPA to get on the Web.
Posts: 1,520
eriefisher
Joined: 07 Oct 2007
#5
This looks like your first post so.....

This thread is old and about the RT73, is this what you have.

What have you done to get this device to work?

antix has wicd and ceni for net connections have you tried either?
Posts: 6
handheldcar
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
#6
sorry about that. I overlooked the date. This was the more relevant out of two threads. Do you want me to start another thread?

Yes, I tried both. I clicked on the wrench and screwdriver icon that opened up the Control Center and clicked on the Network tab. rutlit was the app I was describing. It still doesn't see my wireless as wpa. It sees is as WEP.

I tried ceni, and it has eth0 wireless which is configured. (it wants to configure something) I tried to configure wpa-mappings and selected the wpa file, but it was also configured already. ("No logical interfaces to be mapped") There were two other files that gave the same results.

Wicd doesn't detect wireless networks. Do you need more details? I'm typing off the top of my head, remembering what I just did instead of going through everything for a third time, but I don't mind doing that if you need more details.
Posts: 1,228
secipolla
Joined: 15 Jun 2008
#7
I don't have wireless but we hear sometimes changing from dhcpcd to dhclient in wicd's preferences makes it start to work.
Posts: 6
handheldcar
Joined: 18 Jun 2010
#8
That was close. On the first tab, I noticed that the wired interface was eth0 and that the wireless interface was blank, so since eth0 was showing up as wireless in ceni, I cut and pasted; and it worked. Thanks