topic title: Wireless interface questions
Posts: 4
Kazanoff
Joined: 02 Jul 2015
#1
Hi guys,
I just installed AntiX 13.2 on an old laptop with 256 Mo Ram, and it works just fine !

However I'd like to try and set up the wireless network. Problem : there's no wireless card / interface. So I got one (Netgear) from another PC. Problem : theres no native USB port ! So I take an adapter (D-Link) from another PC (both devices work fine with Ubuntu).

After a quick look, wicd doesn't see any network, while ruilt doesn't see any interface.

Questions :
1) Do you think I can make it work, or is it pointless to try ?
2) Wich util should I use to manage the wireless network ?
3) Any tip on how to configure it ?

Thanks in advance

Kaza
Posts: 4,164
rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
Give us

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inxi -F
and a

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lsusb
and from the root terminal we need a

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ifconfig -a
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Kazanoff
Joined: 02 Jul 2015
#3
inxi -F

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$ inxi -F
System:    Host: antiX1 Kernel: 3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp i686 (32 bit)
           Desktop: IceWM 1.3.7
           Distro: antiX-13.2_386-full Luddite 4 November 2013
Machine:   System: Compaq product: Presario 2800 v: F.12
           Mobo: Compaq model: 07D8 v: H8 Version 14.1E
           Bios: Compaq v: 68P4M Ver. F.12 date: 09/30/2002
CPU:       Single core Intel Pentium 4 Mobile (-UP-) cache: 512 KB
           speed: 1800 MHz (max)
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] ATI RV200 [Mobility Radeon 7500]
           Display Server: X.Org 1.12.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1024x768@61.3hz
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI R100 (RV200 4C57) x86/MMX/SSE2 TCL DRI2
           GLX Version: 1.3 Mesa 8.0.5
Audio:     Card Intel 82801CA/CAM AC'97 Audio Controller driver: snd_intel8x0
           Sound: ALSA v: k3.7.10-antix.5-486-smp
Network:   Card: Intel 82801CAM (ICH3) PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller
           driver: e100
           IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full
           mac: 00:08:02:66:69:4c
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 40.0GB (9.0% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: FUJITSU_MHR2040A size: 40.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 37G used: 2.9G (9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: swap-1 size: 0.53GB used: 0.04GB (8%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 78.0C mobo: 64.0C
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info:      Processes: 83 Uptime: 58 min Memory: 159.7/246.8MB
           Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.2.16
lsusb

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$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:08:02:66:69:4c  
          inet adr:192.168.1.13  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Masque:255.255.255.0
          adr inet6: fe80::208:2ff:fe66:694c/64 Scope:Lien
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:128412 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18473 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:1000 
          RX bytes:182691619 (174.2 MiB)  TX bytes:2080064 (1.9 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Boucle locale  
          inet adr:127.0.0.1  Masque:255.0.0.0
          adr inet6: ::1/128 Scope:Hôte
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 lg file transmission:0 
          RX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)  TX bytes:2832 (2.7 KiB)
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Kazanoff
Joined: 02 Jul 2015
#4
Thanks for your help!
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fatmac
Joined: 26 Jul 2012
#5
You need to boot up the computer with the usb wifi attached, it won't get the drivers loaded if you plug it into a running system.

Edit: I use TPLink internal cards & they use the atheros driver, (don't know if DLink use the same).
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#6
Well. I do not see usb wireless readout anywhere in your reports. like I have here on mine.

lsusb

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harry@antix1:~
$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 148f:3070 Ralink Technology, Corp. RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. USB 2.0 multicard reader
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 064e:c114 Suyin Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 002: ID 22b9:0006 eTurboTouch Technology, Inc. Touch Screen
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
harry@antix1:~
__{{emoticon}}__ The 1d6b are just empty usb ports and that is all I see on yours.

Was the usb wireless thingy plugged in when you did your reports.Try this in root terminal 1st.

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inxi -U
This will update inxi and maybe show your usb wireless thingy like it does in mine.

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$ inxi -N
Network:   Card-1: Realtek RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet controller
           driver: r8169
           Card-2: Ralink RT2870/RT3070 Wireless Adapter driver: rt2800usb
Also. ifconfig -a shows no wireless interface either. Example on mine. Which is working.

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# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr <snip>
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:<snip>  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:84 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:6384 (6.2 KiB)  TX bytes:6384 (6.2 KiB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr <snip>
          inet addr:<snip>  Bcast:<snip> Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: <snip> Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:35950 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:30214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:22213605 (21.1 MiB)  TX bytes:4367772 (4.1 MiB)
You have a P4 processor. If me. I'd bump the ram to 1 gig and run AntiX 15.
But I roll like that on computers. Being a tinkerer.

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Kazanoff
Joined: 02 Jul 2015
#7
fatmac wrote:You need to boot up the computer with the usb wifi attached, it won't get the drivers loaded if you plug it into a running system.

Edit: I use TPLink internal cards & they use the atheros driver, (don't know if DLink use the same).
Thanks for the tip, will do.

The usb wifi is Netgear, I couldn't find which driver it uses after a quick google check. On top of that I have a DLink adapter (no usb native port).
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#8
The usb wifi is Netgear, I couldn't find which driver it uses after a quick google check.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#9
be warned, some netgear usb wireless devices use a Broadcom chip that is not supported by any open source linux drivers as far as I can tell. I've got one of these things.. It uses a BCM43142 chip. you can try the broadcom-wl-dkms package (available in repo) but YMVM.