[Voyage-linux] Wifi trouble: rt73usb gets DHCP assigned but link is 'Not-Associated'

[Solomon Asare]

Hi Rodney,
I haven't used D-Link DWL-G122 before but just wanted to ask if you see the Access Point when you scan wlan0 with the command "iwlist wlan0 scan"?

Regards,
solomon.



--- On Sun, 28/6/09, rodney at optimail.com.au <rodney at optimail.com.au> wrote:

> From: rodney at optimail.com.au <rodney at optimail.com.au>
> Subject: [Voyage-linux] Wifi trouble: rt73usb gets DHCP assigned but link is 'Not-Associated'
> To: voyage-linux at voyage.hk
> Date: Sunday, 28 June, 2009, 2:14 AM
> Hello,
> 
>  using a D-Link DWL-G122 rev c1, Ralink chipset, voyage
> 0.6.1:
> The ALIX 1c is client for wifi, using DHCP.
> 
> I'm getting the beginning of a link, DHCP address assigned,
> routes added,
>  but iwconfig reports Not-Associated. Tried with WEP and
> without WEP.
>  Open authentication, no MAC filter.
> 
>  Plugging the device into my ubuntu 8.10 PC, there is no
> trouble.
> 
>  Details below.
> 
>  Has anyone had success with rt73usb based wifi in Voyage
> 0.6.1 ?
>  Any ideas of the problem?
> 
> thanks,
> Rodney
> 
> details:
> dmesg extract:
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:radio
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:assoc
> Registered led device: rt73usb-phy0:quality
> usbcore: registered new interface driver rt73usb
> ..
> firmware: requesting rt73.bin
> ...
> ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
> 
> voyage:~# ifconfig wlan0
> wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet 
> HWaddr 00:17:9a:77:16:27
>           inet
> addr:192.168.1.4  Bcast:192.168.1.255 
> Mask:255.255.255.0
>           UP BROADCAST
> MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>           RX packets:3 errors:0
> dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>           TX packets:3 errors:0
> dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>           collisions:0
> txqueuelen:1000
>           RX bytes:960 (960.0
> B)  TX bytes:1576 (1.5 KiB)
> 
> voyage:~# iwconfig wlan0
> wlan0     IEEE 802.11 
> ESSID:"earth"
>           Mode:Managed 
> Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>           Tx-Power=16 dBm
>           Retry min
> limit:7   RTS
> thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
>           Encryption
> key:7879-7A78-797A-7879-7A78-797A-31
>           Link Quality:0 
> Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0 
> Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive
> retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed
> beacon:0
> 
> voyage:~# lsmod|grep rt
> exportfs             
>   3584  1 aufs
> ledtrig_heartbeat       2048 
> 0
> rt73usb             
>   22272  0
> crc_itu_t           
>    1792  1 rt73usb
> rt2x00usb           
>    7680  1 rt73usb
> rt2x00lib             
> 19712  2 rt73usb,rt2x00usb
> rfkill             
>     4756  1 rt2x00lib
> led_class           
>    3332  2 leds_alix,rt2x00lib
> input_polldev       
>    3208  1 rt2x00lib
> mac80211             
> 114448  2 rt2x00usb,rt2x00lib
> cfg80211           
>    19976  2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
> usbcore             
>   98364  5 rt73usb,rt2x00usb,ehci_hcd,ohci_hcd
> 
> /etc/network/interfaces entry:
> 
> auto wlan0
> iface wlan0 inet dhcp
> pre-up iwconfig wlan0 essid earth mode Managed key
> s:textkey123456
> 
> 
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