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How to get WPA working with my HAMA Wlan USB Stick?

 
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imho74



Joined: 30 Dec 2007
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 8:35 pm    Post subject: How to get WPA working with my HAMA Wlan USB Stick? Reply with quote
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:

Code:
#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:
Code:
# 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:

Code:
# 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. Wink

Regards,
Christian
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eriefisher



Joined: 07 Oct 2007
Posts: 676
Location: Canada's South Coast
PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 9:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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
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anticapitalista
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PostPosted: Sun Dec 30, 2007 10:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
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!
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