USB Linksys Wireless problems
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I just bought a Linksys wireless adapter (USB interface, model WUSB54GC) and cannot get it to work with Mepis 6.5.
When I hot plug it, there is a little disk activity as if Mepis is loading something but...
In the Mepis network assistant, on the interfaces tab, wlan0 shows up as "does not exist"...
So until I can get Mepis to find it, I can't get it to work. I've tried it on my laptop (6.5 the only OS on it) and on a desktop booted with the 6.5 live CD. No luck with either seeing that there is an interface out there.
Note, I also have the Ubuntu 7.04 live CD. It sees the adapter, but unfortunately cannot connect to my access point. Note, I've even tried turning off WEP and running the access point wide open, but Ubuntu and Linksys cannot see it. (Actiontec DSL modem/wireless access point)
Any ideas?
Linksys USB wireless
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Ok, from my laptop (Thinkpad A21m - about 6 years old)...
Both "lspci | grep network" and "lspci | grep ethernet" return nothing...
The ndiswrapper command shows:
sh-3.1$ ndiswrapper -l
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
bcmwl5a : driver installed
lsbcmnds : driver installed
lsbcmnds6 : driver installed
lstinds : driver installed
mrv8k51 : driver installed
netr33x : driver installed
prismnic : driver installed
wlanuig : driver installed
wlipnds : driver installed
sh-3.1$
Finally,
sh-3.1$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
sh-3.1$
Not having gotten anything out of the first command, I did it "raw" - no grepping...
sh-3.1$ lspci
0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
0000:00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
0000:00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03)
0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 09)
0000:00:03.1 Serial controller: Xircom Mini-PCI V.90 56k Modem
0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24/30 [CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01)
0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M AGP 2x (rev 64)
sh-3.1$
On an Ubuntu forum I got a procedure for installing the ndis driver from the windows CD? (It was late last night and I was tired - going to re-read that later today) I do have an Ubuntu desktop I can try this on too.
OK so it's a usb device
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I should have had you run lsusb instead...
I think it should show up then as rausb0, not wlan0. Open up Network Assistant, uncheck Ndiswrapper and click Apply, then on Wireless tab supply the SSID, and on the Interfaces tab select rausb0 from the pulldown menu, check Start.restart on apply, and click Apply.
Does that do anything?
No joy
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I tried the configurations steps you suggested - no change.
The lsusb command returns the following:
sh-3.1$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c00c Logitech, Inc. Optical Wheel Mouse
Bus 001 Device 004: ID 13b1:0020 Linksys
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05e3:0606 Genesys Logic, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
sh-3.1$
OK, please look through this next
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http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Any_card_using_the_ralink_2500_chipset
Let us know how it goes.
Run the diagnostics
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Can you please report the output of these 3 commands:
lspci | grep network (or ethernet)
ndiswrapper -l
iwconfig
That will give us a good idea of where to start. Thanks.