Gateway Netbook wireless <NOT solved>

[InTheWoods]

Code:

ifconfig wlan0 up
iwlist wlan0 scanning

This is the result showing my router

Code:

          Cell 03 - Address: 00:19:5B:4F:3D:85
                    Channel:1
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality=57/70  Signal level=-53 dBm 
                    Encryption key:on
                    ESSID:""
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
                              36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Mode:Master
                    Extra:tsf=00000005cc27c180
                    Extra: Last beacon: 547ms ago
                    IE: Unknown: 0000
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD1E00904C334E101DFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: DD1A00904C340105050000000F000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A6E101DFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D18010500000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD070050F202000100

For comparison here is the output from the machine I am posting on which is running Vec6.0 standard

Code:

          Cell 04 - Address: 00:19:5B:4F:3D:85
                    ESSID:"<hidden>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
                    Quality=84/100  Signal level=-46 dBm 
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra: Last beacon: 26ms ago

[nightflier]

Yeah, something is not right. You said you have numerous issues. Bummr.. what other things are not working? Maybe you should try VL7?

[uelsk8s]

I had a similar experience. the easy solution was to unhide the essid in the router.
The other solution was to stop the wicd-client and daemon then edit the /etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf and add the essid name. then reboot.

HTH,
Uelsk8s

[InTheWoods]

@nightflier.
Sorry. I am using Vec7. I changed to it after about the third post and at that point I was able to see my router.

[InTheWoods]

edit the /etc/wicd/wireless-settings.conf and add the essid name

I checked and my essid name is in the file. The only thing I changed was the "hidden" property to "True"

I think I may have a lead on the problem
Connection attempts with Wicd always begin with

Code:

Disconecting active connections

The failed connection always ends with the message

Code:

Connection Failed: Bad password

If I try to connect maually:

Code:

iwconfig wlan0 essid xxxxx
iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
iwconfig wlan0 channel Auto
iwconfig wlan0 ap any

Then check

Code:

iwconfig wlan0

I get

Code:

# iwconfig wlan0
wlan0     IEEE 802.11bgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=14 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xx
          Power Management:off

The encryption key is active.
But if I run Wicd after the failed connection attempt iwconfig wlan0 always shows Encryption off!
The same thing happens if I try to connect manually with wpa_supplicant. Somehow my password is not getting passed to the router.

If I try

Code:

dhcpcd -t 25 -d wlan0

Which will not connect with WPA the encryption key remains intact.

Also Is ifplugd deprecated in VL7? I don't have it and therefore no /etc/ifplugd/ifplug.conf. So therefore VLwifi does not work?

[pierce.jason]

Have you tried setting your password in Wicd, as opposed to manually using wpa_supplicant?

VLWifi has been shelved in favor of Wicd. I'm not sure why.

To simplify things while debugging, I would try changing encryption method to wep or "open".  It is often recommended to get wifi fully setup "open" first and then implement restriction/encryption.

[InTheWoods]

Have you tried setting your password in Wicd, as opposed to manually using wpa_supplicant?

Yeah, I did that before trying wpa_supplicant.

I would try changing encryption method to wep or "open"

I was trying to avoid that as there are 3 other computers on this network.

[InTheWoods]

Everything works fine on an unprotected network. I am posting from the problem machine via WiFi right now.

So what should I be looking for to get it to work on a WPA2 encrypted network?

[uelsk8s]

did you try unhiding your essid

[InTheWoods]

Yes I did try un-hiding my essid. No change.
I don't know if it makes any difference but this is a wireless N router.

Also I can get wlan0 connected via VASM but when I check the wireless status via VASM it always shows "Encryption off" even though I just set it on to get the connection.
Further even though it shows connected I can't use the internet.