Wireless PCI Ralink

[bert56]

Hello,

I am totally new to Pardus and running into problems with wireless and did not find a solution to the problem on the forum.

My wireless PCI Card Ralink makes after configuration in the Network Manager connection without any problem but I have no Internet connection.

Spending now a couple of hours trying to figure it out but without any success.

Hope someone can give me a hint.


Thanks in advance,
Bert

[Andreas]

Hello Bert and welcome,

I think the following Links can help you: 

Network-Manager

Wiki

Thread

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

Hello Andreas,

The card is recognized and also showing in the network manager. I configured everthing in the network manager but switched off DHCP because I have a fixed IP-Address.

I filled out:
IP Computer: 192.168.1.178
Mask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 192.168.1.1
and the DNS-Servers from the Internet provider.

I also tried DHCP and disabled WEP encryption.

When I start the computer WLAN is always making a connection but most of the time I have no Internet connection.

My LAN (with cable) connection works perfect with the same configuration, offcourse I used then a different IP-Address (192.168.1.177) and no WEP.

I don't know if it would work if I don't use the Ralink driver what came with Pardus and use the Windows driver with ndiswrapper.

If this would work I have to investigate how I get this Windows driver installed with ndiswrapper.


Regards,
Bert

[bert56]

I gave up on Ralink, it did not work also ndiswrapper gave me the same problems.

Switched to a Realtek card RTL-8185. (Eminent EM4057). It worked out of the box.

The only problem I still have is if I boot the adapter tells me I am connected but I don't have Internet.
When I switch it off in the Network Manager and on it works.

Is there someone out there who experienced the same on boot?


Bert


I found out that if I switch off my wireless connection before reboot it connects correctly when I restart the computer.

If I shutdown the computer with a life wireless connection it will not connect correctly after reboot.

[Andreas]

Hello,

have a look in this Thread

Perhaps it can help you. 

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

Oké thanks I think this will help me.

I think I could resolve the problem if I could shutdown my wireless connection before shutting down the computer.

I saw the file local.stop but I don't know what I have to write there to shutdown my wireless before shutting down the computer.

If I restart the computer without shutting down wireless it tells me in Dutch verbonden met

If I shutdown my wireless and then restart the computer it tells me in Dutch Verbinden en daarna Verbonden. This way my wireless works after reboot.

[Andreas]

@bert56

if it solved for you please look here

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

Oké I understand.

Could you tell me what I could write in local.stop to shutdown my wireless before shutting down the computer.


Bert

[Andreas]

Could you tell me what I could write in local.stop to shutdown my wireless before shutting down the computer.

It is only an idea and I would try it with local.halt

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

No luck!

The problem would be also solved if it is possible to disable WLAN on boot.

But I did not find the file what I have to edit to accomplish this.





Bert

[bert56]

In the meantime I found out that the problem is created when WEP Encryption is enabled.

If I disable WEP then WLAN works fine after booting the computer.
If WEP is enabled I have no WLAN connection after boot.

The suggestion in a link on this thread to write the key in the file local.start did not solve the problem.


Bert

[Andreas]

But I did not find the file what I have to edit to accomplish this.

Hello Bert,

go to your first post and edit it by "Reference" at the beginning of "Wireless PCI Ralink"

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

Hello Andreas,

You want me to change the subject in WEP Problems at boot?


Bert

[Andreas]

You want me to change the subject in WEP Problems at boot?

No, Bert. 

You should change the subject as [solved] at the beginning of your subject, if it is solved for you.

Here one example.

Greetings
Andreas

[bert56]

I understand!
I saw written down solved (I did not write it) and I removed it because the problem is not solved.

I only found out now that the real problem is WEP and it has nothing to do with Ralink anymore.


Bert