RT61 Chipset, Fedora 8, Network Manager

[GuyverScythe]

I've looked for support on getting my wireless to work, and I see that many people are having similar issues. A lot of people with problems have Intel or other wireless cards, but I have and Edimax brand card with an RT61 chipset.

I try to activate my wireless through Network Manager, and it gives me this:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for wlan0...

Then this:

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.


I bought this particular wireless card anticipating Fedora 8. I was under the impression that this card was natively supported so I wouldn't have to install drivers. Although it seems that network manager recognizes the device just fine, why can't I find an IP address?

I've read that MadWiFi, Ndiswrapper, and WICD are available options, but I don't want to have to use anything like that if I should be able to just get it to work without any extra tools or emulators. I tried to use WICD, but I had particular issues with that and I'd rather try to resolve the wireless issue without it before attempting to rely on WICD again.

I've also read that disabling encryption should solve my problem, which is fine, because I'm not using a WEP key anyway. I plan to use MAC address filtering. I don't know how to change any configurations through Terminal, though, which seems to be my only option since Network Manager doesn't seem to be helping, and I can't find an option to turn off encryption there anyway. I have Wireless device settings mode set to Auto right now, because setting it to master didn't help.

If anybody can answer any of my questions, or direct me to a HowTo or a good source on configuring wireless networking through Terminal and getting around Network Manager altogether, please do so, because I can't find any help that specifically pertains to this situation.

[stevea]

You might want to strace -p the NetworkMAnager process to see exactly what is happening.

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.

This sounds like your driver can't have it's mode set (AdHoc, Manager, ...)

You could test this with the iwconfig command. Something like:
"iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed"
and through all the mode options, "man iwconfig" for detail.

My hunch is that that message from your driver is not a problem !



This message
Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
is the real problem. Something wrong getting through dhcp. There is a 98% chance that you have the WEP password/key stuff scrambled, so you associate w/ the AP, but cannot get past authentication.

What NM messages appear in /var/log/messages when you try and fail ?
If it associates and then fails it's your authentication key/passwd stuff.

==
What is your WAP router model and setting ?
DO not have (E)SSID hidden - that's a big problem.
How do you set your keys ascii ? hex ? - we don't need the exact string.
How did you config NM to connect ?

[GuyverScythe]

Hey, I found the answer to my problem in particular here: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/fedora-35/wireless-atheros-chipset.-608513/

I just found it. Man, I got a reply fast! Thanks for the consideration, you were right about the nature of the problem, but it seems in my ineptness when it comes to Linux networking, I actually didn't have "Network Manager" running in the background. I have no clue how that happened, but I turned it on following instructions in the link.

Thanks!

[lordamus]

i`ve the same issue with ralink rt61 wifi on my laptop.. Try to install ralink`s official drivers http://www.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html latest driver has network manager fixes. but I still cant connect to my adhoc network on my desktop with atheros chip card.