From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765236AbYFFQ64 (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:58:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752303AbYFFQ6q (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:58:46 -0400 Received: from ra.tuxdriver.com ([70.61.120.52]:2833 "EHLO ra.tuxdriver.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755467AbYFFQ6p (ORCPT ); Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:58:45 -0400 Date: Fri, 6 Jun 2008 12:23:24 -0400 From: "John W. Linville" To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Rog=E9rio?= Brito Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [2.6.26-rc4] Problems with rt2x00 USB interface on powerpc Message-ID: <20080606162324.GB635@tuxdriver.com> References: <20080601193000.GA3056@ime.usp.br> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20080601193000.GA3056@ime.usp.br> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.17 (2007-11-01) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Jun 01, 2008 at 04:30:01PM -0300, Rogério Brito wrote: > Hi. > > I have an iBook G3 600MHz combo (late 2001 model, powerpc) with a USB > wireless card rt2x00 that doesn't work. > > I just compiled a fresh 2.6.26-rc4 kernel and it can't get a lease from > the access point, even though it is able to see the access point. > > The userland here is Debian unstable (sid) and I can perform some of the > steps in the direction of configuring the interface. For instance, the > following works (I am using wep as the encryption system with other systems > running under Linux, but, unfortunately, EVEN disabling encryption for the > sake of the tests doesn't help here): > > *insert USB card* > ifconfig wlan0 up > iwconfig wlan0 essid "default" > iwconfig wlan0 s:my-key > iwconfig wlan0 ap any > (Here it shows that it can see the access point) > dhclient wlan0 > (Here, it is unable to grab an IP addess from the access point) You should set the key _before_ setting the essid. John -- John W. Linville linville@tuxdriver.com