zd1211rw Wireless USB not working...impossible?

[ArchBeekeeper]

Forgive me if I'm in the wrong forum/ thread.

I'm trying to get the USB wireless dongle working with the PI. I can see the dongle with "lsusb".

I think I loaded the drivers? I'm not sure. I installed zd1211-firmware for sure with pacman... It said it installed.

I'm trying to follow these instructions:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/WPA_supplicant

I've generated the wpa_supplicant file as instructed, and this command verifies that its loading wpa_supplicant:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '# wpa_supplicant -B -i interface -c configuration_file')
(I'm entering the correct info)

returns:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Successfully initialized wpa_supplicant')

BUT...

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dhcpcd interface')
(mine is wlan0)

Returns:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'dhcpcd[362]: version 6.1.0 startingdhcpcd[362]: version 6.1.0 starting
dhcpcd[362]: all: IPv6 kernel autoconf disabled
dhcpcd[362]: wlan0: IPv6 kernel autoconf disabled
dhcpcd[362]: wlan0: waiting for carrier
dhcpcd[362]: timed out
dhcpcd[362]: exited
')


I don't know what to do now at all. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. This USB Dongle used to work GREAT right out of the box when I first installed Kosmic Koala after bailing on Windows. I know Linux used to be cool with it, that's what makes it so frustrating now.

[ArchBeekeeper]

Thanks in advance for ANY help. I greatly appreciate the Linux community.

[crashmaster]

I had zd1211rw sticks (i think) two years ago now on PCs using Archlinux. So far they worked until upgrading to a newer kernel. Because I've also upgraded to a faster wlan at this time i didn't bother and didn't look for a solution.

I'm not sure but today for me "zd1211rw" sounds like a little bit 'out-of-date'.

Greets, CM.