[How-To] Enable Wireless

[radtech]

I'm also still having trouble with this and have tried all of the above on three different routers with every possible permutation of security settings. I know the hardware works (reverted back to Pogo software twice to verify). It just doesn't seem to be communicating with the router(s) at all with the instructions above. The plug times out waiting for an address but the router doesn't even show a connection attempt.

[babar]

hi ,
thanks all for your great works
i have the same issue
my wifi configuration was working before the update
i have reinstalled from the tar

no association with the AP
iwlist scanning found nothing

i have tried an wifi usb key that works on my pink pogo :
it is detected as wlan0
the activity led of the key is blinking but iwlist scan found nothing

regards

[takbal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('sethjvm', '
')Here is the process I used on a fresh install of the rootfs

[takbal]

The following helps to decide whether you have kernel module problems. After reboot, try issuing from the command line:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
ifconfig ra0 up
ifconfig
lsmod
')
'ifconfig' should print an 'ra0:' entry in the list of accessible interfaces, and 'lsmod' should print a line like

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
Module Size Used by
...
rt3390sta 893736 1
')
If not, your kernel module was not loaded, so the wifi-related commands will fail. You can also use

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
modprobe -c | grep rt3390sta
')
to check whether 'depmod -a' detected the rt3390sta.ko.gz module. On my plug it gives

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
alias pci:v00001814d00003090sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt3390sta
alias pci:v00001814d00003091sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt3390sta
alias pci:v00001814d00003092sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt3390sta
alias pci:v00001814d00003390sv*sd*bc*sc*i* rt3390sta
')
You will also need the PCI version of WarheadsSE's kernels, but the install script takes care of that in theory.

[radtech]

I'm not unfamiliar with linux or with troubleshooting wireless issues. The problem is that I'm not getting any identifiable errors. Just a failure to connect. So...

I did a complete ground up installation. Followed your instructions to the letter. Same result. I even manually flashed the PCI kernel to make sure that was what I have loaded. No change.

lsmod confirms the module is loaded.
modprobe -c gives me the same result you get.

Still no connection attempts logged on the router. Revert back to Pogo software... comes right up.

I'm going to give it a try on another pro I have available and see if anything is different.

[bodhi]

@radtech,

Have you looked at the .dat file to make sure the default settings are what you expect. My previous problem with connecting was described here:
viewtopic.php?f=29&t=2031&start=20#p14748

It could be just something as trivial as wireless mode, security mode,... default values in the .dat file.

[radtech]

@bodhi... thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I'd already checked for those kinds of issues. Now the interesting bit is... I get different results with a different plug. I tried this on another plug and saw the connection attempt on the router immediately. Tinkered a bit and got it working. I then modified the mac_addr file on the drive and put it on the non-functional plug, rebooted and... it still didn't work. But reverted it to pogo software again and up it comes. Must be some difference in the hardware but I can't, for the life of me, find it.

[bodhi]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radtech', '@')bodhi... thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, I'd already checked for those kinds of issues. Now the interesting bit is... I get different results with a different plug. I tried this on another plug and saw the connection attempt on the router immediately. Tinkered a bit and got it working. I then modified the mac_addr file on the drive and put it on the non-functional plug, rebooted and... it still didn't work. But reverted it to pogo software again and up it comes. Must be some difference in the hardware but I can't, for the life of me, find it.

[takbal]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radtech', 'S')till no connection attempts logged on the router.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('takbal', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('radtech', 'S')till no connection attempts logged on the router.