01micko wrote:
This only makes me more suspiscious of a dhcpcd problem in puppy with more than one puppypc on the network.
Just one more guess. Maybe your dhcp server dosen't like more than 1 request from the same hostname. By default all Puppy machines have a hostname of "puppypc". This can be modified by replacing "puppypc" in both "/etc/hostname" and "/etc/hosts" with a name of your choice, but different on each pc.
Actually to test the theory you only have to change the hostname on 1 of the pc's.
PS: sorry, it's been a while since I looked at this topic.
gyro
I think you are onto it. I booted 2 windows machines then my puppy laptop(dhcpcd) and no problems. The other puppy machine runs a frugal install so it shouldn't be too hard to change the hostname. Thanks gyro
UPDATE: Yes it works! However to ensure everything saves and survives a reboot I had to unload my wireless module, reload it and I even changed the name of the saved profile in Network Wizard. Survived
Got a new lappy for my young fellow for Chrissy and did the 'ol configure wifi by command line thing.
A point to note:. As I solved the problem of multiple puppies on one wifi network with the altering of '/etc/hosts' and '/etc/hostname' this changes something in the 'howto'.
I have one machine named 'puppypc'. Subsequent machines are named 'puppypc0', 'puppypc1, .... etc. Now you can name them whatever you want but the point is this.
When you get to the line in the 'howto' calling 'dhcpcd'
Hi i am try to get wireless working on a old dell laptop with a rtl8180 card. i have put my key and ssid in the conf file, but when i run the wpa_supplicant command i get a wpa:4-way handshake failed - pre shared key maybe incorrect error?
i have double checked the key and i have also had ubuntu workin on the laptop with the card.
if anyone has any idea what i am doing wrong that would be great!
Don't know if this will help.
When I had pup4.0 installed it would time time out trying to make
wpa connection; then still connect after running dhcpd.
I'm using pup4.1.2 now and everything works smooth as silk.
Command line instructions worked great for me as well. The Sitecom WL-113 USB adapter doesn't like the Network Wizards, but my connect script based on the instructions is working like a charm.
(suggestion: these instructions are invaluable to people that get stuck while trying to configure a wireless-only machine. Maybe they should be included in the documentation or in the Network Wizard help together with a couple of sample scripts ? )
With the "iwconfig" configuration utility, colons should not be used.
There is an exception: the prism2_usb driver uses the "wlanctl-ng" configuration utility, and colons should be used in this case.
Quotation marks can be used, but they're not necessary with hex values. Quotation marks are useful with alphanumeric passwords, so that spaces and special characters can be handled.
Downoaded isp Puppy Linux 4.2k2.6.25 16 seamonkey
Checked md5 = OK
Burnt Cd=OK
Router= Buffalo Airstation Wireless G High Power Model = WHR HP g54
Security = WPA-PSK, AES
PCMCIA = Cardbus USB 2.0 adapter 4 usb ports (Nec)
Toshiba ToOIC97 Card Bus controller * 2
Driver Provider Msoft
c:\windows\system32\DRIVERS\pcmcia.sys v5.1.2600.21800
USB = Sitecom Wireless Network USB Adapter Turbo G WL-172
Manufacturer= Sitecom Europe BV
Driver Provider= Ralink Technology Corp
c:\windows\system32\Drivers\rt73.sys
Test installed to Intel 3GHz 4GBMem with wired connection from cd
perfect install and straight to net no probs whatsoever.
Even used provided menu and installed to usb stick with no probs and after setting bios boots fine.
Eventually want to install to USB stick
CD Installed To Toshiba Tecra 8000 Model PAT 800E-F96A-EN, Pentium II 333MHz, 256 Mb RAM
Installed to desktop appearance
Try Setup Wireless Network
Many combinations
Scan always finds my SSID (power/strength XP=100% Puppy = 57/100 @ 2feet from router)
Config always fails no matter the combination of settings are tried
Question:
Found thread: how to set wireless network command line
tempestuous Posted: Sat 08 Dec 2007, 22:23
Menu install and system interface nfo report wlan0 and rt73usb
Encryption not loaded from your list crc32c (manual load)
Encryption not loaded from your list aes_generic (manual load)
checked system interface both now loaded
encryption list matches
modprobe rt73usb (no error)
ifconfig wlan0 up (no error)
ifconfig mode managed (no error)
iwpriv wlan0 set AuthMode=WPASK (error below)
wlan0 no private ioctls.
Googled error report and seems to point to driver limitation
Any pointers would be appreciated
Added later: I forgot to say I can connect ok without encryption.
Any pointers in there to help or have i messed up again, although I have learned a couple of operations just to stop and copy the ouput so all is not wasted.
I see that your configuration file is wpa_supplicant.conf. So let's check that your wifi router is using WPA encryption, right?
If it's set for WPA2 encryption, then your configuration file should be wpa_supplicant2.conf
And you have modified the configuration file to include your SSID and Personal Security Key, too?
Lemop wrote:Router = AES 1 (one) from screen and Buffalo Tech Spt
AES is WPA2 encryption, not WPA. Buffalo have done you a disservice if they don't explain that in their documentation.
So you should be using wpa_supplicant2.conf, not wpa_supplicant.conf.
Open /etc/network-wizard/wireless/wpa_profiles/wpa_supplicant2.conf in Geany and enter your SSID and Personal Security Key.
Then run the setup commands.
Edited supplicant2 (with ssid and key/passphrase)
Issued commands 1 at a time and again
after the wpa_supplicant line it started unexpected output as it has from the beginning.
One thing of note, I do not like the distro, but CrashBang installs from start to finish without a hitch, finds wireless nets, lets me choose my own then all it asks for is the PSK which I give it and voila it is all connected.
I tried to follow the files as on puppy but I'm too much of a beginner at this and cannot see the simialarities to puppy.
Something simple I'm sure but to me ..................
Installed the latest to Celeron 400 processor/256M RAM/6.4G HDD-old eMachine 400ix eTower but should be plenty, right?
Linksys WMP54g adapter with 14e4:4320 (rev 03) -can't get it to work with B43 or B43Legacy; tried Ndiswrapper with Bcmwl5.inf Windows driver. No luck. I know this Broadcom chipset is a bugger for any Linux-I've been trying for years-it worked with Dreamlinux, and had the Linuxant driverloader with MepisLite up and running.
I'm trying and willing to learn, but this is getting old. I thought the latest Puppy had taken care of this...? Eager to "house-train" the Puppy, but need some guidance.
Any help greatly appreciated. Cheers,
Is a WPA2 encrypted connection possible for Pups 2.13 to 2.16 which use kernel 2.6.18.1.
Modules 'ecb' & 'blkcipher' seem to be missing. Can these modules be compiled or is the kernel too old.
You're right, the encryption modules blkcipher (block cipher) and ecb (electronic codebook) are not available in the 2.6.18 kernel.
But the 2.6.18 kernel still has core support for WPA2 encryption in the form of the ieee80211_crypt_ccmp module. And I seem to recall several testers reporting success with WPA2 with this kernel.
I suspect that in later kernels some functionality of the ieee80211_crypt_ccmp module was split out into separate modules such as ecb and blkcipher.
Thanks for clearing that up tempestuous. Tried ieee80211_crypt_ccmp but no joy there.
I presume this will also be the case with BK's new pup 2.18 if/when he upgrades to kernel 2.6.18.8.
Still, pup 2.17 works fine with an upgraded net-wizard.
I have stated using the PuppyLinux 4.2.1
I am unable to connect to the Wifi network.
My PC is P3 1GHz Coppermine 256MB SDRAM 100MHz with Wireless USB Dongle: Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54
I am using CD Rom to boot the Puppy Linux.
At present the Puppy Network Wizard recognizes this device as
"usb:Buffalo WLI-U2-KG54" with "rt2500usb" as Module.
I have tried to use the Pwireless-0.8.4 from the Top menu.
It is able to show my wireless Lan and also the Encryption.
I use a WPA2 AES128bit encryption which requires me to enter a text password. When I click on Connect selecting the Wifi network, I get a prompt asking for WEP password. I give that correctly but still the IP address returned in a wrong or the default ones. My Wifi Router at present is behaving as a Bridge for my ADSL router connected to its WAN port.
Please help me out with this connection issue.
I am bad need to move on to linux and dump off my old Windows box to have some good use of it.