Wireless card not found [Solved]

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Wireless card not found [Solved]

#1 Post by worldofbooks »

I have run lucid 5.2.5 and Puppee on my Asus netbook (1001PXD) and it will not detect the wireless card or wired network card. I have also tried installing to the hard drive but this also didnt work.

I managed to get the devices recognised using Fluppy with the Frisbee wireless manager but the connection kept dropping every 5-10 minutes. I was also disappointed with the lack of package support in Fluppy and would prefer to use Puppy.

I really want to use puppy on my netbook but i cannot until this is resolved. Has anyone managed to get these devices working from Puppy?
Last edited by worldofbooks on Wed 10 Aug 2011, 14:18, edited 1 time in total.

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#2 Post by tempestuous »

To be able to help you, we need to positively identify your wifi and ethernet devices, so we need you to run this command -

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lspci -n
and post the results.

worldofbooks
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lspci output

#3 Post by worldofbooks »

lspci output


00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation N10 Family DMI Bridge
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation N10 Family Integrated Graphics Controller
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA AHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8171 (rev 10)




lspci -n output

00:00.0 0600: 8086:a010
00:02.0 0300: 8086:a011
00:02.1 0380: 8086:a012
00:1b.0 0403: 8086:27d8 (rev 02)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:27d0 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 0604: 8086:27d2 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 0604: 8086:27d6 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:27c8 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:27c9 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:27ca (rev 02)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:27cb (rev 02)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:27cc (rev 02)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev e2)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:27bc (rev 02)
00:1f.2 0106: 8086:27c1 (rev 02)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:27da (rev 02)
01:00.0 0200: 1969:2062 (rev c1)
02:00.0 0280: 10ec:8171 (rev 10)

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#4 Post by tempestuous »

Those are quite new wifi and ethernet devices, for which third-party/updated drivers are necessary.
worldofbooks wrote:02:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8171 (rev 10)
...
02:00.0 0280: 10ec:8171 (rev 10)
For your internal (miniPCI) wifi device you need the Realtek r8192se_pci driver ("se" not "ce") from -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 469#462469

worldofbooks wrote:01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications AR8152 v2.0 Fast Ethernet (rev c1)
...
01:00.0 0200: 1969:2062 (rev c1)
For your onboard ethernet you need the upgraded Atheros atl1e driver, just one forum post down from the one I just mentioned.

Be aware that these drivers are only compatible with Puppy 5.1/5.2.x

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#5 Post by worldofbooks »

Thanks for the link. I managed to get each device recognised. For some reason now I cannot connect to the wireless lan.

I was running lubuntu and the link quality was on 98/100 strength and no issues. For some reason when I check the log on puppy the link quality is only 10/100 (i am right next to the wireless router).

I am getting an error,timeout Have not get an access point message in the log. I am trying to connect using a 13 character ASCII key using WEP. Checked router and credentials definitely match.



Information about this interface:
Interface: wlan0 Driver: rtl819xSE Bus: x MacAddress: 74:F0:6D:0F:5F:0A
Description: x

STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:2A:C3:F3:C8
ESSID:"WOB1"
Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality:63 Signal level:0 Noise level:155
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 177ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:50:7F:A2:AD:60
ESSID:"WOBLine1"
Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:5
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 11 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality:90 Signal level:0 Noise level:141
Extra: Last beacon: 120ms ago
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 5
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "WOBLine1"
STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key restricted cxxxxxxxxxxx3
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up

ERROR, TIMEOUT. Have not got an Access Point.
Result of 'iwconfig wlan0':
wlan0 802.11bg ESSID:"WOBLine1" Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA1"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00 Security mode:restricted
Power Management:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0


STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key open cxxxxxxxxxxx3
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up

ERROR, TIMEOUT. Have not got an Access Point.
Result of 'iwconfig wlan0':
wlan0 802.11bg ESSID:"WOBLine1" Nickname:"rtl8191SEVA1"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s
Retry:on RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-0000-00 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=-100 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0



*********************************************************
LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Aug 8 12:50:32 simonnetbook daemon.info dhcpcd: sending signal 1 to pid 6034
Aug 8 12:50:32 simonnetbook daemon.info dhcpcd: waiting for pid 6034 to exit
Aug 8 12:50:32 simonnetbook daemon.info dhcpcd: received SIGHUP, releasing lease
Aug 8 12:50:32 simonnetbook daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: removing interface
Aug 8 12:50:32 simonnetbook daemon.debug dhcpcd: wlan0: executing `/lib/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks', reason STOP
Aug 8 12:50:34 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:4, bEnableHT = 0
Aug 8 12:50:36 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:4, bEnableHT = 0
Aug 8 12:50:36 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: Received beacon ContryIE, SSID: <WOB1>
Aug 8 12:51:07 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:4, bEnableHT = 0
Aug 8 12:51:29 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: rtl8192_SetWirelessMode(), wireless_mode:4, bEnableHT = 0


i have changed the key in logs by using x in place of characters for security purposes

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#6 Post by worldofbooks »

I have just successfully connected to the WOB1 line using WPA security. The link quality is a lot lower for this connection so it is strange I am able to connect to this and not the WOBLine1

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#7 Post by tempestuous »

It looks like the r8192se_pci driver is not playing well with WEP encryption.
This type of thing is not uncommon - I have seen situations where a Linux wifi driver (I can't remember which one) totally failed to connect to a router with WPA, but after the router was changed to WPA2 the driver worked perfectly.

I just checked the r8192se_pci driver parameters now, and I see this -

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parm:           hwwep: Try to use hardware WEP support(default use hw. set 0 to use software security) (int)
So try this - first take down your wifi interface and unload the driver

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ifconfig wlan0 down
rmmod r8192se_pci
Now reload the driver specifying software WEP -

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modprobe r8192se_pci hwwep=0
Now run the Network Wizard to connect to your WEP wifi router.
If this works OK, I can let you know how to make this setting permanent.

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#8 Post by worldofbooks »

Thanks for the quick reply. I followed the steps in your post. When running the modprobe r8192se_pci hwwep=0 i received a message saying

WARNING: Deprecated config file /etc/modprobe.conf, all config files belong into /etc/modprobe.d/.

Not sure if this was an issue.

I then tried to reconnect to the WEP wifi connection. There was a different issue this time, the DHCP client failed to negotiate.

Information about this interface:
Interface: wlan0 Driver: rtl819xSE Bus: x MacAddress: 74:F0:6D:0F:5F:0A
Description: x

STEP1a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP1b: iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1E:2A:C3:F3:C8
ESSID:"WOB1"
Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality:61 Signal level:0 Noise level:156
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Extra: Last beacon: 197ms ago
Cell 02 - Address: 00:50:7F:A2:AD:60
ESSID:"WOBLine1"
Protocol:IEEE802.11bg
Mode:Master
Channel:5
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:54 Mb/s
Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 11 9 12 18 24 36 48 54
Quality:90 Signal level:0 Noise level:141
Extra: Last beacon: 140ms ago
STEP1c: ifconfig wlan0 down
STEP2: iwconfig wlan0 mode managed
STEP3: iwconfig wlan0 channel 5
STEP4: iwconfig wlan0 essid "WOBLine1"
STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key restricted cxxxxxxxxxxx3
STEP5a: ifconfig wlan0 up
STEP6a: dhcpcd wlan0
dhcpcd: version 5.1.5 starting
dhcpcd: wlan0: rebinding lease of 192.168.1.20
dhcpcd: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd: timed out
dhcpcd: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout
dhcpcd: timed out

*********************************************************
LAST 10 LINES of /var/log/messages:
Aug 8 14:15:56 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: DHCP pkt src port:68, dest port:67!!
Aug 8 14:16:02 simonnetbook daemon.info dhcpcd: wlan0: broadcasting for a lease
Aug 8 14:16:02 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: DHCP pkt src port:68, dest port:67!!
Aug 8 14:16:05 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: DHCP pkt src port:68, dest port:67!!
Aug 8 14:16:13 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: DHCP pkt src port:68, dest port:67!!
Aug 8 14:16:21 simonnetbook daemon.err dhcpcd: timed out
Aug 8 14:16:21 simonnetbook daemon.warn dhcpcd: allowing 8 seconds for IPv4LL timeout
Aug 8 14:16:29 simonnetbook daemon.err dhcpcd: timed out
Aug 8 14:16:30 simonnetbook user.warn kernel: notify_wx_assoc_event(): Tell user space disconnected
Aug 8 14:16:30 simonnetbook daemon.err dhcpcd: dhcpcd not running

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#9 Post by tempestuous »

worldofbooks wrote:STEP5: iwconfig wlan0 key restricted cxxxxxxxxxxx3
I have two concerns about this:
i) are you sure your wifi router's encryption-mode is "restricted"? Most consumer wifi routers use "open".
ii) have you entered your WEP encryption key as its true hexadecimal digits? If, instead, you have entered your WEP password (ASCII string) this will only work if you prefix it with "s:" (without the quotation marks).

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#10 Post by worldofbooks »

I have tried connecting through restricted and open setting but no matter what i do i cannot pick up the connection.

Yet, I can still connect to the WPA network. This would suggest that you are right that there is a problem with WEP connections.

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#11 Post by worldofbooks »

I installed frisbee and I managed to connect to the WEP network immediately.

When i had frisbee installed on fluppy the network kept dropping out, so i am wary about using it but it is strange that it connects without an issue.

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#12 Post by tempestuous »

worldofbooks wrote:I installed frisbee and I managed to connect to the WEP network immediately.
Yes, I don't like the way that the Network Wizard takes down the interface before it runs the WEP-related connection commands, and I was about to suggest that you run manual commands (or via a script) as per my HOWTO here -
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=22469
but since Frisbee is working, great.

I presume that leaving the wifi driver in its default hardware-WEP state is OK.

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#13 Post by worldofbooks »

Yes everything works fine now that frisbee is installed.

I wonder if from the information that i have posted you can help with another issue. Having got on the internet I tried watching a few videos and found that sound is not working either.

I also tried so local files and still nothing. tried with smplayer,vlc,foobar. There is a volume control in the panel but that is turned on full, nothing is muted.

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#14 Post by cthisbear »

worldofbooks:

Helpful to others to edit your post as solved.

Chris.

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#15 Post by worldofbooks »

i can't believe I can't figure this out. How do I mark this thread solved?

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#16 Post by Semme »

worldofbooks, edit your first post. Either add to your title or place it in the description where it'll show under.

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