Bill Davidsen writes: >Brian Wood wrote: >> I'm having some trouble getting internet/ssh working over >> a Linksys wireless usb adapter -- model WUSB54GSC. >> >> I did get it working one time, but don't know why or if >> I did something to make it work. I see the access >> point I want to use and connect to it. That seems to work. >> Then iwconfig reports >> >> lo no wireless extensions. >> >> eth0 no wireless extensions. >> >> wlan2 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"brian" >> Mode:Managed Frequency:2.432 GHz Access Point: 00:1C:10:3B:06:97 >> Bit Rate=36 Mb/s Tx-Power=14 dBm >> RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B >> Link Quality=57/100 Signal level=57/100 >> Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 >> Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 >> >> But bringing up a URL or ssh'ing to another machine doesn't work. >> I'm using Fedora 12. If I use an ethernet cable instead of the >> wireless, everything works fine. Any ideas on what to check >> or do? >> > I see two things here, one is that there is no IP on that wlan2, indicating that > it is connected but not routed. The other is that it's wlan2 insteadl of wlan0, > indicating that something is going on, since even with the built-in (802.11g) > and plug-in (802.11n) NICs, I have wlan0 and wlan1, so they always do start and > zero and go consecutively. > > Try: > - dhclient wlan2 > - netstat -r > and post the results. I would expect you will get connections after that. Hi, Bill, Unfortunately I've not been able to get it working yet. dhclient didn't output anything. The netstat -r output: Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface 192.168.50.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan2 default 192.168.50.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan2 > Your dmesg output should have information of why that's wlan2, please read and > report. Here's the result of dmesg | grep wlan: wlan0: register 'rndis_wlan' at usb-0000:00:03.3-1, Wireless RNDIS device, BCM4320b based, 00:1e:e5:a6:98:ee usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_wlan udev: renamed network interface wlan0 to wlan2 rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan2: link is not ready rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan2: link becomes ready wlan2: no IPv6 routers present rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media disconnect rndis_wlan 1-1:1.0: rndis media connect Regards, Brian Wood <a href="http://www.webEbenezer.net" target="_blank">http://www.webEbenezer.net</a>