WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

[back2kubuntu]

Hello,

I would like to understand and then solve, if possible, the following problem:
For setting up my wifi connection each time (really each time) I log in I have to go through the following procedure:

i) run kWIFIManager (enter passwd) and click Activate Interface twice (it must be twice!!)
ii) run wlassistant (enter passwd) and click my network (sometimes twice)

It's understood that the interface is already set up (once) and activated (as DHCP) using KDE Control Module.

If I don't combine these two steps there is no other way (at least I haven't found one) to get my connection running.

I'm fed up of this and any help will be greatly appreciated.
Cheers.

[sky]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

Hi,

Maybe you can give the output of the following commands to see if I can help :
cat /etc/iftab
ifconfig
iwconfig
cat /etc/network/interfaces

I had a problem like this before and it was because my network cards were always changing names... So config was lost in space I've fixed it in /etc/iftab

Cheers

[back2kubuntu]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

Thanks for your reply and for your help.

Pls. find below the outputs (eth1 is my wireless interface).
Cheers.

1) cat /etc/iftab
This file assigns persistent names to network interfaces.
# See iftab(5) for syntax.

eth0 mac 08:00:46:b1:4e:c2 arp 1
eth1 mac 00:04:23:72:7c:d4 arp 1

2) ifconfig
eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:04:23:72:7C4
          inet addr:192.168.0.2  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:fe72:7cd4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:526242 errors:559 dropped:559 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:151900 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:597576765 (569.8 MiB)  TX bytes:11852499 (11.3 MiB)
          Interrupt:9 Base address:0xa000 Memory:d0201000-d0201fff

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:85180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:85180 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:7123249 (6.7 MiB)  TX bytes:7123249 (6.7 MiB)

3) iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth1      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"hk_free"  Nickname:"ipw2100"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:07:CB:51:63:0C
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Powerff
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thrff   Fragment thrff
          Power Managementff
          Link Quality=87/100  Signal level=-71 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.

sit0      no wireless extensions.

4) cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
address 127.0.0.1
netmask 255.0.0.0


iface eth0 inet static
address 193.51.38.128
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 193.51.38.254

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid hk_free

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

[sky]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

OK, so this is after you've made all your staff to get it working, right ?
How does it look when you didn't yet ?
Can you post ifconfig and iwconfig pls ?
Maybe try to look in /var/log/daemon.log if your interface is not looking for a dhcp address. For example, my wifi is usually get address one or two minutes after the gui came up...

BTW, for me nothing looks strange in your config...

Cheers

[back2kubuntu]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

Thanks for your help.

Here are the results of the commands ifconfig and iwconfig before going through the painful procedure described earlier.

cheers

$ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:72:7C4
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:9 Base address:0xe000 Memory:d0201000-d0201fff

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:172 (172.0 b) TX bytes:172 (172.0 b)

$iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth1 unassociated ESSID:"hk_free" Nickname:"ipw2100"
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Powerff
Retry min limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

[sky]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

It seems that your access point is not seen yet...
Maybe you're trying to get the ip and all information during this time...
Can you take a look in the file /var/log/daemon.log to see if it's moving ?
You can do it in a konsole with this command :
tail -f /var/log/daemon.log
Then look if new lines are appearing with DHCPREQUEST, DHCPOFFER or DHCPDISCOVERY ?
Then you should wait a while and it should find by itself the network...

If it's not working, maybe you should try to set access point, channel in config to try to connect directly... Anyway it would be strange

Cheers

[sky]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

Hi again,

I've just read that if you're card is using a broadcom chipset, you should take a look on this page : https://wiki.ubuntu.com/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx

Maybe it will help

[mmport80]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

i have pretty much the same problem - although my rt2500 worked flawlessly in breezy, now for some reason i can only get it working by using "wireless assistant".

As the original poster said, I have to manually click through wireless assistant to get online.

[nodehopper]

Re: WIFI kWIFIManager/wlassistant

I am not sure if I am having the same issue, but it seems similar in nature. I have no problem connecting to my home Wireless Access Point, but not through the Wireless LAN Manager. If I go to the System Settings-> Network Settings and set everything in that interface, when I re-enabled the card I connect. I am using it now to post this.

I then look at the Wireless LAN Manager interface and it shows that I am connected. If I then try to connect to that WAP again through the Wireless LAN Manager interface I get a failed connection message.

I have looked in the options in the Wireless LAN Manager (there aren't many). I am wondering if this program ...even though I supply a password... doesn't have permission to alter settings??

Any help would be nice, I would like to be able to use many different access points and feel the wireless manger will do the trick well if I can get past this little issue. I am running a Prism chipset wifi card (natively supported by linux kernel) I think the fact that with out any additional configuration it is working tells me it is not a card or driver issue. It seems to be a disconnect somewhere in the Wireless LAN Manager itself ??

I just installed Kubuntu 6.06 and have done apt-get upgrade. FYI I was not able to connect to my WEP enabled WAP until I ran the latest updates!!

Any Ideas?

Thanks,