WiFi, KDE and zero knowledge

[ilna]

Hi!

You can call me liar, but I have never used WiFi earlier Now I want it - am going to install Maverick on new my junior son's PC. Have bought two ASUS USB-N11 adapters. The aim is to share my internet access (ADSL/pppoe) with my son. All ubuntu tutorials I have found refer to GNOME-specific tools rather KDE ones. Has anybody some useful refs? I mean both configuring and common WiFi knowledge.

BTW, CLI-way is appreciated also!

Just now I have on my PC:

~$ iwconfig
...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementn

[GreyGeek]

Re: WiFi, KDE and zero knowledge

....
Just now I have on my PC:

~$ iwconfig
...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=19 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementn

Your wireless was detected automatically, it seems. All you need to do now is configure it.
You should have KNetworkManager's icon in your system tray. Click on it and in the dialog menu that pops up should, after scanning, display nearby access points, including your wifi. Click on the "Properties" dialog and configure your connection type and password. Close that dialog, return to the previous one, give the connection a name and check the box marked Autoconnect.
THen click the "connect" button.

Let us know what happens.

[ilna]

Re: WiFi, KDE and zero knowledge

The thing is, I have two PC needed to be connected to enable for second one to access internet. Just now I have configure AP/hostapd (this PC in connected to net via ADSL/pppoe):

interface=wlan0
driver=nl80211
ssid=myAp
country_code=RUS
hw_mode=g
channel=11

macaddr_acl=0

wpa=1
wpa_key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
wpa_passphrase=tratata
rsn_pairwise=CCMP

with this wlan0 interface in /etc/network/intefaces:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet static
address 10.8.0.1
network 10.8.0.0
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 10.8.0.255

Also I have installed dhcp3 server with /etc/dhcp3/dhcpd.conf:

ddns-update-style none;
option domain-name "myNet";
option domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222, 208.67.220.220;
default-lease-time 42300;
max-lease-time 84600;
log-facility local7;
subnet 10.8.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
 range 10.8.0.100 10.8.0.200;
 option routers 10.8.0.1;
}

and /etc/default/dhcp3-server:

INTERFACES="wlan0"

Also have added to iptables:

sudo /sbin/iptables -A FORWARD -p tcp -m tcp --tcp-flags SYN,RST SYN -j TCPMSS --clamp-mss-to-pmt
sudo /sbin/iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -s 10.8.0.0/24 -j MASQUERADE

hostapd does start with this config, and from another client PC (Kubuntu Maverick was installed from CD) I see this the AP:

~# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0   Scan completed :
     Cell 01 - Address: tratata
          Channel:11
          Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
          Quality=70/70 Signal level=48 dBm 
          Encryption key:on
          ESSID:"myAP"
          Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
               9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
          Bit Rates:24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
          Mode:Master
          Extra:tsf=00000000444124b3
          Extra: Last beacon: 470ms ago
          IE: Unknown: 0006616E6C694150
          IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
          IE: Unknown: 03010B
          IE: Unknown: 2A0100
          IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          IE: WPA Version 1
            Group Cipher : TKIP
            Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
            Authentication Suites (1) : PSK

I have configured connection on client PC with defaults wrt IP (dhcp), WPA/WPA2 Personal security, Infrastructure mode, BSSID as MAC in AP. Clicking on this connection does nothing.

Where to dig in? Which additional information I must supply?

[ilna]

Re: WiFi, KDE and zero knowledge

Also I have found such log message in sync with wifi disabling/enabling via applet checkbox:

ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready