config network once wireless card installed, here is the output

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

Originally Posted by alspal

finally edited the interface settings. and then run command sudo ifdown ra0 && sudo ifup ra0

got this reply
error for wireless request "set encode" (8B2A)
set failed on device ra0 ; network is down
error for wireless request "set encode" (8B1A)
set failed on device ra0 ; network is down

I have run the commands you requested and got these output results. THe wireless network i am trying to connect to is Goosen-WLAN should, the essid therefore not be set to Gooosen-WLAN instead of DLINK?

**chili555** · July 16th, 2008

THe wireless network i am trying to connect to is Goosen-WLAN should, the essid therefore not be set to Gooosen-WLAN instead of DLINK?

Your scan results, see post #1, showed two scan results. I'm sorry, I assumed the first one listed was yours. Please change to Gooosen-WLAN in your interfaces file.

It doesn't like your WEP key. You do have a 10 or 26-character key, right? The lines in interfaces should look something like this, assuming you have a 10-character key:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet static
address 192.168.0.92
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
wireless-essid Goosen-WLAN
wireless-key 0123abc789d

Is that what your file looks like with your details substituted, of course?

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

Yes that is what the interfaces file looks like now. And when I run sudo ifup ra0...

i get the following
error for wireless request "set encode" (8B2A)
set failed on device ra0 ; network is down
error for wireless request "set encode" (8B1A)
set failed on device ra0 ; network is down

what to do?

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

those errors dissapear when I use iface ra0 inet ipv4ll instead of static address. However I am still not connected?!

**chili555** · July 16th, 2008

Let's try a different approach. Please amend intefaces to:

Code:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto ra0
iface ra0 inet static
address 192.168.0.92
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.1
up iwconfig ra0 essid Goosen-WLAN
up iwconfig ra0 key 0123abc789d

Then do:

Code:

sudo ifdown ra0 && sudo ifup ra0

Did you connect?

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

no connection, and no messages

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

output says,

ifdown: interface ra0 not configured

**alspal** · July 16th, 2008

Hopeless?

**alspal** · July 17th, 2008

output says,

ifdown: interface ra0 not configured

**alspal** · July 17th, 2008

Need help, please help.

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