[plug] strange wifi issue

[Lucas van Staden]

mmmm

If you try again, and email me the logs off-list, I can have a look, see
if there is anything obvious.

Send /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog

It's situations like yours that make people run from Linux.....good on
you for sticking it out :)

I would also suggest trying linuxMint - have had good experience with
it, and it is a nice easy to use distro. (I use it to convert people
away from windows)

>Our network is not encrypted anyway

Eeek ! There is always someone close enough......

-Lucas

Coral wrote:
> Our network is not encrypted anyway, theres no-one close enough to us to
> get into it. I have read similar threads about this particular chipset,
> it can be very flakey with linux. As for logs, I really don't know what
> I'm looking for, and I have reformatted again since the last try (which
> was sabayon)
> 
> Every time I try to buy a piece of linux compatible hardware I end up
> with dramas, usually what is documented as compatible turns out to be
> not so compatible for me - 2 printers (one of them HP), 1 scanner, 2
> webcams (which both worked in the end), 5 wifi cards (only one of which
> is actually reliable - and the only one of the lot without a native
> linux module!), and a TV tuner. Its not like you can return devices to
> the shop for not being linux friendly, since none of them ever even list
> linux as a compatible OS in their documentation.
> 
> Its just so annoying that twice now this same puppy linux conundrum has
> come up (this wifi card and the wifi on my husbands old laptop). I have
> used puppy linux as my main OS in the past, but it is just so limited.
> 
> Lucas van Staden wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> The reasons why could be anything, will need some more info....
>>
>> I recall using a card with rt61 chipset (horrible, and touchy card it
>> was) in the past on debian, and to get it to auth to WPA wireless I had
>> to patch and compile the drivers from source.
>>
>> Possible it is the supported encryption that is the issue?
>>
>> A quick test would be to disable encruption on your wireless, and see if
>> it then connects - but don't forget to put it back ;)
>>
>> Have you looked at your logs? (/var/log/messages and(or)
>> /var/log/syslog) see if there are any hints in there ?
>>
>> Personally I would get another card, with another chipset (that is what
>> I did in the end)
>>
>> -Lucas
>>
>> Coral wrote:
>>   
>>> I have a pc with various hw including an rt61 chipset wifi card. It
>>> doesnt seem to matter which linux I try - the module loads, the card
>>> scans and finds the home network and fails to connect to it. All except
>>> with puppy linux, in this mini distro the card works perfectly. So
>>> obviously the card is 100% linux compatible - why do I not get any joy
>>> with any of the other bigger distros? (mandriva, ubuntu, suse, sabayon,
>>> pclos) How can I get the card to work?
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