[SOLVED] WICD cannot obtain ip address from AP

el_jauzaa · 04-08-2012, 08:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by H_TeXMeX_H

It is in 'lsusb' ? Where is that, I don't see it...

oh sorry brother.

bash-4.1# lsusb

Code:

Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:8197 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. RTL8187B Wireless Adapter
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c05a Logitech, Inc. Optical Mouse M90

allend · 04-08-2012, 08:42 AM

Did you run 'modprobe rtl8187' as root?
Please post the output of 'lsmod | grep rtl8187' and 'ifconfig -a'.

el_jauzaa · 04-08-2012, 09:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

Did you run 'modprobe rtl8187' as root?
Please post the output of 'lsmod | grep rtl8187' and 'ifconfig -a'.

yes, i run it in root mode

bash-4.1# lsmod | grep rtl8187

Code:

rtl8187                52624  0 
mac80211              181473  1 rtl8187
cfg80211              122542  2 rtl8187,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6            1004  1 rtl8187

bash-4.1# ifconfig -a

Code:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:15:70:B8:C0  
          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:16 Base address:0xc800 

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:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:480 (480.0 b)  TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:44:98:0D:2F  
          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)

allend · 04-08-2012, 10:09 AM

Good. The kernel module is loaded and the device is being recognised but is not configured. You should now be able to configure the connection in wicd.

el_jauzaa · 04-09-2012, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by allend

Good. The kernel module is loaded and the device is being recognised but is not configured. You should now be able to configure the connection in wicd.

thanks for assisting me. its solved. but i must change the the driver option in wicd to ralink (the default is wext) to connected to access point and its runnning after i modprobe rtl8187.

allend · 04-09-2012, 08:07 PM

Quote:

but i must change the the driver option in wicd to ralink (the default is wext) to connected to access point

Thanks for reporting back as this may help someone else.