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MU · Last edited by MU on Tue 22 Apr 2008, 22:00; edited 14 times in total

I wrote a small wizard to deal with some oddities of my wireless USB-stick with the rt73 kernel-module.
see:
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15182
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=15057

Note:
In Puppy 2.12 to 2.14 you must install this newer Kernelmodule, as the old one is erratic Exclamation

http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups/Wifi/drivers-for-Puppy-2.12-to-2.14/Wlan-rt73.ko-Kernel-2.6.18.1.pup
With this new module also Puppys more sophisticated network wizard might work (not tested yet).

You can setup a configuration file to use DHCP or to enter things like a gateway adress manually.

I use it in an unencrypted network, but it should not be difficult to enhance it for encryption.
EDIT: yes, simple.
In the settings, replace the line:
MODE=Managed
with:
MODE="Managed enc 11223344556611223344556677"

Do not forget the quotes, and use your own key off course.

screenshot:

http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups/Network/Muppy-rt73.jpg

You see a yellow status-window at bottom.
In icewm it has no border.
In JWM, you might be able to add an option for no border in .jwmrc, don't know.

Download (Puppy 2) (15 kb)
http://puppyfiles.org/dotpupsde/dotpups/Network/Muppy-rt73.pup

If you use Puppy 3, please use this dotpup:
http://dotpups.de/puppy3/dotpups/Network/Muppy-rt73-P300.pup

If you want to see all informations during connection, run in a consolewindow:
cd /usr/local/Muppy-rt73/resource
./run-rt73 rxvt

Or edit the size of the yellow window in the settings.
You also could try to add these lines to /etc/rc.d/rc.local for automatic connection at startup, once you have set up the settings with the wizard.

Mark

MU · Posted: Sat 10 Feb 2007, 16:28 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Sat 10 Feb 2007, 17:38 Post subject:

ok, repaired it, and added a button to scan for networks Smile

Mark

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 01:38 Post subject:

Would you like to share with me what those oddities are?

I'll see how I can start including ad-hoc configurations for odd cards in the Network wizard.

Maybe even including them as "instalable modules extensions" to the network wizard. Those extensions could ideally be installed from the zdr as the drivers are.

zigbert · Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 5244 Location: Valåmoen, Norway

The rt73 has troubled from the very beginning. I'm one of those, who would be very happy with a simple way to get wifi to just work.

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 10:07 Post subject:

one problem is, that it uses rausb0 instead of wlan.

So to activate it, you need
ifconfig rausb0 up
Not:
ifconfig wlan up

Running a command using "wlan" deactivates the network in your wizard (at least it might be such a command, I'm not shure).

The other oddity is, that dhcp worked great for some days, then I suddenly got no more inet adress in ifconfig, so dhcp could not be used any more.
ifconfig reported strange inet adresses like 0.0.35.1 instead of 192.168.2.169.
Now it does not report any inet adress any more Shocked

The last value 192.168.2.169 I had gotten before, when everything worked well.
I don't know, if the access point was modified in my hotel, but I think this is a result of running some of Puppys wireless wizards.
I could not sort that out yet.
The only way to get a connection now is without dhcp, by adding:
route add -net default gw $GATEWAY
(GATEWAY is 192.168.2.1 here).

In Win XP dhcp still works.

If we can not find out what caused these problems you might add the whole rt73 wizard to yours, it is GPL (did not add a license because of size).
Mark

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 12:00 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 15:04 Post subject:

Hmm, your wizard does list rausb as interface.
But whenever dhcpcd is run, it is deactivated.
I had a closer look at your script now, but could not solve this.
Your script looks absolutely correct.

Seems to be a bug of the module itself, in winXP dhcd works fine.
I just wonder, why dhcp worked for me in Puppy for some days.

I tried it without pup_save.3fs now so simulate the situation I had when it worked, but no success either.

I'm puzzled Confused

I only can connect by setting netmask and gateway manually.

Mark

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 15:54 Post subject:

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 15:56 Post subject:

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 19:06 Post subject:

there is no rausb0 button Shocked

I found a way to stop that dhcpcd stops the interface using -o.
This does not send sigkill to the interface, if no IP could be assigned.

But of course I stll have no IP then.

Here is the text from the startscreen:

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 19:22 Post subject:

ok, rebooted.

Ran WAG-wizard (modified with dhcpcd -o):

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 20:02 Post subject:

yes yes yes the new kernelmodule solves the dhcp-problem Exclamation

Download see first message Very Happy

Mark

rarsa · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 20:26 Post subject:

MU,

Why are you using WAG? That one is several versions outdated. I've advised Barry to remove it from the live CD as it only confuses users.

You should be using the network wizard. That's why you had me all confused.

MU · Posted: Sun 11 Feb 2007, 20:31 Post subject:

Oh... I still use Puppy 212 (Muppy 007).
do you mean the wireless network wizard?
In Puppy 212 it offers to launch ndiswrapper or WAG.

As I wanted to use a native module, I chose WAG.

Or do you mean the ethernet/network wizard?
Oh yes, it has a rausb0 btton.
Will test it tomorrow again, it had problems, too.

However, the error was the kernelmodule, so using it should fix issues with all the wizards Smile

5 hours left to sleep Confused

Good night Smile

Mark