Linux Wireless
From wikidb
Contents
Setting up Ubuntu 14.04
Created the /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf WPA authentication
network={ ssid="zdome" proto=RSN key_mgmt=WPA-PSK pairwise=CCMP TKIP group=CCMP TKIP psk="********" }
Old
At the Command Line
Initial Setup
Based on a problem reported in /var/log/messages. (See resources below.)
sudo mkdir -p /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA sudo touch /etc/Wireless/RT2860STA/RT2860STA.dat sudo service network-manager restart
Status
ifconfig iwconfig iwlist wlan0 scan lspci | grep Network sudo lshw -C network
Configure
sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
The following didn't work. According to some of the resources cited below, the issue may be the the driver was not compiled with the command line option. The GUI option works.
eepp@tabor:~$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid "zdomeWLAN" key xxxxxxxxxx [sudo] password for eepp: eepp@tabor:~$ iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. wlan0 RT2860 Wireless ESSID:"" Nickname:"RT2860STA" Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:1 Mb/s RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Link Quality=70/100 Signal level:-75 dBm Noise level:-115 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
At the GUI
In the upper right menu <uparror downarrow menu> and selected zdomeWLAN. Followed through with the setup. This worked.