Linux Wireless

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. Why?

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. This worked. Followed through.

Resources

• Wireless Command Line Connection
• WiFiHowTo
• Wireless not Working
• Bug report
• Fit PC forum
• Fit PC Command Line