Comment 31 for bug 35474

On 28/01/07, Rogério Brito <email address hidden> wrote:
> Hi again, Matt.
>
> On Jan 27 2007, Matt Grice wrote:
> > On 27/01/07, Rogério Brito <email address hidden> wrote:
> > > Can you even use the rt* modules successfully, even without
> > > encryption?
> >
> > I wasn't willing to turn off the encryption on my router to test it. I
> > have to be very security conscious in the area I live in :)
>
> Can't you turn off your encryption just for a second, please, to see if
> the basic functionality is OK? I would love to know if others can make
> it work with the basics, before going further to test the encryption.
>

I can, though it will be later on in the week.

I recompiled my kernel, and the latest official driver from raLink
with the official firmware, and it's working well with WEP. Doesn't
like starting up as the PC boots at the moment - I might have to write
a script to let it settle after initialisation before configuring the
interface though.

I wonder if it's possible to bump the new driver into Feisty?

> Thanks. I am curious to know if you can get things working. And, if you
> get, would you please describe the exact problems that you saw and that
> you didn't? I think that Ben Collins would appreciate this.

With the standard Edgy driver and kernel, two interfaces were
generated for one card - wmaster0 and wlan0 (using the rt61pci kernel
module). The commands I issued were:

iwconfig wlan0 essid "MYSSID" - this worked. ESSID was set but no
association.
iwlist wlan0 scan - this also worked and spotted my AP.
iwconfig wlan0 enc XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX - this command completed
without complaint, though a further iwconfig showed encryption was
off.

After that, I took the decision to recompile with the new driver.

>
> > Science is to computer science as hydrodynamics is to plumbing.
>
> I wouldn't say this about Theoretical Computer Science, which is the,
> ahem, best field of Computer Science. :-)

I'm currently doing a Computer Science degree, though it's more
business and IT strategy than anything else. I have yet to find the
Science part. :D

I dream of doing theoretical Computer Science... Algorithmics, P=NP?
Travelling Salesmen, Djikstra, Turing machines... That's what I'm
talking about :D
Matt

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