eeepc 1000HE RaLink RT2860 fix

[iasonas]

Hello,

I am new to backtrack and Linux in general. I have a dissertation about wireless networks intrusion detection. I know that it might be a little stupid but can you post additional information on how can i manually connect to the AP without encryption and to an AP with WEP shared encryption?
It happens to me as well. The monitor status of ra0 is working perfectly but i cannot connect to my AP (and the internet of course).

Thank you in advance,

J.

[dimifak]

ifconfig ra0 up
iwconfig ra0 essid <name of the essid>
ifconfig ra0 <ip you want>
route add default gw <ip of the gateway>
echo "nameserver <ip of the dns try the same as gateway>" > /etc/resolv.conf
echo "nameserver <ip of the alternative dns it's not necessary>" >> /etc/resolv.conf

and check with

host Google
once you get a reply u r done

that's it for open
for wep just add

iwconfig ra0 key < the key of the AP>


you can try also the automatic way with wicd

[Rob Wilco]

I found a way to make this work, its funny though...

My Wicd finds networks, but just cant connect to them, so what I tried was, I select the network I want to connect to, I then connect and quickly while authentication is in progress go to the Konsole and type dhclient ra0...

And it connects, if I dont do this it just won't connect...

Hope it helps anyone..

Got to get myself a descent WiFi card...

cyaz..

I'm not sure why I never tried that, it works perfectly. Guess I won't have to use my scripts as often when connecting now and I'll put wicd back on startup. Thanks for the tip, I think that will help a lot of people with the same problem!