TP-Link wireless usb (zd1211)
Nuno Magalhães
i'm trying to setup wireless through a USB adapter. I haven't quite
managed it although it seems its firmware is supported. This is what
i've tried so far:
It's a TP-Link TL-WN322G, i've installed these packages:
wireless-tools wpasupplicant wicd iw lshw lsusb
I've modprobed zd1211rw into /etc/modules, it now has:
loop
sbp2
/etc/modules
...and i probed it to try and activate it.
There's /lib/firmware/zd1211 with a bunch of files
# lsusb
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 15ca:00c3 Textech International Ltd. Mini Optical Mouse
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 007: ID 0ace:1215 ZyDAS WLA-54L WiFi
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hu
# lshw -C network
*-network
info on my eth1 (eth0 is firewire)
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 1
logical name: wlan0
serial: <MAC-adress here>
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.1
I've tried this in /etc/network/interfaces:
allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
essid "my ssid here"
mode Managed #also tried Auto
freq 7
key s:mykeyhere
Also tried wireless-{essid,...}, nothing works:
# ifup wlan0
Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.1.2
Copyright 2004-2008 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Connection timed out
wmaster0: unknown hardware address type 801
..then it tries do get IP but obviously fails
The driver is there - i think -, the usb device is found... but it
gets no wireless. Somehow it's disabled... I use WPA in my LAN but
this laptop's going to another LAN (not sure about the config). Is
there a way to configure it through ifconfig? Or, better yet, some GUI
i can use?
On reboot a usb device was consecutively found on address 2, 3, 4, 5...
# dmesg |grep usb
(...)
[ 5.656066] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 2
[ 20.768028] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 35.984024] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 36.200031] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 3
[ 51.312030] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 66.528030] usb 2-1: device descriptor read/64, error -110
[ 66.744031] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 4
[ 77.152029] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 4, error -110
[ 77.264025] usb 2-1: new full speed USB device using uhci_hcd and address 5
[ 87.672024] usb 2-1: device not accepting address 5, error -11
(...)
Wicd finds no wireless networks. Now lsusb hangs and lshw only shows eth1
Any suggestions?
TIA,
Nuno Magalhães
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Nuno Magalhães
it's still disabled as far as lshw goes...
Suggestions?
Nuno Magalhães
> The TPLink zd1211 stick has a strange RF chip and it is not detected
> correctly in the debian's kernel (2.6.26). In 2.6.29 it works
> perfectly, try installing that kernel
Thank you very much :) it Just Works™ now. Except for the connecting
part, but that's msot likely my screwing up configurations.
Thanks agian,