[SOLVED] Asus eee 1000H : netcfg and wicd unable to obtain IP

Question

Hi,
I just installed arch linux on my asus eee 1000h, but I can't get
wireless to work. I installed the packages:
- wireless_tools
- netcfg
I have been reading through the beginners guide and the wireless setup guide,
but still no success.
I did
lspci | grep -i net
And found out I had to add the firmware for my card, so I did that and:
ifconfig wlan0 up
worked. So I did:
iwlist wlan0 scan
And found the network I wanted to connect too, so I do:
iwconfig wlan0 essid network_id key wep_hex_key
But I dont get associated to any access point, so I tried:
ifconfig wlan0 down
ifconfig wlan0 up
Sometimes this gets me associated to the access point, however, it seems to
be pretty unstable. Usually it 'looses' it's association after a short period
of time.
Then I do:
dhcpcd wlan0
However, I just get the output
dhcpcd: version 5.2.2 starting
dhcpcd: broadcasting for a lease
dhcpcd: timed out
I check "iwconfig wlan0" at it says it is still associated to the access point.
I have tried netcfg, but it also just get's timed out waiting for a lease.
I've tried to get this to work for a long time now, but can't seem to get it to
work. I've read somewhere that it might be a bug in dhcpcd? If you have a
suggestion for something to try, please keep in mind that I am not at all
familiar with arch linux and explain accordingly.
I installed arch linux because I want a distribution that forces me to learn
more about linux, I just did'nt think it would be this much trouble, been trying
for a couple of days now, I have allready learned alot though.
Thanks for any reply.
EDIT: I also tried setting the timeout to 120, it did not work
EDIT 2: I tried using netcfg again. It first returned:
WPA Authentication/Association Failed
I tried again, and it returned:
DHCP IP lease attempt failed
Does this mean I have to use wpa encryption? I find this
strange as I am connecting to the same network with
my ubuntu machine using wep encryption.
Last edited by khs (2011-04-20 12:31:28)

Answer 1

edit your /etc/rc.conf to blacklist all of the modules that interfere with the rt2860sta module:
MODULES=(!rt2800pci !rt61pci !rt2x00pci !rt2800usb !rt2800lib !rt2x00usb !rt2x00lib)
don't initialize network with any other services:
#eth0="dhcp"
#wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=()
make sure you don't have conflicting daemons running:
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus wicd netfs crond)
then restart and try again(or go through rmmod and stopping and starting the individual services)
btw... I am using arch+wicd on my eee 1000h to write this post, so if you have any more problems just let me know.
also check out the eee 901 archwiki page it has a lot of good info and links.
Last edited by trash (2011-04-20 00:23:21)