dlink-dwa-125; no errors but no offer of ip address either

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i'm using dlink dwa-125

$ lsusb

Bus 001 Device 008: ID 07d1:3c16 D-Link System DWA-125 Wireless N 150 Adapter(rev.A2) [Ralink RT2870]

$ ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 1c:bd:b9:32:d0:4a
           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
           RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
           RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"2wire185"
           Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=20 dBm
           Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
           Power Management:on

i configure my device:

  sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid 2wire185 key 0704575771

no errors, so i presume the driver is loaded

next i start dhclient

  $ sudo dhclient wlan0 -v -d
  Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client 4.1.1-P1
  Copyright 2004-2010 Internet Systems Consortium.
  All rights reserved.
  For info, please visit https://www.isc.org/software/dhcp/

  Listening on LPF/wlan0/1c:bd:b9:32:d0:4a
  Sending on LPF/wlan0/1c:bd:b9:32:d0:4a
  Sending on Socket/fallback
  DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
  DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 4
  DHCPDISCOVER on wlan0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 6

etc.

this is for ubuntu on a bbxm

any ideas?

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Can you configure the AP in no encryption and try to associate again?

3

Not with this one, but I could try with a spare AP tomorrow. Good tip - thanks!

Is encryption a weak point?

4

I have used this adapter on my beagle bone. Are you using WPA supplicant? Is there any chance of conflict with connmand, network manager, or something else?

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Another good idea. Yes, I'm using WPA supplicant, and I did not remove the others. I suspect Ubuntu comes with network manager.

Is connmand a typo or simply something with which I'm not familiar?

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Hi, u could try this way:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-driver wext
wpa-ssid NAME_OF_AP
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto RSN
wpa-pairwise CCMP
wpa-group CCMP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Just add this to /etc/network/interfaces
To get XXXXX hex key use:
wpa_passphrase NAME_OF_AP ASCII_KEY

U will get:
network={
        ssid="NAME_OF_AP"
        #psk="ASCII_KEY"

psk=20ca595b2ed1cc18988d24295a3ca4f4389dfbfafdd435ece0962b9a3b802a2b
}

Use psk and replace XXXXX

This should work, must restart network or reboot beagle.

U can see tutorial
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834

and also another way of connect
http://www.pantz.org/software/wpa_supplicant/wirelesswpa2andlinux.html

Hope this helps
Regards

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Another thing if u use sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid 2wire185 key
0704575771
This is for a wep encryptation key.
Probably u not have wep but wap or wpa2 key.
WEP is no longuer considered secure link..

Regards

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yes! that's exactly so. so all the stuff with wpa is totally wrong for me.

i'm not going to change my entire household wireless to wpa right now, although i should.

i need to take your previous email and figure out how to make that work with wep.

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http://connman.net/

It’s used in angstrom with systemd (and Meego if you roll that way).