HOWTO: RT61 on Egdy Eft with WPA

[vilwarin]

finishing this howto didn't connect me yet, I had to do one more step independent whether you compile the module yourself or use the new module rt61pci included in hardy.

network-manager only cause trouble, I removed it
wicd looked promising but was also not able to connect me
iwconfig could not connect me either
iwpriv same here
rt61sta.dat RAlinks config method also lead in a cul-de-sac

what finally did the trick was using the RALink Utility Tools (rutilt). Using this tool I finally can connect to my Access Point. Get it from the standard package list by typing

apt-get install build-essential rutilt

and find it in

Applications > Internet > RUtilt WLAN Manager

(hardy)

good luck
vilwarin

[wamubu]

Latest driver version:
1.2.2.2 @ 7/23/2008 902kB
1.2.2.2 Doc

[omax]

Hi and thank you for an excellent guide!

Though I'm having some troubles, because after a few hours of uptime the network crashes. iwconfig does not show that I'm connected to my AP but ifconfig still shows my internal IP.

Here's the error code when I try to restart networking:

$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                          ioctl[SIOCSIWMODE]: Network is down
Could not configure driver to use managed mode
SIOCADDRT: No such process
Failed to bring up ra0.
                                                                         [ OK ]
t$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                          




ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Network is down
ioctl[SIOCSIWENCODEEXT]: Network is down
SIOCADDRT: No such process
Failed to bring up ra0.
                                                                         [ OK ]


$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
 * Reconfiguring network interfaces...                                          ctrl_iface exists and seems to be in use - cannot override it
Delete '/var/run/wpa_supplicant/ra0' manually if it is not used anymore
Failed to initialize control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant'.
You may have another wpa_supplicant process already running or the file was
left by an unclean termination of wpa_supplicant in which case you will need
to manually remove this file before starting wpa_supplicant again.

ioctl[SIOCSIWAP]: Network is down
wpa_supplicant: /sbin/wpa_supplicant daemon failed to start
run-parts: /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/wpasupplicant exited with return code 1
SIOCADDRT: No such process
Failed to bring up ra0.
                                                                         [ OK ]

Dmesg from the time of crash and trying to restart networking:

[ 2051.421375] e2:1a:09:be:b3:44:5f:1b:82:79:82:c0:05:e9:15:02:
[ 2051.421391] d8:a0:05:0e:89:da:b7:4a:
[ 2051.421394] e0:f7:3e:90:01:eb:ff:65:
[ 5654.032581] 06:1a:85:07:99:d2:2a:5c:76:d3:30:77:f4:71:7f:a5:
[ 5654.032592] 11:fb:78:99:e2:31:55:87:
[ 5654.032595] 6f:9f:02:01:3d:75:3e:94:
[ 5657.031476] 06:1a:85:07:99:d2:2a:5c:76:d3:30:77:f4:71:7f:a5:
[ 5657.031486] 11:fb:78:99:e2:31:55:87:
[ 5657.031489] 6f:9f:02:01:3d:75:3e:94:
[ 9256.667820] 5a:61:00:fb:29:4d:4d:2a:61:90:a2:1d:ed:85:34:27:
[ 9256.667829] 26:a1:9a:c7:c5:a3:2e:3b:
[ 9256.667832] b1:ba:ea:46:1f:e5:f4:a1:
[ 9259.650342] 5a:61:00:fb:29:4d:4d:2a:61:90:a2:1d:ed:85:34:27:
[ 9259.650355] 26:a1:9a:c7:c5:a3:2e:3b:
[ 9259.650359] b1:ba:ea:46:1f:e5:f4:a1:
[ 9262.649764] 5a:61:00:fb:29:4d:4d:2a:61:90:a2:1d:ed:85:34:27:
[ 9262.649777] 26:a1:9a:c7:c5:a3:2e:3b:
[ 9262.649781] b1:ba:ea:46:1f:e5:f4:a1:
[12862.277547] 24:90:d2:9e:d9:67:ed:d1:f3:4a:62:42:95:85:01:fa:
[12862.277557] d7:f9:8e:27:48:47:45:fa:
[12862.277560] bb:0b:24:30:c4:6a:51:41:
[12942.258465] Before wrapper, AuthMode=7, wepStatus=6, pCipher=6, gCipher=4, IEEE8021X=0
[12942.258473] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12942.904273] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12946.007071] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12946.007077] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12946.115317] ReqVarIELen=36! RespIELen=120!
[12946.115323] infoLen=343!
[12946.115338] wext_notify_event_assoc():AssocInfo=
[12946.115340] 	ASSOCINFO(ReqIE0100000fac020100000fac040100000fac020000 RespIEff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dd1a00904c340807050000000f00000000000000000000000000000030180100000fac020200000fac02000fac040100000fac020000dd1a0050f20101000050f20202000050f2020050f20401000050f202)!
[12946.115346] ra0 (WE) : Wireless Event too big (343)
[12946.388562] c3:65:1b:44:21:49:65:7e:ea:13:87:2c:75:58:9a:19:
[12946.388572] 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:
[12946.388575] 00:00:00:00:00:00:00:00:
[12946.388614] 24:90:d2:9e:d9:67:ed:d1:f3:4a:62:42:95:85:01:fa:
[12946.388622] d7:f9:8e:27:48:47:45:fa:
[12946.388627] bb:0b:24:30:c4:6a:51:41:
[12953.509193] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
[12969.226399] Before wrapper, AuthMode=7, wepStatus=6, pCipher=6, gCipher=4, IEEE8021X=0
[12969.226406] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12969.935980] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12976.912359] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12976.912366] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12976.932449] ReqVarIELen=36! RespIELen=120!
[12976.932454] infoLen=343!
[12976.932470] wext_notify_event_assoc():AssocInfo=
[12976.932471] 	ASSOCINFO(ReqIE0100000fac020100000fac040100000fac020000 RespIEff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dd1a00904c340807050000000f00000000000000000000000000000030180100000fac020200000fac02000fac040100000fac020000dd1a0050f20101000050f20202000050f2020050f20401000050f202)!
[12976.932477] ra0 (WE) : Wireless Event too big (343)
[12980.023802] ra0: no IPv6 routers present
[12989.962312] Before wrapper, AuthMode=7, wepStatus=6, pCipher=6, gCipher=6, IEEE8021X=0
[12989.962319] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12989.977579] ReqVarIELen=36! RespIELen=120!
[12989.977586] infoLen=343!
[12989.977601] wext_notify_event_assoc():AssocInfo=
[12989.977602] 	ASSOCINFO(ReqIE0100000fac020100000fac040100000fac020000 RespIEff000000000000000000000000000000000000000000dd1a00904c340807050000000f00000000000000000000000000000030180100000fac020200000fac02000fac040100000fac020000dd1a0050f20101000050f20202000050f2020050f20401000050f202)!
[12989.977608] ra0 (WE) : Wireless Event too big (343)
[12991.314335] Before wrapper, AuthMode=7, wepStatus=6, pCipher=6, gCipher=6, IEEE8021X=0
[12991.314341] After wrapper, the AuthMode=7! wepStatus=6!
[12991.895662] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12993.933879] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12993.933886] After wrapper, the AuthMode=3! wepStatus=1!
[12994.536898] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12995.233538] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12995.233545] After wrapper, the AuthMode=3! wepStatus=1!
[12995.825391] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12996.477280] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12996.477288] After wrapper, the AuthMode=3! wepStatus=1!
[12997.056009] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12997.701039] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12997.701046] After wrapper, the AuthMode=3! wepStatus=1!
[12998.312059] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[12999.408292] Before wrapper, AuthMode=0, wepStatus=1, pCipher=1, gCipher=1, IEEE8021X=0
[12999.408299] After wrapper, the AuthMode=3! wepStatus=1!
[12999.993904] RT61: RfIcType= 3
[13010.453626] ra0: no IPv6 routers present

Has anyone had any similar problems? What could be wrong?