Ubuntu 9.04 / No-WPA Works / With WPA Does NOT Work/ USB Zonet ZEW2505

Hello, SSamon. :-)

Try these commands to see if we can get you up and running. :-)

"sudo rmmod ssb"
"sudo modprobe wl"

If you have a "Wireless" light on the front of your machine, it should turn on, change the proper color, etc. if this command helps at all. It will take up to five minutes, however, before you can connect to your network.

It should work, but I'm not sure how this works after rebooting, so you might have to manually configure it to start at boot.
Try navigating to /etc/crontab, and entering

"@reboot root <sudo rmmod ssb>"
"@reboot root <sudo modprobe wl". :-)

Also, if you want to run this as a regular user, replace root with your username.

Also, you can add "sudo rmmod ssb" and "sudo modprobe wl" to the end of /etc/init.d/rc.local.

You do each of these with "gksudo gedit /etc/crontab" and "gksudo gedit /etc/init.d/rc.local", respectively. :-) Also, if you're having some permissions issues, run "sudo chmod o+wx /etc/crontab" or "sudo chmod o+wx /etc/init.d/rc.local".

I hope I've been of some help, and that I've solved your question. :-)

Keep me posted.

Best to you, and good luck!

Sorry, I've misread your question. I will address it, but it will most likely be pretty long, like the previous post, so I wanted to let you know that I indeed know the real problem here. :-)

Thanks for the response.
Should I wait for your next post, or should I still try?
"sudo rmmod ssb"
"sudo modprobe wl"

It wouldn't hurt, but I'm guessing it probably won't help either, since you mentioned that it thinks the wireless is up and running.

Go ahead, and try it, as I'd like to see exactly what happens.

Keep me posted. :-)

Thanks again, here are the results (as well as output from other commands):

I don't think any of the hardware related commands are that helpful because it can't be a hardware problem if I'm able to connect without encryption?

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$ sudo rmmod ssb
ERROR: Module ssb does not exist in /proc/modules
$ sudo modprobe wl
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/iwlagn, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/ndiswrapper, it will be ignored in a future release.
WARNING: All config files need .conf: /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist, it will be ignored in a future release.
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Here is output of some other commands:
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$ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1286:1fab Marvell Semiconductor, Inc.
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
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$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:off/any
          Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Sensitivity=-200 dBm
          RTS thr=2347 B Fragment thr=2346 B
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

pan0 no wireless extensions.
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$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:##:##:#f:ba:ba
          inet6 addr: fe##::###:##ff:fe#f:acba/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:1246 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1206 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:1166968 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:271061 (271.0 KB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x2c00

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:240 (240.0 B) TX bytes:240 (240.0 B)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:b0:8c:03:62:ab
          inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:#cff:fe##:##ab/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:39 errors:0 dropped:2 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:6692 (6.6 KB) TX bytes:5374 (5.3 KB)

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$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado]
       vendor: 3Com Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 78
       serial: 00:0#:##:##:ac:ba
       size: 10MB/s
       capacity: 100MB/s
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=3c59x duplex=half latency=32 link=no maxlatency=10 mingnt=10 module=3c59x multicast=yes port=MII speed=10MB/s
  *-network:0
       description: Wireless interface
       physical id: 2
       logical name: wlan0
       serial: 00:##:##:##:##:ab
       capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ndiswrapper+netmw225 driverversion=1.53+Zonet,12/21/2005,2.1.0.18 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11g
  *-network:1 DISABLED
       description: Ethernet interface
       physical id: 3
       logical name: pan0
       serial: da:##:8f:##:##:##
       capabilities: ethernet physical
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=bridge driverversion=2.3 firmware=N/A link=yes multicast=yes
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Hmm.. Everything seems fine. This is very strange.

I'm sorry that this is the best help I can offer, but perhaps you can reinstall the driver, and see if that fixes the problem?

Also, before you do that, could you post the results of your xorg.conf?

Here it is:
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# xorg.conf (X.Org X Window System server configuration file)
#
# This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using
# values from the debconf database.
#
# Edit this file with caution, and see the xorg.conf manual page.
# (Type "man xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.)
#
# This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only*
# if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg
# package.
## Note that some configuration settings that could be done previously
# in this file, now are automatically configured by the server and settings
# here are ignored.
#
# If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated
# again, run the following command:
# sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

Section "Device"
 Identifier "Configured Video Device"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
 Identifier "Configured Monitor"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
 Identifier "Default Screen"
 Monitor "Configured Monitor"
 Device "Configured Video Device"
EndSection
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Okay, that didn't really help. I'm sorry. Have you tried reinstalling the driver?

Hi, (I edited the summary of my issue).
I actually reinstalled the entire OS and then reinstalled the driver--having same issue.

I noticed that I am having the exact same issue as Fast-Feet (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...&highlight=wpa), but I need to use ndiswrapper because I don't think the manufacturer has any linux drivers.

Hi SSamon,

Please try this solution:

https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+question/36047

Regards,

Mark

Thanks, but this didn't help.
I believe I have the correct windows driver being used by ndiswrapper.
I tried a bunch of different windows drivers, but only the original one (I got from the Zonet installation CD) seems to work.

Note: I am able to intermittently connect to my router if I select "Link-Local Only" under "IPv4 Settings" but this doesn't allow me to access the web, etc...

Any other ideas?

UPDATE: I tried using wicd instead of Network Manager.
With wicd, it hangs while performing "Obtaining IP Address..." and ultimately fails.
I'll revert back to Network Manager.

Perhaps I'm having a networking/dhcp/etc... issue?

Hi,

Have you tried disabling encryption and enabling SSID broadcasting on the router? When encryption is disabled on the router, can wicd successfully connect?

If it can, then try enabling WEP on the router and then configure WEP in wicd and try connecting again...

If WEP works, increase security level to WPA2 on the router and retry. This is how I would try to solve this. First simplify the problem by first disabling security.

I know you already tried this procedure using NetworkManager, but I suggest trying this using wicd instead.

Maybe the ndiswrapper drivers only support WEP encryption or no encryption at all.... In that case, someone would need to develop native Linux drivers for your card so that WPA2 is also supported...

Regards,

Mark