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[edit] WEP Key problem with Ubuntu 6.06 and ACX Wireless Interface. Solution included.

Please put this text in the best place and tell me where... Thanks.

*My PC has Ubuntu 6.06 installed from an internet official ISO and up to date in updates.
*It has a "104c:8401"(ACX 100 22Mbps Wireless Interface) PCI
*In my lab we used an internet wireless bridge without WEP Key.
*# uname -r
2.6.15-27-386

Then... 

GNOME: system->administration->networking was sufficience to easily configured the network in some seconds



Yesterday my lab change the internet wireless bridge with a "WEP Keyed" one.


Then...

GNOME: system->administration->networking didn't work.


Solution:

1. With previous experience with my Wireless Card under Mandrake 10.0 and followed the "Craig's ACX100/111 Guide for Linux" (http://www.houseofcraig.net/acx100_howto.php) I could run the stuff.

2. I investigated why windows XP based systems could configurate the LAN with WEP Key without problems. I realised that WEP "shared" option in Windows panel configuration is not present in GNOME configuration.

3. I investigated that acx100/111 driver for GNU/Linux has some problems with WEP Key activation.

4. I installed the last available driver by followed the instruction from:
 http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Distribution_list/Ubuntu#Build_Instructions
Notes:

a) In that guide is not so clear where to obtain the "start_net and stop_net" files, but they are available from the first comment in
http://sourceforge.net/forum/forum.php?thread_id=1451461&forum_id=257272
(bottom of the article)


b) I got firmware package acx-firmware-20060207.tar.bz2 

And copy all the files in "/lib/firmware"

so:

$ls /lib/firmware/
2.6.15-26-386  2.6.15-27-386  tiacx100  tiacx100r0D  tiacx100r11  tiacx100r15

note of note: I was put there only "tiacx100" but "#dmesg | grep acx" they me it didn't find "tiacx100r0D" firmware, so I copy there all of them. I thank only one was neccessary, I read the section "Firmware names" from http://acx100.sourceforge.net/wiki/Firmware and toke only 

tiacx100 (3) ... (3) is a master firmware for a ti acx100 (originally named WLANGEN.BIN)

So that section is not very clear



5. I edited start_net according to my network parameters...
In the new "start_net" file I found the missed option configuration (from the old "start_net" file) for WEP Key "shared" option. Missed in GNOME WIRELESS configuration panel.

6. I ran the "start_net" bash file as root and UHLLLAAAA!!!, it works.



But one little problem remains...


7. Previous explained proccess don't edit (manual or automatic) the "/etc/network/interfaces" file, "GNOME WIRELESS configuration panel" done,

then after check my "network wireless status" from the GNOME panel I realised it said "wlan0 interface is not configurated", because of, it reads the configuration from the "interfaces" file. If I configure the network with this panel I write some lines to the file.

$more /etc/network/interfaces 
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet dhcp

auto eth2
iface eth2 inet dhcp

auto ath0
iface ath0 inet dhcp


####Added configurating the wireless network with the
####GNOME WIRELESS configuration panel

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wireless-essid gallinero
wireless-key 22222aaaaa            #  -> key changed ;-)

auto wlan0
####End of lines added

8. If I reboot network doesn't work. Of course!!!, start_net script haven't been run yet. So the lines in the "interfaces" file added by the GNOME panel doesn't works. The scrip do.


I think (not sure), the problem was not the firmware but the "key shared" option that windows xp has and gnome hasn't.

9. To run the script automatic at boot time add the line "/usr/local/src/acx/script/start_net" to the "/etc/rc.local" file as root (in ubuntu).

You should Ignore the "interfaces" file erasing the lines added by GNOME Wireless Configuration Panel (if you run this panel or if you have some certain lines in the "interfaces" file) and do not use this panel again.

10. Obviously this is not the best solution, the script run at the last of the boot time so some proccess should be wait and make boot time enlarge. If you have a tip or solution for this please tell us it.

Thanks.

gengiskanhg.geo@yahoo.com

I am having difficulty with ACX100 on Feisty with WEP, and this might include the solution, but it definitely needs rewritten before I can tell. (ie - "I was put there only "tiacx100" but "#dmesg | grep acx" they me it didn't find "tiacx100r0D" firmware, so I copy there all of them." Huh?)

[edit] How does this work in Feisty ?

Hi - have been watching this page ... I noticed before that Acx100 was listed as broken ... now you say it is working out of the box ... however, my DWL-650+ card still does not work out of the box with Feisty though it does in Dapper and Edgy.

Ideas on how to get it working ?