Hi.

I've never experimented a wireless connection with my Debian Etch system. Now
I'm in a hotel in which a wireless connection is available.

Can anybody suggest how I can make this thing work? I hope it is not too
difficult. A bluetooth connection is already working in my system.

Thanks for any
Rodolfo


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On Saturday 05 April 2008 12:41, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> I've never experimented a wireless connection with my Debian Etch system.
>> Now I'm in a hotel in which a wireless connection is available.
>>
>> Can anybody suggest how I can make this thing work? I hope it is not too
>> difficult. A bluetooth connection is already working in my system.



Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr> writes:

> First we need the output of "lspci". If you have some unknow devices, make an
> update-pciids ant then again a lspci.



Thanks.

Here's the output of `lspci':


00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media IO] (rev 25)
00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus Controller
00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513 [IDE]
00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem Controller (rev a0)
00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0)
00:03.0 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.1 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI Fast Ethernet (rev 91)
00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link)
00:09.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
00:09.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20)
00:09.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Accelerator
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display Adapter


What now?
Thanks
Rodolfo


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On Saturday 05 April 2008 13:09, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 12:41, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> >> I've never experimented a wireless connection with my Debian Etch
> >> system. Now I'm in a hotel in which a wireless connection is available.
> >>
> >> Can anybody suggest how I can make this thing work? I hope it is not
> >> too difficult. A bluetooth connection is already working in my system.
>
> Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr> writes:
> > First we need the output of "lspci". If you have some unknow devices,
> > make an update-pciids ant then again a lspci.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Here's the output of `lspci':
>
>
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 760/M760 Host (rev
> 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SG86C202
> 00:02.0 ISA bridge: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS963 [MuTIOL Media
> IO] (rev 25) 00:02.1 SMBus: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS961/2 SMBus
> Controller 00:02.5 IDE interface: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 5513
> [IDE] 00:02.6 Modem: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] AC'97 Modem
> Controller (rev a0) 00:02.7 Multimedia audio controller: Silicon Integrated
> Systems [SiS] AC'97 Sound Controller (rev a0) 00:03.0 USB Controller:
> Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f) 00:03.1 USB
> Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 1.0 Controller (rev 0f)
> 00:03.3 USB Controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] USB 2.0 Controller
> 00:04.0 Ethernet controller: Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] SiS900 PCI
> Fast Ethernet (rev 91) 00:06.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments
> TSB43AB22/A IEEE-1394a-2000 Controller (PHY/Link) 00:09.0 CardBus bridge:
> O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller (rev 20) 00:09.1
> CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711M1/MC1 4-in-1 MemoryCardBus Controller
> (rev 20) 00:09.2 System peripheral: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ711Mx 4-in-1
> MemoryCardBus Accelerator 00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD]
> K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTransport Technology Configuration 00:18.1 Host
> bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
> 00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron]
> DRAM Controller 00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8
> [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscellaneous Control 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller:
> Silicon Integrated Systems [SiS] 661/741/760/761 PCI/AGP VGA Display
> Adapter
>
>
> What now?
> Thanks
> Rodolfo

I dont see any wifi device there. Is it a PCMCIA card? or a usb donkey?
Thierry


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On Saturday 05 April 2008 12:41, Rodolfo Medina wrote:

>> >> I've never experimented a wireless connection with my Debian Etch
>> >> system. Now I'm in a hotel in which a wireless connection is available.
>> >>
>> >> Can anybody suggest how I can make this thing work? I hope it is not
>> >> too difficult. A bluetooth connection is already working in my system.


Thierry Chatelet <tchatelet@free.fr> writes:

>> > First we need the output of "lspci". If you have some unknow devices,
>> > make an update-pciids ant then again a lspci.



Rodolfo:

>> Here's the output of `lspci':
>>
>> [...]
>>


Thierry:

> I dont see any wifi device there. Is it a PCMCIA card? or a usb donkey?



Bare with my ignorance! shall I buy one? Which one/kind do you suggest?

Thanks
Rodolfo


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On Sat, Apr 05, 2008 at 11:41:51AM +0100, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I've never experimented a wireless connection with my Debian Etch system. Now
> I'm in a hotel in which a wireless connection is available.
>
> Can anybody suggest how I can make this thing work? I hope it is not too
> difficult. A bluetooth connection is already working in my system.

well what kind of a wifi device do you have and what kind of desktop/window
manager do you use?

if you are not affraid of the command line and your wifi device has a driver
loaded, you can try to scan for networks:

iwlist scan

this will output a list of networks with information about each network such
as essid, ap mac address(the 12 digit number in syntax like 00:d5:e8:01:12:d4)
and channel. also, it will output an interface name of a device, that did the
scanning.

sometimes, the device is down, so you can't use it for scanning(like ath0ap
below). this is fixed by running "ip link set device ath0ap up". exchange
ath0ap for you interface name.

example:
>iwlist scan

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ppp0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wifi0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

ath0ap Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

ath0sta Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:A0:C5:55:28:B3
ESSID:"moon"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=1/70 Signal level=-94 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100


if the network you need to use is listed, you can try to associate with it
using:

iwconfig <interface name from iwlist> essid <essid from iwlist scan>

example:

iwconfig ath0sta essid "moon"


then try to run "iwconfig <interface name>" to see, if the device has
associated with the network. it should list the correct essid and the 12 digit
number(mac address of the access point). if not, then you may specify
access point mac address and wifi channel manually by

iwconfig <interface name> ap <access point mac address>
iwconfig <interface name> channel <channel listed in iwlist scan>

also, make sure, that the network information has "Encryption keyff". if
not, you will need to set up wep/wpa authentication, which is a bit harder.

if you're using some kind of desktop environment(kde/gnome), they probably
have some gui thingy, that can scan and associate for you. try installing
something called network-manager and network-manager-gnome or
network-manager-kde according to the desktop you're using.

mk


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On Saturday 05 April 2008 13:48, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
> On Saturday 05 April 2008 12:41, Rodolfo Medina wrote:
>
> Bare with my ignorance! shall I buy one? Which one/kind do you suggest?
>
> Thanks
> Rodolfo

First try to follow tha advice of Martin


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