wifi card connects to modem but no internet [Solved]

[3dfx]

have a wifi card with a RT2800 chip
I can connect to my modem but I can't use the Internet in any way

I tryed downloading drivers from
http://web.ralinktech.com/ralink/Home/Support/Linux.html

but their servers are down

I have had the same problem with fedora 14
and the wifi cad works in Ubuntu

lspic

06:07.0 Network controler: ReLink RT2800 802.11n PCI

I have a ip and I have connected to my ssid
it takes my WEP key and connects but thats about it
If I go to the package manager or Firefox I get no Internet connection
the connection dose work in windows and Ubuntu

here is etc/resolv.conf

#Generated by resolvconf
nameserver 192.168.1.254


my ip is 192.168.1.2
broadcast address 192.168.1.254
subnet mask 255.255.255.0
default route 192.168.1.254
primary DNS 192.168.1.254




any help?

[Fitzcarraldo]

Please post the output of the commands lsusb and lsmod, run as the root user in a Konsole/Terminal window.

[3dfx]

lsusb

Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 002: ID 1307:0165 Transcend Information, Inc. 2GB/4GB Flash Drive
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 046d:c52b Logitech, Inc. Unifying Receiver
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 1a40:0101 TERMINUS TECHNOLOGY INC. USB-2.0 4-Port HUB
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

lsmod

Module Size Used by
ipv6 238176 40
snd_seq_midi 3814 0
snd_seq_dummy 1142 0
snd_seq_oss 22175 0
snd_seq_midi_event 4141 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 38483 6 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_mid i_event
snd_pcm_oss 29511 0
snd_mixer_oss 11023 1 snd_pcm_oss
rt2860sta 459800 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 240886 1
snd_hda_intel 18485 0
snd_hda_codec 61174 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_ca0106 25252 0
snd_rawmidi 14033 2 snd_seq_midi,snd_ca0106
snd_seq_device 4099 5 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd _rawmidi
snd_ac97_codec 89568 1 snd_ca0106
nvidia 11076849 56
ac97_bus 996 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_hwdep 4492 1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm 55189 5 snd_pcm_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ca0106 ,snd_ac97_codec
snd_timer 14084 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
rt2800pci 7101 0
rt2800lib 23701 1 rt2800pci
rt2x00usb 6495 1 rt2800lib
rt2x00pci 4543 1 rt2800pci
crc_ccitt 1337 2 rt2860sta,rt2800pci
rt2x00lib 21002 4 rt2800pci,rt2800lib,rt2x00usb,rt2x00pci
snd 42922 14 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_ hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_ ca0106,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq_device,snd_ac97_codec,s nd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_timer
led_class 2015 1 rt2x00lib
mac80211 147884 3 rt2x00usb,rt2x00pci,rt2x00lib
pcspkr 1534 0
tpm_tis 6885 0
xhci_hcd 45726 0
joydev 8151 0
snd_page_alloc 5891 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_ca0106,snd_pcm
tpm 9435 1 tpm_tis
tpm_bios 3904 1 tpm
i2c_piix4 8381 0
k10temp 2549 0
edac_core 26329 0
r8169 30306 0
cfg80211 119379 2 rt2x00lib,mac80211
eeprom_93cx6 1318 1 rt2800pci
i2c_core 14468 2 nvidia,i2c_piix4
xts 2311 0
gf128mul 7391 1 xts
iscsi_tcp 8954 0
tg3 113477 0
e1000 92014 0
scsi_wait_scan 741 0
sl811_hcd 9044 0
ohci_hcd 19363 0
uhci_hcd 18965 0
ehci_hcd 32566 0
sx8 12186 0
imm 9013 0
parport 31567 1 imm
pata_pcmcia 10234 0
pcmcia 32919 1 pata_pcmcia

[Fitzcarraldo]

Well, I don't have your hardware, but I have my doubts that you need all those RT modules loaded simultaneously. For example, rt2x00usb is presumably a driver for a USB wireless controller, which you don't have, so I'd blacklist rt2x00usb for a start.

To blacklist a module you add a line per module to the file /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist as follows:

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blacklist rt2800usb

(or whatever the module is called) and then:

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update-modules

Then look in /etc/modprobe.conf to see if the module is blacklisted and, if it is, reboot and use:

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lsmod

to check that the module is not loaded this time. If it isn't, try to get a wireless connection. Give that a shot and let us know the output of lsmod.

According to the current version of the article Rt2860sta in the Gentoo Linux Wiki, the open-source driver rt2x00 is not working (that may be out-of-date information, I don't know). Anyway, if the above experiment does not work, the next course of action I would suggest would be to add the rt2x00pci and rt2x00lib modules to the blacklist.

According to the Gentoo Wiki article Ralink RT2860 the rt2860sta module (you'll notice from the output of lsmod that it is also loaded) does work, so there is hope, depending on the precise chipset. Who is the manufacturer and what is the precise model number of your PCI wireless card?

[3dfx]

depending on the precise chipset. Who is the manufacturer and what is the precise model number of your PCI wireless card?

my wifi card is a linksys wmp600n

[3dfx]

going back to Ubuntu

[Fitzcarraldo]

Just in case another SL user searches these forums for help with the same model of wireless card as that owned by the OP, Google tells me that it uses the Ralink 2860 chipset, so the first thing to do is make sure the firmware for that chipset is installed (the package and version currently in the Entropy repository is net-wireless/ralink-rt2860-firmware-11), and then try to see if you can connect to your local network. If you still cannot get a connection even though the rt2860sta module (driver) is loaded (check by using the lsmod command as root user), then I would suggest you try blacklisting the other Ralink modules (rt2x00, rt2800) as mentioned in my earlier post so as to just leave the rt2860sta module (driver) active. If someone who uses this hardware can confirm this (or amend it), please do post.

[3dfx]

OK
after seeing Unity
I'll give sabayon anther go

this time I have my laptop set up to share Internet via Ethernet

[3dfx]

ok

I can get to my router modem setting with wifi

[3dfx]

ok I can ping my routers gateway (99.30.135.254) as well

and other pc's on my network

so it is a modem problem

my modem is a motorola Netopia-3347-02