[blok2004]

I've been struggling for the past couple of days with setting up wi-fi on xbmc.
I'm using the live build on an acer aspire revo with a ralink r3090 wireless card. I managed to get th drivers installed for it but it still doesn't work. I've edited the /etc/network/interfaces file countless times. I'm not sure what to do. Here is a readout of my iwconfig settings:

ra0 Ralink STA ESSID:"" nickname:"rt2860sta"
Mode:auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit rate:1 Mb/s
RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Link Quality=10/100 Signal level: 0 dbm Noise level:-95 dbm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 invalid misc:0 missed beacon:0



Please help!

[vikjon0]

I have this config works fine with a wpa2 setup and a modern router.

Code:

sudo apt-get install wireless-tools
sudo apt-get install wpasupplicant

update your interfaces file which is available at /etc/network/
Just add the following in the interfaces file
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid <your wlan ssid>
wpa-ap-scan 1
wpa-proto WPA
wpa-pairwise TKIP
wpa-group TKIP
wpa-key-mgmt WPA-PSK
wpa-psk < your wpa key >

Save it and restart the networking services

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

[blok2004]

thanks for the fast reply!
only issue is I use a WEP encryption... will it work for both?

[vikjon0]

only issue is I use a WEP encryption... will it work for both?

Most likely but I dont have the config...you will have to google it.

Perhaps it is enough to replace WPA => WEP & WPA-PSK => WEP-PSK
or perhaps WPA-PSK => WEP.

Dont know. I sure someone else do.

[blok2004]

I tried your suggestion of changing WPA->WEP...nothing

[TheDuffMan]

I used this guide originally to setup my WPA, but it also covers WEP so you may have some luck: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=684495

[blok2004]

that fixed it! thanks you so much!