16 September 2018, 11:16 | #1 |
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Roadshow TCP/IP Stack Problem
Having difficulties setting up my PCMCIA wifi card with RoadShow TCP/IP stack. I would be most greatful for some help.
The PCMCIA wifi card is a Speedtouch manufactered card. I purchased the card from www.Amigastore.eu. As far as I remember the card uses the prism.device driver from Aminet... I grabbed the latest v2 of this driver from Aminet... http://aminet.net/driver/net/prism2v2.lha Written on the back of the PCMCIA wifi card is: TCP 35758600 DSL20110RB Steps I have done so far.... 1) Installed RoadShow TCP/IP stack to SYS:Internet/RoadShow 2) Installed prism2v2 driver (prism2) using the installer. Inputted my routers SSID and passkey (written on underside of my router). The key was generated. Prism2 was installed to Devs/NetInterfaces. When I look at this file with my text editor, dhcp is set rather for obtaining an IP from the router (default). prism2.device was installed to its default location (Devs/Networks/prism2.device). 3) Edited Devs/Internet/routes In this file, I added the gateway address of my router.. 192.168.1.254 4) Edited Devs/Internet/name_resolution In this file, I added Google DNS nameserver as nameserver 8.8.8.8 5) Rebooted the Amiga, Workbench takes an age to appear. The Power light on the PCMCIA wifi card illuminates, and then their are a few flickers of the wifi cards activity LED. I wait a bit longer and the Workbench finally appears. 6) I try testing the connection by opening a shell Window on the A1200 and pinging google DNS servers... ping 8.8.8.8 [ENTER] Their is 100% packet loss. Indicating no connection. Other things I've tried.... I see prism2v2 install installs wirelessmanager prism2.device to the User-Startup... I tried running it from the shell without the >NIL: so I could see if their was an error that pops up. It throws up the message failed to select WPA/RSN. Failed to set up WPA key management and encryption suits. This made me think maybe the card only supports WPA? I then tried some more solutions.... 1) Logging into the router and switching WPA2 to WPA (just in case the card only supports WPA). No connection. 2) Logging into the router and Switching from b/g/n to b/g (In case the card only supports b/g). No connection. I've now hit a brick wall. Any ideas anyone how I can get the connection up and running? The card is a Speedtouch PCMCIA wifi card. Wrote on the back: TCP 35758600 DSL20110RB. Does anybody have experience with this card? : Many thanks for reading, and look forward to some help so I can finally get the Amiga online. Last edited by Hercules; 16 September 2018 at 13:08. Reason: Futher info added |
16 September 2018, 13:08 | #2 |
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16 September 2018, 13:13 | #3 |
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Try with MiamiDX instead maybe, works really nice here with the prism driver
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16 September 2018, 13:15 | #4 |
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Does it boot faster if you configure DEVS:NetInterfaces/Prism2 for a static ip?
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16 September 2018, 23:16 | #6 |
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16 September 2018, 23:20 | #7 |
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Ive looked into this all day. The problem seems to be with Roadshow authenticating WPA authentication with the router.
If I try to connect to the router wirelessly with the command:- run wirelessmanager prism2.device ...then it fails miseribly. I see the message:- WPA Failed to select WPA/RSN. WPA Failed to set WPA key management and encryption suites. Any ideas anyone? This seems to be the problem why their is no route to host : |
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WirelessManager should not have anything do with the TCP/IP stack, it handles the link layer encryption and should thus talk directly to the device/Wi-Fi card. You should actually be able to run it without a TCP/IP stack, even if it would be rather pointless.
Some points: - Have never used WirelessManager myself, but I assume it is essential that it is run before Roadshow's S:Network-Startup in the User-Startup. Is that the case in your setup? - Is the PCMCIA card working properly in itself? In an A1200 that usually means that you have to either insert it after powering on the A1200 or run CardReset before accessing it. |
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Conclusion...
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Nice find idrougge. Also thanks to Sir_Lucas for that thread... I just found out this for myself; about 10 min ago as this Speedtouch only authenticates with prism2's wireless manager when I change the router to WEP encryption. WPA1 and WPA2 are not working. Switching to WEP encryption on my router is not an option for me, it a security risk. Time to ditch the card and go for something that is wired. I got a couple of powerline adapters to bring ethernet into the other room with better speeds than going wireless. Thanks to everyone for their input and helping me troubleshoot the issues I been having. |
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17 September 2018, 08:19 | #11 |
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Hi @Hercules. It's not a Roadshow problem that you have. It's a card problem.
Set your router to WPA/TKIP - no mixed mode, no WPA/WPA2. It has to be WPA/TKIP. Also, set B/G or B/G/N mode. Check this thread: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=94040 Have a look here. These cards support WPA2/AES https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WIFI-CARD...MAAOSwRhVbjbpf If you look for something wired then I can suggest these dongle-less cards which work nicely with cnet.device: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Linksys-1...oAAOSwuGZawNbo Last edited by Sir_Lucas; 17 September 2018 at 11:53. |
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Easiest is to use wired ethernet connected to a wifi-client bridge, there are a few commercial ones around, though I only use pi zero Ws for this very purpose.
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20 September 2018, 19:24 | #13 |
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A few years my work had a VOIP system (expensive, and nobody used it). We used something like this as the conference room had no wired ethernet:
https://www.ebay.co.uk/p/USB-Wireles...ble/1250783162 |
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I'll backup Lucas here, i had similar issues that went away when i dropped all security in my router... not appealing, so Lucas sold me a card that works great (instead of the POS i got from amigakit - and who said they would update their product page to say you can't have any security on your router to use their card, and 12 months later, still haven't done it).
Wired wasn't an option as i'd run out of ports I wonder if Lucas has cards available still? |
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https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WIFI-CARD...MAAOSwRhVbjbpf Last edited by Sir_Lucas; 21 September 2018 at 17:51. |
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if you have a old router that is DDWRT or OPENWRT etc compatible then you can bridge it to wifi easy for all your wired stuff
im sure most of you have tons of old router/modems etc collecting dust i know i do eventually this is needed when you finally upgrade past 2.4GHz if you want to keep legacy BGN going with WPA2 remember WPA2 isnt safe anymore why there is WPA3 now Last edited by nexus; 21 September 2018 at 20:58. |
21 September 2018, 22:19 | #19 |
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An update...
After changing the router to WPA b/g/m, and entering AddNetworkInterface prism2 the card sprang into life. Wifi range isn't bad, but I need the room door left open to get a signal. So far go AmIRC, AmiFTP and IBrowse all running nicely. Thanks guys for all the help. |
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