Stuck on Part 4 - No Air Light

[cldela0]

I am very new to this and am following the build step by step. I have OpenWRT loaded and can talk to the router through the serial connection using ZTerm. I have set both the wireless and network settings identical to the instructions. Problem is that I never get the AIR light to come on. I have been through the forum and tried many of the suggestions to no end. My best guess is that the problem has something to do with my wep key. I have a 2wire router from Windstream that has a 10 digit default wep key written on the barcode. I have tried putting that number in as well as adding 0x to the front of it and still nothing. At this point how would I set up the router if I turned off the encryption (no security)? That would help me narrow the issue down to my wep key or something else. Any help would be greatly appreciated. This looks like a great project, but I can't get the router talking.

Thanks
Chris

[mightyohm]

To disable encryption, edit the file /etc/config/wireless.

Edit the "option encryption" line to set encryption to "none" and comment out the wep key, as shown below:

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config wifi-iface
   option device   wl0
   option network   wan
   option mode     sta
   option ssid    <your SSID>
   option encryption none
   #option key <your wep key>


[cldela0]

Still no luck. Does the fact that my router assigns address 192.168.254.100-200 play a part? I thought dhcp would cover that. Really at a loss. What info can I provide to help troubleshoot the issue?

[cldela0]

Here is the code for both wireless and network as well as a screen shot showing my wireless settings if they will help.

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config wifi-device w10
        option type     broadcom
        option channel  4

        # REMOVE THIS LINE TO ENABLE WIFI:

config wifi-iface
        option device   wl0
        option network  wan
        option mode    sta
        option ssid    WIN_874
        option encryption wep
        option key     4119627022 #this is the sample key from the manual



#### VLAN configuration
config switch eth0
        option vlan0    "1 2 3 4 5*"
        option vlan1    "0 5"


#### Loopback configuration
config interface loopback
        option ifname   "lo"
        option proto    static
        option ipaddr   127.0.0.1
        option netmask  255.0.0.0


#### LAN configuration
config interface lan
        #option type    bridge
        option ifname   "eth0.0"
        option proto  static
        option ipaddr  192.168.1.1
        option netmask  255.255.255.0

[mightyohm]

Try changing the key in /etc/config/wireless from 4119627022 to F58C850E. Save the file, reboot, and see if the router connects.

The IP address should be fine.

[cldela0]

I just stumbled on the error - a typo in the following line "config wifi-device w10". At some point I had mistakenly put a "1" in wlo instead of an "l'. I found the issue when researching the use of "iwlist wl0 scan" to test if any networks were even being picked up. Thanks for all the help.

Chris

[mightyohm]

Good to hear you have the problem under control now. Sorry I wasn't able to find the problem for you, I wasn't looking in the right place.

[cldela0]

Thanks for giving your time to help novices! Next time a will be sure to watch out for those similar letters

[richms]

Watch the channel too. That had me cursing and swearing for ages about it not working.