PS3 Wireless on YDL 6.1 can be tricky. Here's a few scenarios to get Wireless working.
NOTE: The first two scenarios are for WEP Open System only. Other encryption types won't work with these. The third scenario should work for WEP or WPA. Also - you should use scenarios 1 & 2 in conjunction with my original Wireless tips and tricks post: WiFi Tips and Tricks
Scenario 1: Wireless Configuration During Setup
- During setup, uncheck eth0, check wlan0 and fill out the wireless configuration (including the WEP key).
- After setup finishes, it will reboot. Wireless won't work at this time - don't worry.
- After the second phase of the setup is complete, open the Network Configuration control panel. (In E17 ---> Applications --> System Tools --> Network (Network Configuration))
- In the Network Configuration control panel, click the Devices tab, and double click the Inactive wlan0 entry.
- In the resultant Wireless Device Configuration dialog box, click the Wireless Settings tab.
- Re-enter the Wireless Access key and click OK.
- Back at the Network Configuration dialog box, click Activate. It will prompt you to save changes - click Yes, then click OK.
- In the activating dialog box, you will see three errors - Set Mode, Set Frequency, Set Bit Rate - again - don't worry about those. Also - Wireless isn't working yet, so you'll need to cancel out of the dialog box and click OK.
- At this point, go ahead and delete eth0 by highlighting the Ethernet connection, and clicking the Delete button.
- Confirm the deletion by clicking Yes.
- Save the changes by selecting File --> Save from the menus and click OK to close the dialog box.
- Close the Network Configuration control panel.
- Reboot. Your wireless network should be active upon reboot.
Scenario 2: Creating wlan0 Manually By Editing eth0 Scripts
NOTE: This scenario is when the wlan0 device has been deleted and you can't re-create it.
- Open the Network Configuration control panel (In E17 ---> Applications --> System Tools --> Network (Network Configuration)) and click the Devices tab.
- Click New.
- In the resultant Add new Device Type dialog box, in the Select Device Type section, select Ethernet connection in the Device Type column and click Forward.
- In the resultant Select Ethernet Device section, select PlayStation 3 Gigabit Ethernet (eth0) and click Forward.
- In the resultant Configure Network Settings section, set your Hostname (if necessary) and click Forward.
- In the Create Ethernet Device section, click Apply.
- Back at the Network Configuration control panel, select File --> Save and click OK.
- Close the Network Configuration control panel.
- Open a terminal window, and switch to root user with the su command.
- In the same terminal window, type cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
- In the same terminal window, type gedit ifcfg-eth0
- In the resultant gedit window, look for the TYPE=Ethernet entry, and change it to TYPE=Wireless.
- Look for the DEVICE=eth0 and change it to DEVICE=wlan0
- Click the Save button and close gedit (File --> Quit)
- Close the terminal window.
- Open the Network Configuration control panel and click the Devices tab.
- Double click on the Inactive Wireless entry.
- In the resultant Wireless Device Configuration dialog box, click the General tab, and change the Nickname to wlan0.
- Click the Wireless Settings tab.
- Click Specified and manually enter your wireless access point name (SSID).
- Enter your WEP key in the Key field.
(Don't forget to add a 0x for Hex WEP keys.) - Click OK to close the Wireless Device Configuration dialog box.
- Back at the Network Configuration control panel, click File --> Save from the menu bar and click OK.
- Now, click the Activate button.
- Close the Network Configuration control panel.
- Wireless networking is now configured and functional.
Scenario 3: Using WICD
NOTE: This works with WPA as well as WEP. Also - I find it works best if you delete all your network connections in the Network Configuration control panel before using this tool.
- Start wicd manager (In E17 --> Applications --> Internet --> Wicd Network Manager (Network Manager))
- Choose your wireless access point from the list of networks and click the triangle next to the access point name.
- Check Automatically connect to this network.
- Click Advanced Settings.
- In the resultant Advanced Settings dialog box, check Use Encryption.
- Select the appropriate encryption type from the pull down menu.
- Enter your access point key in the Key field.
(You will not need a 0x prefix for hex keys with Wicd) - Click OK to close the Advanced Settings dialog box.
- Click Connect.
NOTE: This did not work for me at first. I would get stuck on an "Obtaining IP Address" step. However - since I have a stock YDL 6.1 installation, I applied this v1.5.3 patch from this post:
download/file.php?id=78
and wicd seems to be working. Detailed - step by step - instructions on applying this patch are here:
viewtopic.php?f=19&t=4534#p24084
UPDATE: This patch does not appear to be necessary for YDL 6.2. Do not apply it unless you install an alternate version of wicd - it is our understanding that it will break the wicd that ships with YDL 6.2.
NOTE: Also - I did run into the "Can't start wicd manager" issue. It was resolved by following the steps in this post
http://us.fixstars.com/support/advisories.shtml
with the exception of sudo. sudo is not set up on YDL systems by default. Instead, use su -l for that step.
Cheers,
Paul