[SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

rasat · 2011-10-18 21:11:51

Since the long time ago kernel update and ndiswrapper threads, I didn't get my wireless to work..... laptop wireless light not turning on. It works fine with Linux Mint live CD, not a hardware issue. I tried all the solutions in the forums and wiki, seems I am missing something. In my Linux years, I never configured wireless. What are the steps?

.:B:. · 2011-10-18 21:53:38

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless

IPW3945 is well supported. Shouldn't be any problem at all - you need wpa_supplicant, wireless_tools etc. installed (I assume you already have a DHCP client).

Check dmesg output for pointers, if your drivers are loaded, check with rfkill to see if it's a software block (and also make sure you don't have a hardware switch you need to flip).

Last edited by .:B:. (2011-10-18 21:56:02)

rasat · 2011-10-19 17:14:38

dmesg:
[ 14.773227] iwl3945 0000:0c:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9
[ 15.629584] NET: Registered protocol family 10
[ 15.630567] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready

DHCP client:
Networkmanager (I didn't do any configure)... experimenting to get working manually (# dhcpcd wlan0).

rfkill:
0: phy0: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no
1: dell-wifi: Wireless LAN
Soft blocked: no
Hard blocked: no

rasat · 2011-10-20 21:55:56

Got it to work. The iwl3945 works fine without further configure. The problem in my case, the NetWorkManager doesn't connect but Wicd does.

Arch Linux

#1 2011-10-18 21:11:51

[SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

#2 2011-10-18 21:53:38

Re: [SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

#3 2011-10-19 17:14:38

Re: [SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

#4 2011-10-20 21:55:56

Re: [SOLVED] PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

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