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PingunZ

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Registered: 2006-10-18

Posts: 3

[Solved]Wifi on Asus U3S not working

I can't get my Intel wireless 4965 to work.
It never worked, it's a fresh install, so maybe I'm just missing something very obvious.

Aureus ~: lspci |grep 4965
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)

Aureus ~: cat /etc/rc.conf |grep wlan
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid myessid"
INTERFACES=(wlan0 eth0)

HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata usbinput keymap filesystems"

Aureus ~: dmesg |grep iwl
iwl4965: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN driver for Linux, 1.1.17ks
iwl4965: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
iwl4965: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
iwl4965: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 19 802.11a channels
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-4965-rs'

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:13:E8:CE:C4:57  
          inet addr:169.254.141.133  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

Aureus ~: sudo dhcpcd wlan0
err, wlan0: timed out
warn, wlan0: using IPV4LL address 169.254.141.133

Aureus ~: pacman -Q kernel26
kernel26 2.6.24.3-1
Aureus ~: pacman -Q |grep iwl
iwlwifi-4965-ucode 4.44.1.20-1

If more info is needed, let me know

Last edited by PingunZ (2008-03-02 13:48:49)

PingunZ

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Registered: 2006-10-18

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved]Wifi on Asus U3S not working

Ok, I found a fix.. well, people on irc did

Download netcfg2 from the testing repo.
then create a profile like this in /etc/network.d/yourprofilename

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Internet Connection Share"
INTERFACE=wlan0
IWOPTS="mode ad-hoc essid $ESSID channel 11"
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.100.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.100.255"
ESSID="khordes"
SECURITY=none

then add your profile to rc.conf,

NETWORKS=(yourprofilename)
...
DAEMONS=(net-profiles)

reboot, and cross your fingers