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#1 2008-10-28 16:44:58

apophis
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Registered: 2008-06-26
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[SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

Hi!
i'm trying to get my intel pro wireless 5100 card working. i already did some search in the forum, but nothing mentioned there did help.

i'm running arch64 with the latest kernel (2.6.27.4-1) on a packard-bell easynote mh45 notebook.

i installed the firmware with yaourt:

# yaourt -S iwlwifi-5000-ucode

and adjusted my rc.conf to load the iwlagn module at startup (is that the right one?).

#                                      
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#                                                 

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION                                                           
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#                                                                        
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command 
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"                             
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock  
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo                   
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps                    
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans                          
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages                    
#                                                                           
LOCALE="de_AT"                                                              
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"                                                   
USEDIRECTISA="no"                                                           
TIMEZONE="Europe/Vienna"                                                    
KEYMAP="de"                                                                 
CONSOLEFONT=                                                                
CONSOLEMAP=                                                                 
USECOLOR="yes"                                                              

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE                                                               
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#                                                                        
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed     
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules                 
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.     
#                                                                        
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#                                                                               
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"                                                              
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated                                                   
MODULES=(r8169 rt2x00lib rt2x00usb rt73usb snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore iwlagn)                                                                                                 

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"                                                     

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING                                                             
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#                                                                        
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts        
#                                                                        
HOSTNAME="archlinux"                                                     

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#                                                                           
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)                            
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES                            
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it                  
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it             
#                                                                           
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")                      
# Wireless: See network profiles below                                      
#                                                                           
#eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast                     
eth0="dhcp"                                                                 
INTERFACES=(eth0)                                                           

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES    
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#                                                     
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"                      
ROUTES=(!gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network netfs crond alsa hal fam kdm)

here some output:

bash-3.2# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Tx-Power=0 dBm
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

bash-3.2# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

i hope you can help me!
thanks in advance!

Last edited by apophis (2009-03-24 17:54:11)

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#2 2008-11-01 02:59:01

tavianator
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Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

A "No such file or directory" error can point to an absent or poorly installed firmware.  Does anything interesting show up in dmesg after you run "ifconfig wlan0 up"?

Also, iwlagn should load automatically; no need to put it in MODULES.

Could you also try "hwdetect --show-net" and post the results?

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#3 2009-03-15 01:57:43

apophis
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Registered: 2008-06-26
Posts: 24

Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

Hi!

Its been a while since my last post in here :-)

Well, i had some problems with the video drivers, so i changed to fedora for a while and now i give arch another try... And it works quite fine now - with one exception: the wireless network connection.
By the way: The wlan was working on fedora10 and KNOPPIX.

Same problem as mentioned above:
I'm running Arch64 with the newest kernel (2.6.28.7-2) and i installed the iwlwifi-5000-ucode firmware via pacman.

bash-3.2# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:""  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=0 dBm   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B   
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

bash-3.2# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

And now the output requested above:
dmesg:

rt73usb 1-3:1.0: firmware: requesting rt73.bin
phy0 -> rt2x00lib_request_firmware: Error - Failed to request Firmware.

hwdetect --show-net

bash-3.2# hwdetect --show-net
NET    : mii r8169 mac80211 rfkill

Thanks a lot!

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#4 2009-03-23 21:50:33

apophis
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Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

Nobody?

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#5 2009-03-24 17:57:56

apophis
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Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

I just solved the problem:

As one can see in the dmesg-output above, there was firmware missing: the 'rt2x00-rt71w-fw'-package, which i installed via pacman (see http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/RT73_Wireless).

Then i was able to connect with netcfg.

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#6 2009-03-24 18:24:15

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Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

That is quite bizarre, given rt2x00 firmware is for Ralink devices, and IPW 5100 is, well, an Intel card. You also have Ralink modules in your MODULES array, so I think you just got the type of card wrong wink. Furthermore, your dmesg output also talks about rt73usb - another hint you are not dealing with Intel hardware.

I am changing your topic title to provide confusion (this won't help people looking for hints on their Intel wireless hardware).


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#7 2009-04-09 11:01:11

apophis
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Re: [SOLVED]Ralink RT73 mistaken for IPW 5100 *

i just had a closer look: i really hava a rt73 usb wlan adapter.

dunno where i got the intel-card-idea from smile

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