How do i get the firmware for my wifi card?

generic_ · 2008-12-21 13:01:42

I have a dell d620 laptop.

The wifi card is Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection.

I have the iwl3945 for it.

On the wiki it says i must have the firmware installed.

Where/How do i get the firmware?

lucke · 2008-12-21 13:04:28

http://www.archlinux.org/packages/?q=iwl

.:B:. · 2008-12-21 13:19:48

A very comprehensive guide:

Our wiki

generic_ · 2008-12-21 13:44:25

I already said i used the wiki.

i is that link just the same as this

# pacman -S iwlwifi-3945-ucode

because thats what i did i checked the rc.conf took out the older ipw driver added the new.

modules are on autoload too.

Am i missing something?

.:B:. · 2008-12-21 14:20:26

Sorry I was a bit too eager .

Check dmesg for output:

dmesg|grep iwl

generic_ · 2008-12-21 14:37:23

Thx and here is output form that command u told me to use.

[root@ArchLinux ~]# mesg|grep iwl
[root@ArchLinux ~]#

.... it kind of did nothing does that mean the modules did not install?

.:B:. · 2008-12-21 15:10:30

Read what I wrote please .

generic_ · 2008-12-21 15:19:01

opps i srry I forgot the d

it gave me

iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.23k
iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
iwl3945: Tunable channels: 11 802.11bg, 13 802.11a channels
phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'

it looks like everything is in order to me as far as the driver goes. But im a big module noob..

.:B:. · 2008-12-21 15:21:03

The driver is loaded?

lsmod|grep iwl

generic_ · 2008-12-21 19:31:24

I think this so
this is the output

[root@ArchLinux ~]# lsmod|grep iwl
iwl3945 84852 0
mac80211 130316 1 iwl3945

.:B:. · 2008-12-22 01:59:57

And you did install the firmware right?

Does

$ iwconfig

return anything?

iphitus · 2008-12-22 07:27:31

Looks like it's working fine, now you just need to configure and connect.

Again, that's all detailed on the wireless wiki.

generic_ · 2008-12-22 08:06:31

It says iwconfig is not a command

[root@ArchLinux ~]# iwconfig
-bash: iwconfig: command not found

it shows in ifconfig

[root@ArchLinux ~]# ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:8B:CC:8A:55
inet addr:192.168.0.195 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::218:8bff:fecc:8a55/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:457 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:499 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:290636 (283.8 Kb) TX bytes:74563 (72.8 Kb)
Interrupt:18

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:280 (280.0 b) TX bytes:280 (280.0 b)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:77:12:F6:58
inet addr:169.254.138.119 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)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1B-77-12-F6-58-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING 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)

.:B:. · 2008-12-22 08:32:47

Iwconfig is a command... You just don't have the necessary tools installed. wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant should get you going. From there, as Iphitus says, you can consult the wiki .

generic_ · 2008-12-22 09:02:56

actuallyyou were right the forst time about the wiki i got to the wpa supplicat and even got it working sorta but im going to take a look at how my ubuntu install has it setup along with some other things

iphitus · 2008-12-22 12:15:12

As was already said, pacman -S wireless-tools and wpa_supplicant

then read the wiki. It's explained in dead simple terms. Try netcfg.

Last edited by iphitus (2008-12-22 12:15:31)

generic_ · 2008-12-22 16:10:04

ok im back and a fresh reinstall of arch!
iwl3945 and wireless tools are installed!

This is my rc config

#
# /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="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Canada/Pacific"
KEYMAP="us"
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=(slhc tg3 iwl3945 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep
snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)

# 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="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 gdm)

Now thats where i need help what/how do i do this?

generic_ · 2008-12-22 17:09:26

help?

RiJo · 2008-12-22 18:02:41

What happens if you run this:

sudo ifconfig wlan0 up
sudo iwlist wlan0 scan

If you get results of the scan, try to use netcfg as mentioned before.

You can also try dhcpcd to get an ip-address:

sudo dhcpcd wlan0

Example with netcfg (unprotected network):
create a file /etc/network.d/xxx and put this in it:

CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="your-network-name"
IP="dhcp"

Then try to connect with:

sudo netcfg xxx

.:B:. · 2008-12-22 22:07:54

First off: a reinstall is not the solution. This isn't Windows. Your system was not broken, it was missing some stuff. You don't learn by reinstalling. You learn by fixing.

generic_ wrote:

help?

Don't bump your topics within 24 hours please.

How about:

The netconfig wiki entry

And its manual:

$ man netcfg

generic_ · 2008-12-23 00:56:54

yeah but i was installing a bunch of crap to see what was good and then had a big fast system with no wifi . Reinstall just seemed faster than to "fix" it. Also Im looking on the netcfg wiki now.

currently this is what happenes

[root@ArchLinux Desktop]# netcfg dlink
:: dlink up [BUSY]
dhcpcd: invalid option -- 'q'
usage: dhcpcd [-adknpEGHMNRSTY] [-c script] [-h hostname] [-i classID]
[-l leasetime] [-m metric] [-r ipaddress] [-s ipaddress]
[-t timeout] [-u userclass] [-F none | ptr | both]
[-I clientID] <interface>
- DHCP IP lease attempt failed [FAIL]

the dlink file is

CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="none"
ESSID="dlink"
IP="dhcp"

and everything is correct as far as the interface/essid/security go

Im so close to getting this I can feel it!
Soon ill have a real linux os.

Last edited by generic_ (2008-12-23 00:58:03)

iphitus · 2008-12-23 09:13:18

Run "pacman -Syu" you have old versions of software.

Do you require a password for your wireless network?

generic_ · 2008-12-23 10:45:15

I did update the only thing updated was pacman. And no I do not require a password for my network.

I still says

[root@ArchLinux ~]# netcfg dlink
:: dlink up [BUSY]
dhcpcd: invalid option -- 'q'
usage: dhcpcd [-adknpEGHMNRSTY] [-c script] [-h hostname] [-i classID]
[-l leasetime] [-m metric] [-r ipaddress] [-s ipaddress]
[-t timeout] [-u userclass] [-F none | ptr | both]
[-I clientID] <interface>
- DHCP IP lease attempt failed [FAIL]
[root@ArchLinux ~]#

Why does it keep saying invalid option? Im not specifing anything? Im just putting IP="dhcp".

This is what the scan says'

[root@ArchLinux ~]# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:1B:11:58:27:5D
ESSID:"dlink"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=84/100 Signal level=-49 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:off
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000dd62e8490

Do ineed to specfic something in my rc.conf?

Or is the module not loading or something?

generic_ · 2008-12-23 14:47:16

never mind I have if figured out.

But there are still two problems

1. my wifi lamp is inst working is that normal?

2. I am having to do this
# killall dhcpcd
# iwconfig wlan0 essid dlink && dhcpcd wlan0
every time I boot up is there a way to automate this upon boot up?

and the netcfg method is still not working so I dont think will work in boot up.

Last edited by generic_ (2008-12-23 14:50:51)

generic_ · 2008-12-25 06:58:41

Can anyone help me configure this for an boot config?

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