[SOLVED] Macbook Pro Wireless Install Problem

speedemonV12 · 2009-01-03 02:42:30

Hi, I am new here to Arch, and it seems like everyone loves it, so im diving in. I have followed all the guides that I have found on the wiki for installing, but i cant get the damn internet to work! I tried the regular install, getting the base system, and then configuring the network, but that didnt work. Then i tried the ftp install, letting the installer configure the network, and that didnt work either. Has anyone on a macbook pro been successful in this aspect? if so, any tutorials on exactly how to set up the network? I understand pretty much everything else about the install, just getting the network up has been my only problem, and the only thing currently stopping me from using arch

and help is welcome,
thanks!

Last edited by speedemonV12 (2009-01-04 14:46:30)

Statix · 2009-01-03 08:36:40

The installer's network setup is pretty much for wired internet. You'll have to get the wireless up and running yourself first. Luckily (well, thanks to our arch devs!) there's lots of wireless drivers on the livecd and you'll probably have no problem there.

Run this command for us:
lspci | grep Network
That will tell us what your wireless card is, and we'll be able to go from there.

Some useful resources will be:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Macbook#Wifi
And the wireless page:
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup

Edit:
Also, your wireless driver might already be working if it's in the kernel. Do:
iwconfig
And see if you get any valid devices.

Last edited by Statix (2009-01-03 08:39:24)

speedemonV12 · 2009-01-03 12:42:43

Thanks for the reply, here is what i got,

after running
lspci | grep Network:

02:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communication, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Express Adapter (rev 01)

and after running
iwconfig:

lo, eth0, wifi0: all say no wireless extensions

ath0:   
IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:""
Mode: Managed Channel: 0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate: 0kb/s Tx-Power: 0dBm Sensitivity = 1/1
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality = 0/70 Signal Level = 0dBm Noiselevel = 0dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed Beacon:0

Statix · 2009-01-03 21:28:23

Alright, looks good. Your device already exists so it's just a matter of associating it.

Follow this section (wireless tools): http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … less_tools
In your case, replace wlan0 with ath0.

You'll probably want to do the next section /etc/rc.conf when you get to the configuring your system stage of the installer where it asks you to edit /etc/rc.conf

Make sure you select wireless_tools from the base_devel category when you select your packages!

Last edited by Statix (2009-01-03 21:28:41)

speedemonV12 · 2009-01-03 23:22:23

thanks for the help, i got it working....

I installed the full arch system from the full install cd,
rebooted,
then set up the wireless. The problem I was having was quotes. One of the guides had it showing that I needed quotes around the essid when i typed it in, but once i took out the quote, no more problems! im on to learning Arch! thanks for the help

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[SOLVED] Macbook Pro Wireless Install Problem

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