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#1 2009-02-06 20:34:46

gudgip
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Registered: 2009-02-06
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[wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

Hi,
I have a DWL-G510 wireless G Desktop adapter, I searched for the driver and I need madwifi.  While installing archlinux I chose the packages 'wireless-tools' and 'madwifi'. However, I tried the commands below with no succes:

modprobe ath_pci
hwdetect --show-net
*NET   :8139cp 8139too mii ppp_generic slhc mac8012 rfkill rt2x00lib rt2x00pci rt61pci cfg80211
lsmod | grep ath
*ath_pci
*wlan
*ath_hal
iwconfig
*lo: no wireless extension
*eth0 no wireless extension
*wmaster0 no wireless extension
*wlan0 IEEE.....
ifconfig ath0 up
*ath0: unknown interface: No such device
ifconfig wlan0 up
*SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

/etc/rc.conf

wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MYESSID key s:mykey23kdzer"
INTERFACES=(wlan0)

Anyone who can help me out?

Thanks in advance

Last edited by gudgip (2009-02-09 20:01:16)

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#2 2009-02-08 16:31:23

gudgip
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Registered: 2009-02-06
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Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

Bump.. no-one?

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#3 2009-02-21 10:18:55

caspardegroot
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Registered: 2009-02-21
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Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I'm experiencing the same problem as you.

On my box, /var/log/messags shows

  Feb 21 09:44:18 mybox iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: firmware: requesting iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
  Feb 21 09:44:18 mybox iwl3945 0000:03:00.0: PCI INT A disabled 
  Feb 21 09:44:18 mybox firmware.sh[2475]: Cannot find  firmware file 'iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode

Check if this is happening on your machine also.

If it is, it means the firmware is missing. You'll have to download it from

  http://intellinuxwireless.org/?n=downloads

But.. the firmware that's offered for download there is iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode instead of iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode. So this means we'll have to update the driver as well, to a version that uses the -2 firmware instead of the -1. Still working on that one...

Anyway, this should get you started on the right path. If you manage to get a working setup before I do, please let me know :-)

Good luck,
Caspar.

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#4 2009-02-21 11:19:25

iphitus
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Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

Firmware is in the repositories. iwlwifi-3945-ucode

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#5 2009-02-21 11:36:10

gudgip
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Registered: 2009-02-06
Posts: 11

Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

Sorry, I forgot to reply, I already have mine working, first I tried the netinstall, it autodetected my wireless card! I figured out that I didn't need the madwifi driver (as is said on most forums/wireless card lists) I needed the: rt61pci
Hope this helps.

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#6 2009-02-22 05:26:40

caspardegroot
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Registered: 2009-02-21
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Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

I got the firmware from the intellinuxwireless website. Wirless working now.

Thanks all,
Caspar.

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#7 2009-06-01 17:50:32

ikkyo
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Posts: 3

Re: [wireless] SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

This one worked for me:

bash-3.2# cd /lib/firmware/
bash-3.2# cp iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode iwlwifi-3945-1.ucode
Jun  1 14:07:42 banana kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
Jun  1 14:07:58 banana kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): wlan0: link becomes ready
Jun  1 14:09:08 banana ntpd[6234]: Listening on interface #3 wlan0, 192.168.15.104#123 Enabled

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