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Chargaff

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 6

Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

Hi all,

Installation went smoothly, very happy with how it went Got xfce4 installed. Here is my first issue

I can't get netcfg to work. I can connect manualy without problems (I'm actualy writing this from my arch machine ). I want to use profiles to connect to wireless networks.
ipw2200 module, loaded when I log in.

 [root@xxx network.d]# netcfg home 
:: home up                                                               [BUSY]
 SIOCADDRT: No such process
 - Adding gateway failed.

Here is my profile, I dont see anythng wrong in there ?? :

CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Home accesspoint"
INTERFACE="eth0"
ESSID="default"
IP="static"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
ADDR="192.168.2.3"
GATEWAY="192.168.2.1"
DNS=("192.168.2.1")

Network is not in the demons array.
I just notice that if I connect manualy and then disconnect, issuing "netcfg home" now works... Can't find what's wrong ! I really feel that it must be something soooo obvious...

Thanks a lot for helping !

lucke

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Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

eth0 is usually used for wired interfaces, you probably should have wlan0 there.

valnour

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Registered: 2008-02-17

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Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

What is the output of 'iwconfig'? And do you have any sort of encryption on your wireless network?

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Chargaff

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 6

Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

iwconfig give me eth0 as wireless

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"default"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.437 GHz  Access Point: 00:80:C8:38:54:6A   
          Bit Rate:11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0  
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=90/100  Signal level=-39 dBm  Noise level=-86 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:68   Missed beacon:1

eth1      no wireless extensions.

No encryption on my wireless network.

Chargaff

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Registered: 2009-12-01

Posts: 6

Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

Sorry for my post title... Not very relevant... I was too exited to post here from my arch machine I guess...

lucke

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From: Poland

Registered: 2004-11-30

Posts: 4,018

Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

There's a newer version of netcfg in the testing repo - you might want to give it a try. The newer one works for me, the older one didn't.

horgh

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Registered: 2009-11-27

Posts: 18

Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

You're most likely missing a firmware for your wireless-device. Check the output of lspci to find out what chip you have, download a firmware for that and place the firmware to /lib/firmware.

Also try to get your wireless up by command

ifconfig eth0 up

if that will print out error message, see dmesg and find out which file it is looking for. Save the firmware to that name and try

ifconfig eth0 up

again.

Last edited by horgh (2009-12-04 12:14:19)

Misfit138

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Registered: 2006-11-27

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Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

You're most likely missing a firmware for your wireless-device. Check the output of lspci to find out what chip you have, download a firmware for that and place the firmware to /lib/firmware.

Also try to get your wireless up by command

ifconfig eth0 up

if that will print out error message, see dmesg and find out which file it is looking for. Save the firmware to that name and try

ifconfig eth0 up

again.

Read his OP.
He can connect manually without issues. Obviously he has installed ipw2200-fw.

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eldragon

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From: Buenos Aires

Registered: 2008-11-18

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Re: Yeah, I got my first Arch desktop running !

on a side note, i wouldnt suggest the testing repo to newcomers.

try adding to the profile a PRE_UP command and make it bring the interface up, something like this

PRE_UP='ifconfig eth0 up'