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Hello,
I am trying to setup a WLAN connection but running into main problems. After new installtion von ARCH using the wired connection I want to be able to switch between both wired and wireless connection but there seemed to be no interface.
[root@Arch-Host user]# ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: irda0: <NOARP> mtu 2048 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 8
link/irda 00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 00:0b:5d:9b:20:df brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
or
[root@Arch-Host user]# iw dev
[root@Arch-Host rainer]# iwconfig
irda0 no wireless extensions.lo no wireless extensions.
enp2s0 no wireless extensions.
during boot I saw an error message like "couldn't load firmware" together with ipw2200 module. The reason was -2
Does anyone have a description what to do in this case? I have a running Unbuntu Version on the same Laptop. WLan is working there. Is it possible, just to copy some files over to ARCH?
Many Thanks!
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You need to Install the ipw2200-fw package from the core repo. After the installation your wireless connection should work.
You are using an old notebook?
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Please follow the wiki. If you have trouble doing so, post the output of the diagnostic and information-gathering commands provided in that wiki page.
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hi, thanks for the quick response!
I went through these pages already. But all I can see, if running "lspci -k" is
06:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2702
Kernel modules: ipw2200
but the "Kernel driver in use:..." is missing"
How do I install and load the ipw2200-fw package?
Thanks again! AVFritze
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You can use a wired connection or you get this package and its dependencies from another pc and using a USB drive to Transfer it to your notebook.
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Hi - I made it!
I downloaded the package and copied it to /var/cache/pacman/pkg. Then I tried pacman -S ipw2200-fw and after the reboot everything was fine!
Thanks for your help again!
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