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ari_dbx

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From: Concepción, Chile

Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 26

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[WiFi] ipw3945 / wep / dhcp - can't get IP

Hello everybody! I'm new at the forum but I've installed arch several times and I love it

the problem:

Can't connect to any WEP protected wifi network. I've succesfully connected to open networks, took a while connecting to it though.

* KNetworkmanager actually recognizes the network...

* then I type the pass and stays right there for a lot of time sometimes at "configuring your device" or "getting IP address" step...

* ifconfig, iwconfig says...

My config

I have a Dell XPS M1210 laptop, wich uses Intel IPW3945.
I'm using (K)Network manager, installed according to the wiki.
The wireless network is WEP-64 prottected.

on my rc.conf :

...

MODULES=(b44 mii snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore ipw3945)
...
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"

INTERFACES=(lo !eth0 !eth1)
...
gateway="default gw 10.10.1.1" ## this is not for the wifi net ... I don't know if NM do something with it
ROUTES=(!gateway)
....
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng cpufreq ipw3945d alsa netfs crond kdm hal dhcdbd networkmanager keytouch httpd mysqld postgresql)

Well... I think is a dhcp issue... I tried to explain my problem the best, so I hope for your help !!

thanks in advance!

* and sorry for my mapuche-like english haha
* and already RTFM'ed and STFW'ed and no success

Last edited by ari_dbx (2007-07-20 23:01:11)

pudgewacl

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Registered: 2007-06-08

Posts: 16

Re: [WiFi] ipw3945 / wep / dhcp - can't get IP

I had a similar problem with my laptop when running the most recent verision of the ipw3945 driver (1.2.1-2).  I downgraded the driver (got the driver from the link on the wiki on how to downgrade) and my wifi works perfectly with knetworkmanager.

I have yet to find a solution to get the most recent driver work on encrypted networks w/ networkmanager.

Hope this helps,
Matt

Last edited by pudgewacl (2007-07-21 00:31:05)

ari_dbx

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From: Concepción, Chile

Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 26

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Re: [WiFi] ipw3945 / wep / dhcp - can't get IP

Thanks!!

well, I've downloaded and installed the package, but as I can see, this driver is for kernel 2.6.21 and I have kernel 2.6.22 so modprobe wasn't able to find it...

then I tried to install the driver from its sources ( http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/#downloads ) ... I've downloaded 1.2.0 and followed the instructions, but the problem persist...

someone has any idea without wi fi I'm condenned to wi$%ws v%&ta...home !!!

ari_dbx

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From: Concepción, Chile

Registered: 2007-07-20

Posts: 26

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Re: [WiFi] ipw3945 / wep / dhcp - can't get IP

I had disabled wep ... then everything worked. Didn't find WEP solution...