Help with wireless please

raja · 2007-07-04 23:35:22

Hi, my first post in this forum.
After having been using Ubuntu for more than 2 years now, I installed Arch a couple of weeks back and am loving it.
I have an Intel wireless card. I installed ipw2200-fw and then added the module ipw2200 in the rc.conf to be loaded. However, at every boot up, the system hangs for a long time when starting network and finally exits with the error message "Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) : SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.". After booting up, I have to restart the network manually and this usually succeeds. I have taken off network from the daemons that are loaded and started it manually after booting up. The same problem happens as you can see here.

[raja@arch ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/network start
:: Starting Network                                                                 [BUSY] Error for wireless request "Set Encode" (8B2A) :
    SET failed on device eth0 ; Operation not supported.
Error, eth0: timed out
                                                                                    [FAIL]
[raja@arch ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:35:EA:92:28
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3036 errors:0 dropped:452 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:151 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xa000 Memory:d0220000-d0220fff

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[raja@arch ~]$ sudo /etc/rc.d/network restart
:: Stopping Network                                                                 [DONE]
:: Starting Network                                                                 [DONE]
[raja@arch ~]$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:35:EA:92:28
          inet addr:192.168.0.103  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:feea:9228/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:21 errors:0 dropped:452 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:4631 (4.5 Kb)  TX bytes:899 (899.0 b)
          Interrupt:19 Base address:0xa000 Memory:d0220000-d0220fff

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

The first time the ifconfig shows no IP address while it does after the second attempt. This is my rc.conf

#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/unimaps
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE=
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"
TIMEZONE=Canada/Pacific
KEYMAP=us
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Scan hardware and load required modules at bootup
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
# Module Blacklist - modules in this list will never be loaded by hwdetect
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a module with a ! to disable it
#
MODULES=(!usbserial snd-intel8x0 snd-pcm-oss ipw2200 speedstep_centrino vboxdrv)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="arch"
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth1="eth1 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"
wlan_eth0="eth0 essid MYESSID key xxxxxxxx"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 !eth1)
#
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.0.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
#
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng !hotplug !pcmcia netfs crond acpid cpufreq
laptop_mode alsa)


# End of file

I am unable to understand what it happening here. Would be great if someone can shed some light.
Thanks !

rayjgu3 · 2007-07-05 00:30:25

out of curiosity why do you have eth0 & eth1 enabled but disable eth1 in INTERFACES

lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth1="eth1 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"
wlan_eth0="eth0 essid MYESSID key xxxxxxxx"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 !eth1)

is eth0 really your wireless connection?

wlan_eth0="eth0 essid MYESSID key xxxxxxxx"

i have diffrent card & mine comes up eth1 cause the wired gets eth0

raja · 2007-07-05 00:34:11

Yes. eth0 is my wireless card and eth1 is the wired connection. I disabled eth1 since I dont usually use it and it was taking time trying to connect to it everytime I boot.

rayjgu3 · 2007-07-05 00:50:13

you may want to clean it up a bit then
l

o="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth1="eth1 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"
wlan_eth0="eth0 essid MYESSID key xxxxxxxx"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth0)
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 !eth1)

like so
i commented out the 1st eth1 line also, i believe that line should be disabled when using dhcp, mine is

raja · 2007-07-07 01:06:24

Thanks for the help, but no joy so far after trying that.

Does anyone have a clue as to what may be wrong ?

Thanks.

rayjgu3 · 2007-07-07 01:56:13

whats output of
iwconfig

heathen · 2007-07-07 02:31:56

I have the same issue, and i've heard reports of others having similar problems.... It fixed itself briefly, but has since resumed

It's something with the key, if you disable the key it will boot fine.... of course, that leaves your network wide open..

MW · 2007-09-01 22:35:26

What type of encryption you use on the network?

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Help with wireless please

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