Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-24 22:08:35

Hi all

I am trying to connect my arch laptop (a Dell d830) to my router but I am realizing that or the LED of the wireless is not active in arch or my wireless card is not active in arch.
Is there a way to activate my network card in Arch?

here 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/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
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 udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq slhc tg3 iwl3945 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel nvidia soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="ocivodul"
#
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# 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
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(wlan0)
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid ***** key '******'"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)
#
# 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 (dialog package required)
# - 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 network netfs crond hal fam kdm acpid cpufreq)

# End of file

and my modprobe.conf

#
# /etc/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
# disable autoload of ipv6
alias net-pf-10 off

I remember that I read somewhere that I have to write down intel-wireless in the boot command in order to activate the intel wireless card but it didn't change the situation

cheers to all and happy Christmas

Thanks in advance!!!

Misfit138 · 2007-12-24 22:24:45

First, install hwd and lshwd.

pacman -Sy hwd lshwd

Then do

hwd -u

Then post the output of lshwd and hwd -e.
This will give you a hint as to what wireless chipset you have, and which driver to install. Then try the wireless article in the wiki, which will guide you through installing the driver, configuring rc.conf and your wireless settings.

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-24 22:30:34

I have got Intel pro wireless 3945ABG

Should I install netcfg2 as they suggest in the forums here?
Has anybody tried that solution with my card?

Cheers and thanks for your time

Misfit138 · 2007-12-24 22:45:10

I have no experience with netcfg2; I use Phrakture's trick and configure everything in rc.conf, and use wlassistant.
Start here: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … nd_ipw4965
Then configure rc.conf, and see if you can connect.

Thrillhouse · 2007-12-24 22:52:06

I have the same card in a Dell D630 and use the iwlwifi driver. I've never been able to get a profile working with it. Upon boot, I always have to run iwconfig twice to get the essid and key and then dhcpcd to get an IP address. I could probably get it to work with a profile or net2cfg or something like that but I'm lazy and it's easy when you can just put it in rc.local.

iphitus · 2007-12-25 00:15:11

Yes, install netcfg2.

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=39505

dante4d · 2007-12-25 02:48:15

'iwl3945' and 'networkmanager' work fine for me. Very XP-ish

Last edited by dante4d (2007-12-25 02:50:34)

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-25 04:56:19

network manager would take care of that??? even with wpa? I have a similar problem with my other laptop on which I have kubuntu. In that case the card is initialized but it can't connect.

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-25 04:58:47

well, I will try both netcfg2 and network manager and I'll see. Thank you pals for the great help! I am an horrific newbie, almost disgusted at myself ;-) but I have got very few spare time to learning Linux from scratch!
Cheers!!!

rasat · 2007-12-25 07:10:36

Misfit138 wrote:

First, install hwd and lshwd.
Then post the output of lshwd and hwd -e.

in detecting hardwares, lshwd has segment error, hwd is no longer lshwd depended. Either run hwd -e or lspci -nn

dante4d · 2007-12-25 17:24:30

Cippa Lippa wrote:

network manager would take care of that??? even with wpa? I have a similar problem with my other laptop on which I have kubuntu. In that case the card is initialized but it can't connect.

Well, it worked for me. Now it's broken but I'm not in need of wifi at the moment. I'm going to try netcfg2 now and see how it works out. Network manager gives you something as XP's tool. You have tray icon with menu where sou select wired/wireless networks. It autodetects networks in range and asks for auth keys if needed.

But of course first you need working low level stuff (wifi drivers).

Last edited by dante4d (2007-12-25 17:26:04)

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-26 20:16:43

Hello all,

I have tried networkmanager and netcfg and both of them don't work
I think the problem is that the card is not being activated at boot
Networkmanager tell me that he is not running

I will post the menu-lst of grub, the output of ifconfig -a, my modprobe.conf and my rc.conf

Please help pals, once I have the wireless I am a free man!!! :-)

---------------
# Config file for GRUB - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub/menu.lst

# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
#
# Linux Grub
# -------------------------
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/hda (hd0)
# /dev/hdb2 (hd1,1)
# /dev/hda3 (hd0,2)
#

# FRAMEBUFFER RESOLUTION SETTINGS
# +-------------------------------------------------+
# | 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1280x1024
# ----+--------------------------------------------
# 256 | 0x301=769 0x303=771 0x305=773 0x307=775
# 32K | 0x310=784 0x313=787 0x316=790 0x319=793
# 64K | 0x311=785 0x314=788 0x317=791 0x31A=794
# 16M | 0x312=786 0x315=789 0x318=792 0x31B=795
# +-------------------------------------------------+

# general configuration:
timeout 5
default 0
color light-blue/black light-cyan/blue

# boot sections follow
# each is implicitly numbered from 0 in the order of appearance below
#
# TIP: If you want a 1024x768 framebuffer, add "vga=773" to your kernel line.
#
#-*

# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro quiet intel-wireless
initrd /kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux Fallback
root (hd0,4)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda6 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img

# (1) Windows
title Windows
rootnoverify (hd0,1)
makeactive
chainloader +1
--------------------------
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1D:09:AA:3C:73
inet addr:192.168.0.101 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6508 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4245 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7555001 (7.2 Mb) TX bytes:396130 (386.8 Kb)
Interrupt:17

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:224 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:14124 (13.7 Kb) TX bytes:14124 (13.7 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1C:BF:51:EC:CD
inet addr:192.168.0.100 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:437 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:29 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:87824 (85.7 Kb) TX bytes:4101 (4.0 Kb)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1C-BF-51-EC-CD-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
-----------------------

#
# /etc/modprobe.conf (for v2.6 kernels)
#
alias wlan0 ndiswrapper
# disable autoload of ipv6
alias net-pf-10 off
---------------------
#
# /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/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
#
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
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 udev
MOD_BLACKLIST=()
#
# Modules to load at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a module with a ! to blacklist it
#
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq slhc tg3 iwl3945 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel nvidia soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="ocivodul"
#
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available
# interfaces.
#
# 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
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# Note: to use DHCP, set your interface to be "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
#
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 wlan0)
#
# 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 (dialog package required)
# - 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 network netfs crond hal fam kdm acpid cpufreq)

# End of file
-------------------

A big merry christmas to everybody who will help me!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cheers to all the rest! ;-)

Cippa

Cippa Lippa · 2007-12-27 14:33:35

problem solved. I had to use networkmanager and remember to check the wiki on how to confiiguure it. I didn't know that you have to disable all the interfaces from the rc.conf.

Cheers!

Arch Linux

#1 2007-12-24 22:08:35

Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#2 2007-12-24 22:24:45

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#3 2007-12-24 22:30:34

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#4 2007-12-24 22:45:10

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#5 2007-12-24 22:52:06

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#6 2007-12-25 00:15:11

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#7 2007-12-25 02:48:15

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#8 2007-12-25 04:56:19

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#9 2007-12-25 04:58:47

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#10 2007-12-25 07:10:36

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#11 2007-12-25 17:24:30

Re: Wireless connection with Dlink router and intel pro wireless card

#12 2007-12-26 20:16:43

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#13 2007-12-27 14:33:35

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