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a7med76

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From: KSA

Registered: 2008-04-15

Posts: 7

setup wireless network card ipw2200

hi, i've just installed Arch on my laptop, every thing run fine except, i can not setup the wireless network card. the laptop is dell; network card ipw2200.
i have istalled the drivers

pacman -S ipw2200-fw

but don't know what is missing
could you please help me out,

dyscoria

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Registered: 2008-01-10

Posts: 1,007

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

You'll probably want to use netcfg to sort out your wireless connections:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Profiles

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a7med76

Member

From: KSA

Registered: 2008-04-15

Posts: 7

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

i have red that but still i need some help:
this is my /etc/rc.conf

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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=(e100 eepro100 mii slhc ipw2200 ac97_bus snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-ac97-codec snd-intel8x0 snd-intel8x0m soundcore acpi-cpufreq)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
HOSTNAME="myhost"
#
# 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"
eth1="dhcp"
#wlan0_eth1="eth1 essid markandrosie key Mynetworkkey"
WLAN_INTERFACES=(eth1)
INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)

#lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
#eth0="dhcp"
#eth1="dhcp"
#wlan0="dhcp"
#wlan_eth1="eth1 essid Networkname key s:password"
#WLAN_INTERFACES=(lo eth0 eth1)
# 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 (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network-profiles
#
#NET_PROFILES=(main)
NETWORKS=("auto-wireless eth1" ipw0 ethernet)
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# 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 ipw2200 !network networkmanager netfs crond alsa hal fam kdm)

# End of file

mizar

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Registered: 2007-12-29

Posts: 10

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ipw2200 !network networkmanager netfs crond alsa hal fam kdm)

You need to add "net-profiles" to your Daemons list to make it work with netcfg2. I have the same card and i do not have "ipw2200" in my daemons list.

Also i see that you have networkmanager installed, i don't know whether netcfg2 and networkmanager are compatible when loaded together so just install one or put a "!" in front of networkmanager.

a7med76

Member

From: KSA

Registered: 2008-04-15

Posts: 7

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

just want to be clear with this, do you mean i need to remove iwp2200 and install netcfg2 instead.

-how to create the "net-profiles"?
what i have done was, i went to "/etc/network.d/examples" file and copy the content to

# nano /etc/network.d/a7medwls
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=wlan0
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="mynetwork"
KEY="SomePasskey"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20
but dont know if this is the right way.

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

iwp2200 should be in the MODULES line in rc.conf.  What goes in the KEY line of your profile is the hex value.

a7med76

Member

From: KSA

Registered: 2008-04-15

Posts: 7

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

thanks all for replies,
still could not solve the problem or i solved part it, but still couls not connect to the wireless modem.

this is what i get i iwconfig
[a7med76@myhost ~]$ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:"linksys"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.462 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

rc.conf
# NETWORKING
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
eth1="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
NETWORKS=(ahmedwls)

# DAEMONS
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng ipw2200 ipw 2100 network ahmedwls netfs crond cpufreq acpid hal fam kdm)

nano /etc/network.d/ahmedwls

CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth1
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="linksys"
KEY="132343F03F"
IP="dhcp"
TIMEOUT=20

KEY, means the password, right?

dont know what is missing..

tigrmesh

IRC Op

From: Florida, US

Registered: 2007-12-11

Posts: 794

Re: setup wireless network card ipw2200

KEY = hex value

It is my understanding that to use wpa, you need wpa_supplicant.  Install it and check the man page for how to configure.  The wiki page for wpa_supplicant seems to be out of date.