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bb-fez

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 5

IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

I have an ipw2200, which I tried to install.
I followed the wireless guide:

$ hwdetect --show-net
NET    : tg3 ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt ieee80211softmac bcm43xx

I used grep | lsmod <names of all above> , and all were loaded.

$ iwconfig
lo    no wireless extensions

eth0    no wireless extensions

eth1    IEEE 802.11b/g  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"Broadcom 4306"
    Mode:Managed  Frequency=2.442 GHz  Access Point: Invalid   
    RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
    Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=0 dBm  Noise level=0 dBm
    Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
    Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

$ sudo ifconfig eth1 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

$ sudo iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Interface doesn't support scanning : No such device

Thanks in advance.

Last edited by bb-fez (2008-07-27 16:28:18)

Gluffs

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 25

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

You say you have an ipw2200 but in your iwconfig it say on nickname that it is Broadcom.

It might be some conflicts between the ipw2200 firmware and the bcm43xx

Try blacklisting the broadcom driver in rc.conf by adding this line in you modules section

 MODULES=(  !bcm43xx )

rebugger

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-10-28

Posts: 229

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

I had the same problem with my iwl3945...
When i unplug the eth0 (networkcard), i can "ifconfig wlan0 up" - maybe you should try it.
But i dont know, what the source of the problem is...

bb-fez

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 5

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

Thanks, I've blacklisted the bcm43xx.
So still the same for hwdetect:

$ hwdetect --show-net
NET    : tg3 ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt ieee80211softmac bcm43xx

Checked what was loaded with lsmod |grep <whatever> - only tg3, ieee80211 and ieee80211_crypt loaded.
iwconfig now just gives:

$ iwconfig
lo    no wireless extensions

eth0    no wireless extensions

So no interface?
But then I tried:

$ lsmod |grep ipw
ipw2200          14872  0
ieee80211        30792 1   ipw2200

So I think it is loaded. Anyway, I'm used to this - couldn't get it working on Ubuntu either. Thanks again.

Gluffs

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 25

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

Hmm, i probably should have asked this before but have you put ipw2200 in you modules section so it gets loaded properly?

I dont have ipw myself but i belive you havto add it in you rc.conf aswell for it to work,

You can check out this thread, mayby you will get some help from it

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=51373

iphitus

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From: Melbourne, Australia

Registered: 2004-10-09

Posts: 4,927

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

Um, you don't have an ipw, you have a broadcom.

Please follow the steps on the Wireless page on the wiki to configure your broadcom adapter.

bb-fez

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Registered: 2008-07-24

Posts: 5

Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

OK - completely retarded.
Never assume that you have the default configuration for a computer. Thanks iphitus, enabled b43, and it seems to be working now. Will mark as [SOLVED].

Last edited by bb-fez (2008-07-27 16:27:33)

fukawi2

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From: .vic.au

Registered: 2007-09-28

Posts: 6,231

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Re: IPW2200 cannot be brought up [SOLVED]

FWIW, I had a Dell D610, which was working with the IPW2200 driver... Sold that laptop, and bought an identical D610, but this one now required the b43 setup...

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