Wireless trouble... XP [SOLVED]

wirenik · 2008-09-05 22:44:29

I'm in the middle of my first Arch install. I am working with an HP Compaq nc6000 with a Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Ethernet card (according to lshwd). I got the base system running like a charm but, of course, I'm having trouble with wireless.

hwdetect --show-net says I need these modules:
*ipw2200
*ieee80211
*ieee80211_crypt
*tg3
I successfully ran lsmod | grep <modname> for each of the ones on the list and also modprobed them just in case. But iwconfig still shows no wireless interfaces.

In my old Ubuntu install eth1 was my wireless interface. ifconfig -a in my new Arch install just shows eth0, lo, and irda0.

I'm not sure where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.

Last edited by wirenik (2008-09-07 04:24:24)

.:B:. · 2008-09-05 22:45:48

Did you install the firmware? Check dmesg for errors, it will be most happy to tell you if you did not.

wirenik · 2008-09-05 23:04:57

Hm...no, I didn't install any firmware as far as I know. What should I look for in dmesg?

OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 02:47:27

can you post iwconfig?

wirenik · 2008-09-06 02:52:58

Sure.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions. 

irda0     no wireless extensions.

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OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 03:33:18

oh sorry, didnt realize that it was a Broadcom chipset. I didnt have that chipset, but the only way I could get mine working was a proprietary driver from broadcom's website. hmm, are you sure that is the correct chip you are trying to get working for wireless? according to this page: http://www.broadcom.com/products/Small- … s/BCM5705M that looks like it is a ethernet card which should work via the tg3 plugin. Can I get the lspci?

wirenik · 2008-09-06 03:42:16

Of course.

02:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M_2 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 03)

OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 03:49:48

Well I am just pretending like I know what I am talking about, but that should be your ethernet card. It wont have wireless extentions to it. In lspci, do you see any other reference to a wireless card/networkcard etc...?

edit: or could you just post all of lspci?

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wirenik · 2008-09-06 03:59:01

You may not know much about what you're talking about, but you know more than me! Yeah, there is something else in lspci.

02:04.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)

Hah, I'm an idiot.

OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 04:03:42

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … nd_ipw2200

I think that means modprobe ipw2200-fw. I have never used this chipset, but try that modprobe, if it works then do iwconfig and let me know!

edit: if it doesnt work:

pacman -S ipw2200-fw

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iphitus · 2008-09-06 04:05:05

You'll need to install the firmware package: ipw2200-fw

wirenik · 2008-09-06 04:06:22

It says module not found...probably because I didn't install it from the CD. I should reinstall Arch with the module selected this time, right?

OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 04:10:27

no just do pacman -S ipw2200-fw

edit: then you may need to reboot but just modprobe ipw2200-fw should do the trick

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wirenik · 2008-09-06 04:14:25

Ah, but I need wireless to use pacman, and I need ipw2200-fw to use pacman...

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OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 04:16:40

you cant get an ethernet wire? I mean you could do a reinstall, but it may be easier to get it via ethernet then a reinstall...

wirenik · 2008-09-06 04:21:03

GOOD point, my dear sir.

Except I don't know if I can find an Ethernet wire.

Hm...

EDIT: in any case, i'll get that module, and see if it works thanks a ton.

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OneEyedPimp · 2008-09-06 04:24:11

wait a sec...how are you talking with me now? do you have access at all to the file system on arch?

edit: actually it would probably be better to do a reinstall if you cant find that ethernet cord. the way I was thinking was way involved...

Last edited by OneEyedPimp (2008-09-06 04:35:40)

staticvoid · 2008-09-06 04:46:11

just make sure you've got eth0 in your interfaces and eth0="dhcp" in /etc/rc.conf. wire, install firmware, reboot... continue from there.

which will take less time, reinstalling or finding a cat5 cable? lol.. with Arch it might be the former actually

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.:B:. · 2008-09-06 12:00:53

I always recommend wired installs to people exactly for this kind of stuff (unless one knows what one is doing ).

If you're still on the install cd your best bet is going wired, if you already installed just grab the ipw2200 firmware package somewhere with wpa_supplicant and wireless-tools, then install those and you're good to go.

wirenik · 2008-09-07 04:24:06

Thanks for all the help -- I'm up and running with my wireless internet working like a charm and an awesome new Arch install. Woohoo!

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