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rombel

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Registered: 2009-01-25

Posts: 23

ipw2100 wireless card not working

I installed archlinux on my centrino notebook which contains a build in ipw2100 wireless network adapter. I followed the instruction from http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wireless_Setup and got the following result:
bash-3.2# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0F:1F:13:A1:59 
          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:24271 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:19150856 (18.2 Mb)  TX bytes:1482819 (1.4 Mb)
          Interrupt:11

eth1      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0C:F1:38:D0:19 
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:20 errors:32 dropped:32 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:20 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:2620 (2.5 Kb)  TX bytes:2356 (2.3 Kb)
          Interrupt:7 Base address:0x4000 Memory:faffc000-faffcfff

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:416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:416 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:41672 (40.6 Kb)  TX bytes:41672 (40.6 Kb)

pan0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 4E:03:D5:F1:3E:6A 
          BROADCAST 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:0
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

bash-3.2# iwlist eth1 scan
eth1      Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1C:F0:55:0C:07
                    ESSID:"Marc Wireless"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Quality:98  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    Extra: Last beacon: 16ms ago

bash-3.2# dmesg | grep ipw2100
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
ipw2100: exit - failed to send CARD_DISABLE command

bash-3.2# netcfg wpa
:: wpa up     [BUSY] dhcpcd: invalid option -- 'q'
usage: dhcpcd [-adknpEGHMNRSTY] [-c script] [-h hostname] [-i classID]
              [-l leasetime] [-m metric] [-r ipaddress] [-s ipaddress]
              [-t timeout] [-u userclass] [-F none | ptr | both]
              [-I clientID] <interface>
           - DHCP IP lease attempt failed   

My wireless network is not hiddened ssid.
Can anyone help me to bring my wifi work?
Regards.

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: ipw2100 wireless card not working

have you tried setting up a network manager?
it would probably be easiest

but if you want to go manually then the key id say for you is here

# /etc/rc.conf
eth0="dhcp"
wlan0="dhcp"
wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid" # Unencrypted
#wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid key 1234567890" # hex WEP key
#wlan_wlan0="wlan0 essid MyEssid key s:asciikey" # ascii WEP key
INTERFACES=(eth0 wlan0)

replace wlan0 with your wireless protocol "eth1"
id also suggest a single string for ssid  (ESSID:"MarcWireless")

rombel

Member

Registered: 2009-01-25

Posts: 23

Re: ipw2100 wireless card not working

I will change my essid to a single string and see what happens

Thank you

rombel

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Registered: 2009-01-25

Posts: 23

Re: ipw2100 wireless card not working

I change the name to a single string and it didnot work. I am new to linux, how to you setup a network manager ?

rayjgu3

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From: Chicago IL usa

Registered: 2004-07-04

Posts: 695

Re: ipw2100 wireless card not working

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

rombel

Member

Registered: 2009-01-25

Posts: 23

Re: ipw2100 wireless card not working

Thanks alot, I follow the instructions from the link and it works Thanks again. I was coming from ubuntu and I was thinking
that if my wireless dont work I my have to go back to ubuntu. one other problem I have is:

How can I automatically unlock the keyring in xfce