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schmmd

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Registered: 2006-03-25

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Intel Wifi Link 5300 on a Thinkpad X200s [solved]

Hi, from what I gather the wireless should work out of the box.  In fact, when I run ifconfig -a I get

bash-4.0# ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:16:24:B9:4B  
          inet addr:192.168.1.111  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21f:16ff:fe24:b94b/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2613 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:2803 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 
          RX bytes:2146967 (2.0 Mb)  TX bytes:412814 (403.1 Kb)
          Memory:f2600000-f2620000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  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)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:6A:64:9C:26  
          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:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-21-6A-64-9C-26-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          [NO FLAGS]  MTU:0  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)

however, when I just run ifconfig the wireless devices do not show up.  Moreover, when I run ifconfig wlan0 up I get an error

bash-4.0# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such file or directory

Anyone have an idea on how I can get my wireless up and running?  Does it appear that I have the drivers loaded (sure seams that way to me!).  Why can't I bring the device online?

Last edited by schmmd (2009-08-27 17:43:54)

schmmd

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From: Seattle

Registered: 2006-03-25

Posts: 55

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Re: Intel Wifi Link 5300 on a Thinkpad X200s [solved]

Silly me, forgot to

pacman -S iwlwifi-5000-ucode

!