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Hi all,
Installation went smoothly, very happy with how it went Got xfce4 installed. Here is my first issue
I can't get netcfg to work. I can connect manualy without problems (I'm actualy writing this from my arch machine ). I want to use profiles to connect to wireless networks.
ipw2200 module, loaded when I log in.
[root@xxx network.d]# netcfg home
:: home up [BUSY]
SIOCADDRT: No such process
- Adding gateway failed.
Here is my profile, I dont see anythng wrong in there ?? :
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Home accesspoint"
INTERFACE="eth0"
ESSID="default"
IP="static"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
ADDR="192.168.2.3"
GATEWAY="192.168.2.1"
DNS=("192.168.2.1")
Network is not in the demons array.
I just notice that if I connect manualy and then disconnect, issuing "netcfg home" now works... Can't find what's wrong ! I really feel that it must be something soooo obvious...
Thanks a lot for helping !
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eth0 is usually used for wired interfaces, you probably should have wlan0 there.
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What is the output of 'iwconfig'? And do you have any sort of encryption on your wireless network?
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iwconfig give me eth0 as wireless
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"default"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:80:C8:38:54:6A
Bit Rate:11 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=90/100 Signal level=-39 dBm Noise level=-86 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:68 Missed beacon:1
eth1 no wireless extensions.
No encryption on my wireless network.
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Sorry for my post title... Not very relevant... I was too exited to post here from my arch machine I guess...
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There's a newer version of netcfg in the testing repo - you might want to give it a try. The newer one works for me, the older one didn't.
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You're most likely missing a firmware for your wireless-device. Check the output of lspci to find out what chip you have, download a firmware for that and place the firmware to /lib/firmware.
Also try to get your wireless up by command
ifconfig eth0 up
if that will print out error message, see dmesg and find out which file it is looking for. Save the firmware to that name and try
ifconfig eth0 up
again.
Last edited by horgh (2009-12-04 12:14:19)
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You're most likely missing a firmware for your wireless-device. Check the output of lspci to find out what chip you have, download a firmware for that and place the firmware to /lib/firmware.
Also try to get your wireless up by command
ifconfig eth0 up
if that will print out error message, see dmesg and find out which file it is looking for. Save the firmware to that name and try
ifconfig eth0 up
again.
Read his OP.
He can connect manually without issues. Obviously he has installed ipw2200-fw.
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on a side note, i wouldnt suggest the testing repo to newcomers.
try adding to the profile a PRE_UP command and make it bring the interface up, something like this
PRE_UP='ifconfig eth0 up'
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