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#1 2010-09-11 08:48:43

x5x_tim
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Registered: 2010-06-13
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iwconfig not available after installing custom firmware

Hi,

I'm installing and configuring Arch on my new build.
I got a Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N PCI Adapter, which needed firmware according to dmesg. I installed that firmware (I think it was in linux-firmware) and I can set the interface up via ifconfig now.
However, if I try to run iwconfig, bash says that it is not recognized.
I tried pacman -S wireless-tools and pacman -S iwconfig, but those didn't work.
In addition, my 50m ethernet cable (the only one long enough to reach my PC) just broke, so if I need files on Arch, I gotta do it via the partition that Windows and Arch share.

Could someone help me get iwconfig back?

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#2 2010-09-11 09:04:02

x5x_tim
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Registered: 2010-06-13
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Re: iwconfig not available after installing custom firmware

I needed the firmware for the rt2800, by the way.
I used this: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Wir … tup#rt2x00

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#3 2010-09-11 17:10:30

codycarey
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Registered: 2009-08-21
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Re: iwconfig not available after installing custom firmware

x5x_tim wrote:

However, if I try to run iwconfig, bash says that it is not recognized.

Post the output of bash when attempting to use the command. Also, what do you get when you try 'which iwconfig'?

x5x_tim wrote:

I tried pacman -S wireless-tools and pacman -S iwconfig, but those didn't work.

iwconfig is owned by core/wireless_tools, not wireless-tools. Do 'pacman -Qs wireless_tools' to check if you have it installed, it won't return anything if it's not installed.

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#4 2010-09-11 17:38:58

x5x_tim
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Registered: 2010-06-13
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Re: iwconfig not available after installing custom firmware

$ iwconfig
-bash: iwconfig: command not found

no output, so that means I've got to make sure I have a connection, and then run pacman -S wireless_tools?

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#5 2010-09-11 17:57:42

x5x_tim
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Registered: 2010-06-13
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Re: iwconfig not available after installing custom firmware

Whoohoo! Thanks, it works

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