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i got a new laptop with an intel pro wireless 2200bg card in it. i setup netcfg, wpa_supplicant and the like and did pacman -S ipw2200-fw and i cant get it to work.
in ip addr there is no wlan interface so when i use netcfg to start it it doesnt exist. so i try eth1 and then it says it doesnt support authentication. i did lsmod and the ipw2200 modules are loaded and i did specify WIRELESS_INTERFACE=wlan0 in /etc/rc.conf.
what could i be missing to get this working?
firmware files are in /lib/firmware as they should be and dmesg does not show any errors relatign to the car and it shows up in both lsmod and lspci.
Last edited by newarch2011 (2011-09-18 14:14:49)
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I never got fw package to play nicely with my card. I always had to use: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514
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Are you trying to install the ipw2200 firmware without a network connection? The command "pacman -S ipw2200-fw" requires that the package is available on a remote server. If you haven't configured the network there's no way that should work.
I've never gotten netcfg to work properly and have gotten better results by using a script. Disable netcfg and confirm that your wireless card works by manually configuring a connection. Try wicd,connman or networkmanager instead.
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@lifeafter2am: i have an intel card not broadcom.
@davidgurvich: netcfg works perfect on my other laptop. i used ethernet to install the ipw2200-fw as stated in original post.
any other ideas?
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Are you trying to install the ipw2200 firmware without a network connection? The command "pacman -S ipw2200-fw" requires that the package is available on a remote server. If you haven't configured the network there's no way that should work.
I've never gotten netcfg to work properly and have gotten better results by using a script. Disable netcfg and confirm that your wireless card works by manually configuring a connection. Try wicd,connman or networkmanager instead.
Switching network managers isn't a solution. He doesn't even have a wireless interface, so none of them are going to work at the moment. I use netcfg and it has been rock solid for me from day one.
@newarch2011, try this:
modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
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@lifeafter2am: i have an intel card not broadcom.
@davidgurvich: netcfg works perfect on my other laptop. i used ethernet to install the ipw2200-fw as stated in original post.
any other ideas?
Lol, I'm an idiot, disregard me.
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davidgurvich wrote:Are you trying to install the ipw2200 firmware without a network connection? The command "pacman -S ipw2200-fw" requires that the package is available on a remote server. If you haven't configured the network there's no way that should work.
I've never gotten netcfg to work properly and have gotten better results by using a script. Disable netcfg and confirm that your wireless card works by manually configuring a connection. Try wicd,connman or networkmanager instead.
Switching network managers isn't a solution. He doesn't even have a wireless interface, so none of them are going to work at the moment. I use netcfg and it has been rock solid for me from day one.
@newarch2011, try this:
modprobe -r ipw2200 modprobe ipw2200 rtap_iface=1
tried that and got an rtap interface but then errors when i tried to connect it to my wpa network.
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just tested with a livecd of ubuntu 11.04 and it connects fine to the wireless using wpa. i think it got the ip via eth1 though which was odd. when i try eth1 in the wpa profile for wpa networks i get an ioctrl error and it doesnt connect. i did notice in ubuntu even that only my bluetooth led turned on not the wifi, but i was able to get on a wifi network.
if it helps the laptop model is a dell latitude d410.
Last edited by newarch2011 (2011-09-20 12:48:57)
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i had the same issue with my broadcom wireless these last few days... it turns out the problem were some loaded modules that needed to be blacklisted.
once you get a wlan0 interface you try to connect to the wireless with netcfg?
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once you get a wlan0 interface
Which you won't with ipw2200 unless you configure udev or iftab appropriately. ipw2200 names devices with eth*
@newarch2011: As always, after an unsuccessful attempt, post the output of dmesg.
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jj87 wrote:once you get a wlan0 interface
Which you won't with ipw2200 unless you configure udev or iftab appropriately. ipw2200 names devices with eth*
@newarch2011: As always, after an unsuccessful attempt, post the output of dmesg.
dmesg shows nothing when i run it through grep searching for either intel or 2200. nothing shows when i search for netcfg either. however when i try to run the wireless with eth0 i get tons of errors about operation not supported for my wireless network.
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