intel wireless issue

newarch2011 · 2011-09-18 14:10:21

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)

lifeafter2am · 2011-09-18 14:58:01

I never got fw package to play nicely with my card. I always had to use: http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514

davidgurvich · 2011-09-18 15:14:39

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.

newarch2011 · 2011-09-18 17:04:21

@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?

the sad clown · 2011-09-18 17:19:27

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

lifeafter2am · 2011-09-18 17:33:40

newarch2011 wrote:

@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.

newarch2011 · 2011-09-18 17:56:50

the sad clown wrote:

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.

newarch2011 · 2011-09-20 12:47:06

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)

jj87 · 2011-09-20 20:39:35

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?

Gusar · 2011-09-20 20:49:54

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.

newarch2011 · 2011-09-20 23:33:09

Gusar wrote:

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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