[ltp] WiFi on T42 (ifup eth1 no go, txpower is off)

[morpheus]

Well, with the exception of the txpower, the iwconfig status looks good,
so this may be a simple IP issue.
"Determining IP information for eth1... failed" usually means you
couldn't find a DHCP server.
Did you try to set an IP address manually and see if you can ping your
gateway?


On Wed, 2005-01-12 at 21:02 -0800, ogjunk-linuxtp@yahoo.com wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I tried turning the 'tx power' on, but got this error:
> 
>   # /sbin/iwconfig eth1 txpower auto
>   Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
>       SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.
> 
> Before I did this I restarted the computer, and then Kudzu kicked in,
> detected my WiFi card correctly, I told it to use DHCP to get the IP,
> but eth1 was not brought up, and I still can't do it manually:
> 
>   # ifup eth1
> 
>   Determining IP information for eth1... failed.
> 
> 
> And now iwconfig say this:
> 
> # /sbin/iwconfig eth1
> eth1  IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"WirelessFoo"  Nickname:"ipw2100"
>       Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412GHz  Access Point: 00:09:5B:29:41:3F
>       Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
>       Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>       Power Management:off
>       Link Quality=100/100  Signal level=-56 dBm
>       Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>       Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0
> 
> 
> Tx-Power is still off, but the AP Mac address is correct, and I noticed
> that 'Signal level' changed a few times (-54/-55/-56 dBm), so this WiFi
> card _is_ doing something.
> 
> Could something external to the card itself be the problem (e.g.
> iptables or missing route)?
> 
> 
> I feel like a dog on a leash with this ethernet cord stuck into my
> 'mobile' laptop. :(, so any help with this would be very appreciated.
> 
> Thank you,
> Otis
> 
> 
> --- morpheus <morpheus@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> 
> > Your iwconfig shows txpower is off, try turning on the radio with:
> > # iwconfig eth1 txpower auto
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2005-01-11 at 19:48 -0800, ogjunk-linuxtp@yahoo.com wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm a happy new owner of T42 running Fedora Core 3, but I'm having
> > > trouble bringing up the WiFi interface.  I have the Intel Corp.
> > > PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini wireless card, and I got the drivers
> > from
> > > 
> > > http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/:
> > > 
> > >   # lsmod | egrep 'ipw|802'
> > >   ieee80211_crypt_wep     5120  1
> > >   ipw2100               125124  0
> > >   ieee80211              28228  1 ipw2100
> > >   ieee80211_crypt         7044  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211
> > > 
> > > 
> > > However, I can't activate/bring up this WiFi interface:
> > > 
> > > # ifup eth1
> > > Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
> > > SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.
> > > 
> > > Determining IP information for eth1...PING 192.168.1.1
> > (192.168.1.1)
> > > 56(84) bytes of data.
> > > 
> > > --- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
> > > 4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss,
> > time
> > > 2999ms
> > > , pipe 4
> > > failed.
> > > 
> > > I am not sure why '192.168.1.1' is being pinged - this is not an IP
> > I
> > > use here. It's also not my router's IP address (it's 192.168.0.1).
> > > 
> > > Here is my network script for this WiFi interface:
> > > 
> > > # cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> > > DEVICE=eth1
> > > ONBOOT=yes
> > > BOOTPROTO=dhcp
> > > TYPE=Wireless
> > > NETMASK=
> > > DHCP_HOSTNAME=
> > > IPADDR=
> > > DOMAIN=
> > > HWADDR=
> > > USERCTL=no
> > > PEERDNS=yes
> > > GATEWAY=
> > > IPV6INIT=no
> > > ESSID=WirelessFoo
> > > CHANNEL=1
> > > MODE=Auto
> > > RATE=Auto
> > > 
> > > # /sbin/iwconfig eth1
> > > eth1   IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"WirelessFoo"
> > > Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
> > > Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point:
> > > 00:09:5B:29:41:3F
> > > Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
> > > Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
> > > Encryption key:1234-6789-4243-4331-3142-0000-00   Security
> > > mode:open
> > > Power Management:off
> > > Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=-52 dBm
> > > Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
> > > Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:91   Missed beacon:2
> > > 
> > > The above tells me that the WiFi card DOES see my Access Point,
> > because
> > > AP's Mac address is correct. On the other hand, my wireless router
> > does
> > > not show WiFi interface's Mac address in the list of attached
> > devices -
> > > it only shows the Mac address of the regular ethernet NIC.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get my WiFi
> > interface up
> > > fully?  Any help, tips, links, etc. would be very much appreciated.
> > > 
> > > Thank you.
> > > 
> > > Otis
> > > 
> > 
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