[ltp] WiFi on T42 (ifup eth1 no go)

[morpheus]

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
>