[PLUG-Devel] Wireless Help -- Installfest Tmw?
Jared Anderson
pluggedIn at thegoldenedge.com
Fri Feb 24 19:16:55 MST 2006
From these command sequences, it appears you've forgotten to enter the
encryption key.
"Encryption key:on"
iwconfig eth2 essid tmobile key abcde12345
On Friday 24 February 2006 12:10 pm, Ed Skinner wrote:
> On Friday 24 February 2006 09:45, Eric \"Shubes\" wrote:
> > I'll be there and can give it a try.
> > What chipset is the wireless device?
> > # lspci -v
> > # lspci -n
>
> Hi Eric,
> Here's more information (as "root"). I've included your two "lspci"
> requests at the bottom but in an effort to "cut to the chase", here's some
> other information.
> The machine is a Dell D810 notebook.
> OS is SuSE 10.0 with "many" pieces added via YaST.
> Basically I have the device's kernel module loaded (ipw2200). I use
> "iwlist eth2 scan" to find the ESSID I want to use, "iwconfig" to set that,
> and then "ifconfig eth2 up" to attempt the association and then "dhcpcd
> eth2" to get IP address, netmask, gateway and so forth. At this point,
> "ifconfig eth2" should (I think) show that an IP address was assigned, but
> it doesn't. (Maybe this sequence of commands is wrong?)
>
> Here a blow-by-blow log. (Note: eth0 is a hard-wired connection
> whereas eth2 is the wireless link of interest here.)
>
> # ifconfig # Starting situation
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:E6:19:74
> inet addr:192.168.115.202 Bcast:192.168.115.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::212:3fff:fee6:1974/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:121 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:19879 (19.4 Kb) TX bytes:1384 (1.3 Kb)
> Interrupt:11
>
> eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:62:77:03
> inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fe62:7703/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:7 Base address:0xe000 Memory:dfbff000-dfbfffff
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:10710 (10.4 Kb) TX bytes:10710 (10.4 Kb)
>
> # iwlist eth2 scan # Scan for access points in vicinity (edited)
> eth2 Scan completed :
> Cell 01 - Address: 00:14:BF:29:02:4A
> ESSID:"tmobile"
> Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
> Mode:Master
> Channel:6
> Encryption key:on
> Bit Rate:11 Mb/s
> Extra: Rates (Mb/s): 1 2 5.5 6 9 11
> Quality=59/100 Signal level=-65 dBm
> Extra: Last beacon: 184ms ago
>
> # iwconfig eth2 essid tmobile # Prepare to associate with tmobile
> # ifconfig eth2 up # Attempt association with tmobile
> # ifconfig eth2 # See how it looks so far (Note RX and TX packets)
> eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:CE:62:77:03
> inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fe62:7703/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:1315 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:229 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
> Interrupt:7 Base address:0xe000 Memory:dfbff000-dfbfffff
>
> # dhcpcd eth2 # Get IP, netmask, gateway and so forth
> (Note: the above command "hangs" a long time)
> # ifconfig # See how it looks -- but note that eth2 has now disappeared!
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:3F:E6:19:74
> inet addr:192.168.115.202 Bcast:192.168.115.255
> Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::212:3fff:fee6:1974/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:34338 (33.5 Kb) TX bytes:74414 (72.6 Kb)
> Interrupt:11
>
> lo Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
> RX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:112 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:10710 (10.4 Kb) TX bytes:10710 (10.4 Kb)
>
> I'm stumped at this point.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>------------------
>
> Here are the two commands and their output as you requested.
>
> # lspci -v
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express
> Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information
>
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express
> Root Port (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
> I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
> Memory behind bridge: dfd00000-dfefffff
> Prefetchable memory behind bridge: d0000000-d7ffffff
> Capabilities: [88] #0d [0000]
> Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [90] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
> Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
> Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
> Capabilities: [140] Unknown (5)
>
> 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family)
> PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
> Memory behind bridge: dfc00000-dfcfffff
> Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+) IRQ 0
> Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit- Queue=0/0 Enable+
> Capabilities: [90] #0d [0000]
> Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
> Capabilities: [180] Unknown (5)
>
> 00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at bf80 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
> I/O ports at bf60 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 9
> I/O ports at bf40 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [UHCI])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 5
> I/O ports at bf20 [size=32]
>
> 00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6
> Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
> Memory at ffa80800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [58] Debug port
>
> 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
> (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
> Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=07, sec-latency=32
> I/O behind bridge: 00002000-00003fff
> Memory behind bridge: dfb00000-dfbfffff
> Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 0000000080000000-0000000081f00000
> Capabilities: [50] #0d [0000]
>
> 00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation
> 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
> I/O ports at ed00 [size=256]
> I/O ports at ec40 [size=64]
> Memory at dffffe00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=512]
> Memory at dffffd00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>
> 00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97
> Modem Controller (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Generic])
> Subsystem: Conexant: Unknown device 5423
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 7
> I/O ports at ee00 [size=256]
> I/O ports at ec80 [size=128]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
>
> 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge
> (rev 03)
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
>
> 00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller
> (rev 03) (prog-if 80 [Master])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 7
> I/O ports at <ignored>
> I/O ports at <ignored>
> I/O ports at <ignored>
> I/O ports at <ignored>
> I/O ports at bfa0 [size=16]
> Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
>
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M24 1P [Radeon
> Mobility X600] (prog-if 00 [VGA])
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 2002
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
> Memory at d0000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=128M]
> I/O ports at de00 [size=256]
> Memory at dfdf0000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
> Expansion ROM at dfe00000 [disabled] [size=128K]
> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [58] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
> Capabilities: [80] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/0 Enable-
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
>
> 02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5751 Gigabit
> Ethernet PCI Express (rev 01)
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
> Memory at dfcf0000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=64K]
> Capabilities: [48] Power Management version 2
> Capabilities: [50] Vital Product Data
> Capabilities: [58] Message Signalled Interrupts: 64bit+ Queue=0/3 Enable-
> Capabilities: [d0] Express Endpoint IRQ 0
> Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
> Capabilities: [13c] Virtual Channel
>
> 03:01.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI6515 Cardbus Controller
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 5
> Memory at dfb00000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Bus: primary=03, secondary=04, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176
> Memory window 0: 80000000-81fff000 (prefetchable)
> Memory window 1: 82000000-83fff000
> I/O window 0: 00002000-00002fff
> I/O window 1: 00003000-00003fff
> 16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001
>
> 03:01.5 Communication controller: Texas Instruments PCI6515 SmartCard
> Controller
> Subsystem: Dell: Unknown device 0186
> Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 5
> Memory at dfbfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Memory at dfbfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 2
>
> 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)
> Subsystem: Intel Corporation: Unknown device 2721
> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 7
> Memory at dfbff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
> Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>
> # lspci -n
> 00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:2591 (rev 03)
> 00:1c.0 Class 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
> 00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
> 00:1d.3 Class 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
> 00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
> 00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev d3)
> 00:1e.2 Class 0401: 8086:266e (rev 03)
> 00:1e.3 Class 0703: 8086:266d (rev 03)
> 00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:2641 (rev 03)
> 00:1f.2 Class 0101: 8086:2653 (rev 03)
> 01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:3150
> 02:00.0 Class 0200: 14e4:1677 (rev 01)
> 03:01.0 Class 0607: 104c:8036
> 03:01.5 Class 0780: 104c:8038
> 03:03.0 Class 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
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