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edward_scott
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 Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 7:23 am Post subject: no interface to wireless card [SOLVED] |
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I recently installed a wireless network card, as a wired internet connection is no longer convenient. wireless-tools is installed, but I cannot use the tools because the wireless card is not showing up. since I have both a regular ethernet card and a wireless ethernet card I expect to see two cards listed -- eth0 and eth1 -- when I run ifconfig -a. instead I get just one:
| Quote: | eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:D4:F8:1C:4F
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)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) |
lspci indicates that my card is there:
| Quote: | 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express Memory Controller Hub (rev 02)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 945G/GZ/P/PL Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) Serial ATA Storage Controller IDE (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV43 [GeForce 6600] (rev a2)
02:01.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (rev 80)
02:03.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4318 [AirForce One 54g] 802.11g Wireless LAN Controller (rev 02)
02:04.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder (rev 05)
02:04.2 Multimedia controller: Conexant CX23880/1/2/3 PCI Video and Audio Decoder [MPEG Port] (rev 05)
02:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB0400 Audigy2 Value
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) LAN Controller (rev 01) |
but a dmesg | grep eth yields only one ethernet card:
| Quote: | | e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xfcffe000, irq 20, MAC addr 00:13:D4:F8:1C:4F |
running a cat /proc/net/dev also shows just the one ethernet card:
| Quote: | Inter-| Receive | Transmit
face |bytes packets errs drop fifo frame compressed multicast|bytes packets errs drop fifo colls carrier compressed
lo: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
eth0: 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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so I am lost. I think that the presence of eth0, and the lack of an eth1, have something to do with udev, but this is beyond my limited knowledge. can anyone give me a hand and get me started here? if it is of any consequence I am usince a linksys wireless-g pci adapter, model WMP54GS.
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madey
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 9:03 am Post subject: |
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Try to run:
from wireless-tools package.
It will work if you have installed driver.
And read wireless howto on http://gentoo-wiki.com |
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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I'm not sure you read my post.
when I run iwconfig, all I get is:
| Quote: | net.lo no wireless extensions
net.eth0 no wireless extensions |
net.eth0 is my landline ethernet card. there is no net.eth* interface for my wireless. or at least, there does not appear to be.
I went ahead and read the howto in the wiki. i created a symbolic link from /etc/init.d/net.eth1 to /etc/init.d/net.lo (although then both net.eth0 and net.eth1 are pointing to the same thing, which doesn't seem right). I configured /etc/conf.d/net, and ran /etc/init.d/net.eth1 start and got the following:
| Quote: | Starting eth1
Configuration not set for eth1 - assuming DHCP
Bringing up eth1
dhcp
network interface eth1 does not exist
Please verify hardware or kernel module (driver) |
I am aware of the wikis and how to use them -- what I don't understand is how to create the network interface to my wireless card. I'm beginning to wonder if it is something to do with my kernel. I used genkernel -- could I have missed a vital package? if so, how do I get back into genkernel and reinstall that package without recompiling my entire kernel? |
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sonicbhoc
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject: |
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| Google that chipset and see if other linux users have got it running, and with which kernel modules. I always google stuff before I buy it, just to make double-sure it works. |
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pathfinder
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject: |
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there may be a module to load, a driver to know...
my wifi card is a conceptronic 54MBps, so i modprobe rt2570 and i also emerged rt2570
i mean you should find the driver you need for this card.
once loaded, you should see your card.
does it make sense? |
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madey
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| Posted: Fri Dec 01, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject: |
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Of course you have to install drivers, that what I tried to tell you before.
You can find some information here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Gateway_6020#Wireless_.28Broadcom_BCM4318.29
and here:
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Wireless
I have the same hardware and it works perfectly with ndiswrapper (piece of software which makes your system capable to use Win$ drivers) but there are also new, native drivers for this card in kernel. I haven't tested them yet but it is worth to try. Search the gentoo-wiki, there is plenty HOWTO's about this hardware. It is very popular. |
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 5:50 am Post subject: |
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cool... this wiki page helped a lot. thanks for the pointers. I now have an interface to my wireless card, and it is mostly working, though I can't get it to use my encryption key properly. I get the following errors when I start net.wlan0:
| Quote: | Starting wlan0
Configuring wireless network for wlan0
wlan0 does not support setting keys
or the parameter "mac_key_Flat3" or "key_Flat3" is incorrect
WEP key is not set for "Hunee14" - not connecting
WEP key is not set for "XV15" - not connecting
WEP key is not set for "2WIRE081" - not connecting
WEP key is not set for "2WIRE412" - not connecting
WEP key is not set for "2WIRE626" - not connecting
Couldn't associate with any access points on wlan0
Failed to configure wireless for wlan0 |
I'm not sure what is wrong. I don't have access to the contents of my /etc/conf.d/net right now, but I'll post those shortly. |
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Sun Dec 03, 2006 6:01 am Post subject: |
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ahha! still not working, but I do now have internet access through someone else's unprotected wireless network. this will make things much easier.
/etc/conf.d/net:
| Quote: | key_MYESSID="s:password enc open"
preferred_aps=("MYESSID") |
obviously, replacing MYESSID and password with the appropriate values. I'm not sure the format of key_MYESSID is correct. but then, regardless of what format I try, it doesn't seem to make any difference. |
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madey
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edward_scott
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| Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 6:34 am Post subject: |
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I have read those pages, and it doesn't seem to help. I don't know what I am missing.
since this is a distinct problem from that which I started this thread with, I am moving it to its own thread. the initial problem presented here has been solved, so I am going to mark this thread solved. please go to the new discussion to see more details about my current problem with setting the wireless key.
and thanks for the help so far. you guys rock. I'd be lost without you. |
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