Hi all,

This is my first attempt at setting up a wireless connection on my toshiba tecra a7 using a ipw3945 card. I have read many posts and have got this far, but I am not sure why I am not able to connect to the access point.

I cannot see anything in /var/log/messages, but I think the problem might be in my wpa settings. I would appreciate any help to get this problem resolved. Might also help to know that I have an other laptop (running windows XP with the network access set to 'access point preferred')that is currently connected to my AP (D-link 624) and its settings are;

Security: WPA using PSK .... using channel 6.

Below are my settings.

[root@localhost ~]# uname -r
2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp

[root@localhost rpms]# ls
ieee80211-1.2.16-17.fc5.at.i386.rpm
ieee80211-devel-1.2.16-17.fc5.at.i386.rpm
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp-1.2.16-17.fc5.at.i686.rpm
ipw3945-1.2.0-18.2.fc5.at.i386.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.i386.rpm
ipw3945-firmware-1.13-1.noarch.rpm
ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp-1.2.0-18.2.fc5.at.i686.rpm
ipw3945-ucode-1.14.2-4.at.noarch.rpm
wpa_supplicant-0.4.9-1.fc5.i386.rpm
wpa_supplicant-gui-0.4.9-1.fc5.i386.rpm

[root@localhost ~]# dmesg | grep PRO
Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.1.9-k4-NAPI
e1000: eth0: e1000_probe: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Connection
ipw3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux, 1.2.0d
ipw3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection

[root@localhost ~]# lspci | grep Network
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Unknown device 4222 (rev 02)

[root@localhost ~]# lsmod | grep ipw3945
ipw3945 190248 1
ieee80211 47596 1 ipw3945

[root@localhost ~]# modinfo ipw3945
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp/updates/drivers/net/wireless/ipw3945.ko
description: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945 Network Connection driver for Linux
version: 1.2.0d
author: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
license: GPL
vermagic: 2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1depends:
alias: pci:v00008086d00004222sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d00004227sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
srcversion: 50BCF40AD276E98D7DA8E93
parm: mode:network mode (0=BSS,1=IBSS) (int)
parm: channel:channel to limit associate to (default 0 [ANY]) (int)
parm: debug:debug output mask (int)
parm: led:enable led control (default 1 on)
(int)
parm: auto_create:auto create adhoc network (default 1 on) (int)
parm: associate:auto associate when scanning (default 0 off) (int)
parm: disable:manually disable the radio (default 0 [radio on]) (int)
parm: antenna:select antenna (1=Main, 2=Aux, default 0 [both]) (int

[root@localhost ~]# modinfo ieee80211
filename: /lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp/updates/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko
license: GPL
author: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
description: 802.11 data/management/control stack
version: 1.2.16
srcversion: 07B144E43C8BC3556881DB4
depends: ieee80211_crypt
vermagic: 2.6.18-1.2257.fc5smp SMP mod_unload 686 REGPARM 4KSTACKS gcc-4.1parm: debug:debug output mask (int)

[root@localhost rpms]# ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
inet addr:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Bcast:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX Mask:XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:4572 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:494 (494.0 b)
Interrupt:185 Base address:0xa000 Memory:da000000-da000fff

[root@localhost rpms]# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
# Intel Corporation Wireless PRO 3945ABG Adapter
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
ONBOOT=yes
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
USERCTL=no
IPV6INIT=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX
TYPE=Wireless
MODE=Auto
Rate=Auto
PEERNTP=no
DOMAIN=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
RATE=0
ESSID=myssid
CHANNEL=6

[root@localhost rpms]# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=wheel

network={
ssid="myssid"
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
psk=9695dde7acae8f1262d11849113f5e1d0c4f25f2b7b7e07d1cbe8a5ccdd77e93
}

[root@localhost rpms]# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...

eth1 unassociated ESSID:"myssid" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.437 GHz Access Point: XX:XX:XX:XX.XX
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
Retry limit:15 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption key:2143-6F72-6961-6E64-3036-0000-00 Security modepen
Power Managementff
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:5049 Missed beacon:0

[root@localhost rpms]# ps aux | grep ipw3945
root 929 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 08:48 0:00 [ipw3945/0]
root 930 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 08:48 0:00 [ipw3945/1]
root 932 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 08:48 0:00 [ipw3945/0]
root 933 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? S< 08:48 0:00 [ipw3945/1]
root 2062 0.0 0.0 1652 400 ? S 08:49 0:01 /sbin/ipw3945d --quiet --timeout=-1

Is there anyone out there that is able to shed some light into the current problem that I am having? Any bit of information could help me to solve my issue...

Ok,

I have made some headway and found that I can run this command
Could any point me in the correct direction in order to get autheticated with the above mentioned AP.

Hi all,

I finally go this going!!!.... all the above steps seemed to have helped to connect to the AP. The NetworkManager was the key for me to get this going!!! Here what I did...

and enabled the NetworkManager and NetworkManagerDispatcher, the "File" and save... once back at the prompt...
Then from the desktop access the network manager icon from the top right hand corner and select the wireless network you need to access, ofcourse configure any settings i.e. type of encryption and keys and thats it!!!