[Question]ipw2200 on Debian Sarge 3.1.r0a

shogun1234 · 09-17-2005, 03:50 AM

Lately I install ipw2200 on Debain Sarge 3.1 r0a. The hardware is HP NC6230 (laptop).
However, after software installed, seemly the networking still don't work at all.
So I check the syslog (/var/log/syslog), as follow:

Code:

Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295849.956000] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295849.971000] ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.018000] ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.0.2
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.018000] ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.094000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.6
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.094000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.095000] ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 21 (level, low) -> IRQ 21
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_pci_probe pci_resource_len = 0x00001000
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_pci_probe pci_resource_base = f8aaa000
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_sw_reset Hardware crypto [on]
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.096000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.245000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-boot.fw' file v2.0 (6464 bytes)
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.296000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-bss_ucode.fw' file v2.0 (16326 bytes)
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.339000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-bss.fw' file v2.0 (166952 bytes)
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.393000] ipw2200: U ipw_load initial device response after 10ms
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.393000] ipw2200: U ipw_stop_master stop master 0ms
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.414000] ipw2200: U ipw_load_ucode Microcode OK, rev. 53594 (0xd15a) dev. 3 (0x3) of 11/22/04 20:27
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.471000] ipw2200: U ipw_load device response after 50ms
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.484000] ipw2200: U ipw_eeprom_init_sram Writing EEPROM data into SRAM
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.485000] ipw2200: U ipw_up Geography 000 [ZZM] detected.
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.485000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Sep 17 16:43:17  kernel: [4295850.485000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.

and `dmesg | grep ipw2200` looks like

Code:

[4295850.094000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.6
[4295850.094000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
[4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_pci_probe pci_resource_len = 0x00001000
[4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_pci_probe pci_resource_base = f8aaa000
[4295850.096000] ipw2200: U ipw_sw_reset Hardware crypto [on]
[4295850.096000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
[4295850.245000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-boot.fw' file v2.0 (6464 bytes)
[4295850.296000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-bss_ucode.fw' file v2.0 (16326 bytes)
[4295850.339000] ipw2200: U ipw_get_fw Loading firmware 'ipw-2.3-bss.fw' file v2.0 (166952 bytes)
[4295850.393000] ipw2200: U ipw_load initial device response after 10ms
[4295850.393000] ipw2200: U ipw_stop_master stop master 0ms
[4295850.414000] ipw2200: U ipw_load_ucode Microcode OK, rev. 53594 (0xd15a) dev. 3 (0x3) of 11/22/04 20:27
[4295850.471000] ipw2200: U ipw_load device response after 50ms
[4295850.484000] ipw2200: U ipw_eeprom_init_sram Writing EEPROM data into SRAM
[4295850.485000] ipw2200: U ipw_up Geography 000 [ZZM] detected.
[4295850.485000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
[4295948.407000] ipw2200: U ipw_net_open dev->open

I can't find error message. (maybe I'm wrong. If so, please tell me; )
and the file interfaces looks like

Code:

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.123
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.0.1

auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static
        address 192.168.0.124
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        gateway 192.168.0.1

where do i go wrong?

Or what may be the possible problem it comes from?

I appreciate any suggestion, sincerely.

P.S.: kernel I manually update to 2.6.12.4. ipw2200 version is 1.0.6 (firmware 2.3). ieee 80211 version is 1.0.2.

Hangdog42 · 09-17-2005, 11:58 AM

Quote:

ep 17 16:43:17 kernel: [4295850.485000] Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.

This is probably the source of the problem. According to this thread you aren't alone. If I'm reading the thread correctly you either need to mess with the card settings in BIOS or you need to install the rfswitch software.

shogun1234 · 10-06-2005, 10:08 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Hangdog42
This is probably the source of the problem. According to this thread you aren't alone. If I'm reading the thread correctly you either need to mess with the card settings in BIOS or you need to install the rfswitch software.

thanks your reply.
yet after trying several strategies, i still failed to get it (ipw2200) worked.
for it still issues message in /var/log/syslog with

Code:

 ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.

i have rfswitch installed already.

Code:

 pbe5: Radio turned ON
fsam7400: SW RF kill switch for Fujitsu Siemens Amilo M 7400, v0.4.0
 fsam7400: Copyright(c) 2004 zwobbl ;)
 fsam7400: physical memory f0000-100000 mapped to virtual address c00f0000
 fsam7400: no supported wireless hardware found

the message appears just right after the ipw2200.

and i enter to the bios setup mode to test few possibilities.

however, it looks like useless.

the hardware i use is HP NC 6230.

Would anyone can tell me what else i can do in order to get ipw2200 worked? or where there's resource (related to hardware/ bios are welcome 2) [the manual shipped with the product doesn't talk too much about this]?

i appreciate any suggestion, sincerely.
arsene

neowarez · 10-19-2005, 10:54 AM

Well.. I have that problem too.. what I do to resolve it is to go to /etc/discover.conf and remove de boot all line.. So only hotplug daemon will load de modules.. and then voila.. it works..

If you want to test if it works only do this..

modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

after the system reload the module this line "ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:" will desapear and then you can use wireless.. however I have a problem to connecting to WEP APs and I dont know how to resolve.. it..

I hope it helps you..

And sorry for my bad english..

shogun1234 · 10-26-2005, 10:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by neowarez
Well.. I have that problem too.. what I do to resolve it is to go to /etc/discover.conf and remove de boot all line.. So only hotplug daemon will load de modules.. and then voila.. it works..

If you want to test if it works only do this..

modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

after the system reload the module this line "ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:" will desapear and then you can use wireless.. however I have a problem to connecting to WEP APs and I dont know how to resolve.. it..

I hope it helps you..

And sorry for my bad english..

After reading your post, I tried to remove the line

Code:

boot all

in the /etc/discover.conf. but it seemly did't work.

I was still able to see the line
[code]
ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On
[code]
in the /var/log/syslog, even though I removed the syslog and rebooted it again.

Nevertheless, I appreciate your reply, sincerely; )

netox · 11-02-2005, 02:21 PM

Ok. I stumbled upon this thread after getting the same "ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch Is On:" message.
After wrecking my brain thinking about what could be causing this and trying different things and none of them working, I decided to think about what I had done recently that might've involved changing networking settings.
I have a dual boot system and I wanted to move things from my linux partition to my NTFS partition. I do this by moving the files to a samba share on my desktop machine, and then booting to Windows and moving them from the samba share to the NTFS partition. Since it was a pretty big load, I wanted to do it through the ethernet interface 'cause it would take hours through wireless. So I remembered I had deactivated the wireless card under Windows to activate the ethernet card. I booted back to Windows, activated the wireless card, and booted back to Linux.

Problem solved.

It seems that the card stays deactivated regardless of the operating system, once you've turned it off under Windows. Apparently it's a hardware setting, and not an OS setting. So, as simple as it is, this was the reason for my problem, and that was the simple solution.
Maybe more people have been in the same situation.
I hope this helps.

shogun1234 · 11-06-2005, 09:14 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by netox
Ok. I stumbled upon this thread after getting the same "ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch Is On:" message.
After wrecking my brain thinking about what could be causing this and trying different things and none of them working, I decided to think about what I had done recently that might've involved changing networking settings.
I have a dual boot system and I wanted to move things from my linux partition to my NTFS partition. I do this by moving the files to a samba share on my desktop machine, and then booting to Windows and moving them from the samba share to the NTFS partition. Since it was a pretty big load, I wanted to do it through the ethernet interface 'cause it would take hours through wireless. So I remembered I had deactivated the wireless card under Windows to activate the ethernet card. I booted back to Windows, activated the wireless card, and booted back to Linux.

Problem solved.

It seems that the card stays deactivated regardless of the operating system, once you've turned it off under Windows. Apparently it's a hardware setting, and not an OS setting. So, as simple as it is, this was the reason for my problem, and that was the simple solution.
Maybe more people have been in the same situation.
I hope this helps.

Maybe I should ask this question on the hardware forum.
Thanks your reaply.
I appreciate it.; )

agoln · 11-07-2005, 02:28 AM

you do have the wireless turned on in the hardware, right?

Like, the light for the wireless in the lower left is lit up?

If not, there is something like function+F2 (or similar) that turns wireless on/off

nx5000 · 11-07-2005, 10:15 AM

Maybe there is also an intersting file:
ls -l /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0*/rf_kill

I did not really looked at it because I have no problem but I remembered playing with this.

hope it helps

shogun1234 · 11-27-2005, 10:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by agoln
you do have the wireless turned on in the hardware, right?

Like, the light for the wireless in the lower left is lit up?

If not, there is something like function+F2 (or similar) that turns wireless on/off

Yes, I did see that the light is on after operating system successfully starting up. However, if I push that button (button to activate and disactivate the centrino) to turn the light off. Then, I cannot turn it on again. (the light is always off)

Does it mater? What should I do?

I appreciate your reply.

shogun1234 · 11-27-2005, 10:12 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by nx5000
Maybe there is also an intersting file:
ls -l /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0*/rf_kill

I did not really looked at it because I have no problem but I remembered playing with this.

hope it helps

It represents as '2' when using command 'cat'.

Sholuld I change the value of this file?

shogun1234 · 11-27-2005, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by shogun1234
Yes, I did see that the light is on after operating system successfully starting up. However, if I push that button (button to activate and disactivate the centrino) to turn the light off. Then, I cannot turn it on again. (the light is always off)

Does it mater? What should I do?

I appreciate your reply.

By the way, I try to use command '/etc/init.d/networking restart' to test weather I am able to get the IP address when the wireless light is on. It, then, appears the following message.

Code:

Setting up IP spoofing protection: rp_filter.
Reconfiguring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already configured
Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
    SET failed on device wlan0 ; No such device.
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sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
wlan0: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
sit0: unknown hardware address type 776
Bind socket to interface: No such device
exiting.
Failed to bring up wlan0.

and my interfaces seeting for wireless is

Code:

auto wlan0
iface wlan0 inet dhcp
        wireless_mode   Managed
        wireless_essid  Wireless
        wireless_channel        Auto

Because the action I did to obtain the IP was when the light was on, does it mean that it's only the problem of the wireless setting in interfaces file?

nx5000 · 11-28-2005, 04:04 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by shogun1234
It represents as '2' when using command 'cat'.

Sholuld I change the value of this file?

2 means HW based RF kill active => Wifi is off.

Try to put 0 in it?

shogun1234 · 11-28-2005, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by nx5000
2 means HW based RF kill active => Wifi is off.

Try to put 0 in it?

It seems that the value is fixed at '2', though it can be increased by 1 with command

Code:

echo 1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:04.0/rf_kill

or decreased by 1 with

Code:

echo -1 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:04.0/rf_kill

but I can't change its value to 0, by, for instance, command like

Code:

when the value is 2
echo -2 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:04.0/rf_kill

echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:02:04.0/rf_kill

What should I do to put 0 in it?

Thanks your reply, I appreciate it.