ipw3945 not connecting to Access Point
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 thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:2143-6F72-6961-6E64-3036-0000-00 Security mode:open Power Management:off 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 |
please help
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...
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scanning ap's
Ok,
I have made some headway and found that I can run this command Code:
# iwlist eth1 scan |
solved
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... Code:
# system-config-services Code:
#service NetworkManager start |
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