Wireless network card won't connect

[norgo]

Hello Scott,

this looks better
Now we know that an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter is built-in and we got the exactly Vendor:Device Subvendor:Subdevice ID

We compare these ID's [8086:1043] [8086:2527] with the modeinfo output to check whether the loaded module is the right one
and whether we could use the ipw2200 instead.

Result:
ipw2100 is supporting our Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
...
alias: pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002528bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002527bc*sc*i*
alias: pci:v00008086d00001043sv00008086sd00002523bc*sc*i*
...

also we get to know the firmware files:
...
filename: /lib/modules/3.14.55/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2x00/ipw2100.ko
firmware: ipw2100-1.3.fw
firmware: ipw2100-1.3-p.fw
firmware: ipw2100-1.3-i.fw
...

ipw2200 instead doesn't match to our hardware there is no hit. So it wouldn't support this hardware.

This means the right kernel module has been loaded.
You can check this by typing in a terminal: #lsmod | grep ipw2
Now we have to look whether the firmware files are present or not.
And yes they are and to find under:

/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3.fw
/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3-p.fw
/lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3-i.fw

Now type

Code: Select all

#dmesg | tail

to check whether firmware has been loaded.
You should get something like this or similar:

# dmesg | tail
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation
Detected ipw2100 PCI device at 0000:02:0b.0, dev: eth1, mem: 0xD0201000-0xD0201FFF -> 229c4000, irq: 9
eth1: loaded firmware version 1.3
ipw2100: Associated with '22cshepherd' at 11Mbps, channel 6

In this example you can see that the firmware has been loaded too.
In this case you can be optinistic and start a new try under Slacko 6.3.2
I cross the finger.

[Scott99]

I have been able to locate the ipw2100.ko file, but I do not see the firmware files ie /lib/firmware/ipw2100-1.3fw, 1.3-p.fw or 1.3-i.fw. My adapter is able to see my wireless network and others in my neighborhood, but I still can not connect using Slacko 6.3.2. Could I be missing something?

[Scott99]

Here is a screen shot of what I'm finding in my wireless folder. Thanks, Scott

[Sailor Enceladus]

@Scott99: I'm pretty sure your 3 firmware files are there. Try this one

Code: Select all

cd /lib/firmware
ls ipw*

[Scott99]

OK I see them. I just don't understand why the driver does not seem to be loading correctly.

[norgo]

@Scott99

OK I see them...

Excuse me, what shell I do with this information

Please post the result of #dmesg | tail
of course you can redirect output into a file #dmesg | tail > dmesg_output.txt

Make sure that the interface is up.
Try to connect by usage of Frisbee.

[bigpup]

Unless there is some big reason to use Slacko Puppy.

I would try Tahrpup 6.0.5 or Xenialpup 7.5 and see if they work better.

[greengeek]

Hi Scott - when you post images could you use mtpaint (or similar) to reduce their size to 700 pixels wide if possible please? That way they will display on the forum automatically without each user clicking "download". (actually I think even 800 wide is ok...)
cheers!