ipw3945 wireless drivers

coplaniuk · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 8:50 am Post subject:

Hey guys...I got the driver working, got the scripts working. I am able to connect to the hub...but I can't ping anything. Any ideas how to troubleshoot?
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VinzC · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:14 pm Post subject:

You should first check you have an IP address:

coplaniuk · Posted: Sat Jul 29, 2006 2:44 pm Post subject:

I do. But would it matter if I assigned it through /etc/conf.d/net (see this post).

Here's the output of ifconfig (formatting is off because I'm typing manually):

coplaniuk · Posted: Sun Jul 30, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject:

Anyone got any ideas?
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Bonkie · Posted: Tue Aug 01, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject:

Im having trouble on new install [Dell inspiron 6400]:

Simplimus · Posted: Wed Aug 02, 2006 5:00 am Post subject: Encryption trouble

Hi, Im using that ipw3945 for my laptop and it works fine in Ubuntu but when I installed Gentoo I ran into troubles. The driver itself works well, however I cannot set any passwords for the card.

pzpz · n00b Joined: 04 Aug 2006 Posts: 3

I'm having the same exact ssue as Simplimus...

...with x86 and ~x86 versions of {ieee80211, ipw3945, ipw3945d, ipw3945-ucode}

My kernel is build with only CONFIG_NET_RADIO.
Any ideas?

Boomer · Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 10:01 pm Post subject:

Simplimus and pzpz,

I've been having the same problem with:

jetsaredim · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 40 Location: North East US

I just got my driver working tonight, but it seems like its losing packets somewhere. I'm only getting a transfer rate when downloading packages of about 20-35K/sec when other notebooks on the same wan get 180K/sec for the same packages. Any thoughts?

neXyon · n00b Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

Hi,

I'm near an access point with WPA-PSK enabled and I'd like to use it, but wpa_supplicant shows an error which confuses me and I've tried EVERYTHING I could think to fix the problem ... no chance :-(

So I hope someone is able to help me here!

VinzC · Posted: Fri Aug 11, 2006 4:18 pm Post subject:

neXyon,

It looks like you have somewhere in your config files something like xxx=MAC:ADDRESS:OF:THE:ACCESS:POINT. Maybe in /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf.
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neXyon · n00b Joined: 11 Aug 2006 Posts: 4

VinzC: no, I don't have that in my wpa_supplicant.conf and anywhere else...

The error

WPA: Failed to set PTK to the driver.

tells me that it is unable to set the thing what is called "pairwise" in the configuration file.
The access point uses TKIP and even if I configure it to CCMP it doesn't work.

My configuration is that simple:

Antek Grzymala

Well, looks like I have another problem with the card. It has been running perfectly until now (with wpa_supplicant in many different networks both WEP and WPA-PSK), now - the introduction of baselayout-1.12.4-r2 breaks my system in a major way (please see the screenshot):

http://chopin.edu.pl/~antoni/kernel_oops.jpg

What happens is that trying to stop the net.eth1 service (eth1 is my ipw3945) gives my system a kernel panic. Don't be fooled by the "process metalog" string in the panic dump. The process mentioned is entirely random and could be "ksoftirqd/1" just as well as any other.

Reverting back to baselayout 1.12.1 fixes mysteriously the problem. This happens both on current stable ipw3945* packages and keyword-masked as well. I tried various 2.6.17.* vanilla kernels as well, no difference.

Any ideas?

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VinzC · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 3:42 am Post subject:

I don't have that problem but I'm running baselayout 1.12.1... So I'm a bit reluctant on testing later versions

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Antek Grzymala · Posted: Sun Aug 13, 2006 4:22 am Post subject:

beatryder · Veteran Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 1138

I have been having a similar problem with my system.
I have a D620. And I get a kernel oops or panic when I shut down.

I will try and post a picture if I can.
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beatryder · Veteran Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 1138

Here is a picture I took of the screen.

http://www.neucode.org/gallery/v/screenshots/hpim0551.jpg.html
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Antek Grzymala · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:04 am Post subject:

Antek Grzymala · Posted: Mon Aug 14, 2006 5:19 am Post subject:

baygins · n00b Joined: 01 Aug 2006 Posts: 29

I wanted to enable monitor and wiretap mode on and have looked at the documentation of the driver. It says,

Antek Grzymala

jetsaredim · n00b Joined: 27 Sep 2003 Posts: 40 Location: North East US

I have a D620 also. I'm running baselayout-1.2.4-r3. I'm not crashing or anything, but I have horrible throughput. I have another notebook on the same wlan that gets 180J/sec and the D620 only gets 20K/sec.

beatryder · Veteran Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 1138

There is a fix for this issue in the above report.
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