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lanzendorfermartin
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 Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 1:15 pm Post subject: getting wifi (ipw?) on Toshiba Portege M750-10G laptop |
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I tried to read guides and everything, but I am running in circles and need help.
Goal: Want wifi working.
Problem: iwconfig do not see anything:
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nb301b ~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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Hw: Toshiba Portege M750-10G, I think this should have Intel wifi card with ipw2200 driver, but I am not sure anymore.
So the first question: how to find out what drivers I really need?
lspci gives:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:03.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset MEI Controller (rev 07)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 4232
03:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev ba)
03:0b.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 04)
03:0b.2 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 21)
03:0b.3 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 11)
03:0b.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C592 Memory Stick Bus Host Adapter (rev 11)
03:0b.5 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd xD-Picture Card Controller (rev 11)
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Looks like 01:00.0 "Intel Device 4232" is the only choice, but what lshw gives is confusing for me:
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*-network UNCLAIMED
description: Network controller
product: Intel Corporation
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
version: 00
width: 64 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: latency=0
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Is it really there? (It is  . I have no problems under msWindows)
Kernel: 2.6.27-gentoo-r7, CONFIG_IPW2100=m, CONFIG_IPW2200=m, CONFIG_IEEE80211=m (I tried to play with these, but with no success... ). Running the drivers gives no problems, but it also has no effect.
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~ # modprobe ieee80211
~ # modprobe ipw2200
~ # dmesg | tail
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kdq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
~ # iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
ifb0 no wireless extensions.
ifb1 no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
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I do not know what to look at, please give me a hint and say what info should I post here. |
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Monkeh
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| Posted: Mon May 25, 2009 3:51 pm Post subject: |
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| That's a 5100, not a 2200. You need iwlagn from a recent kernel, and net-wireless/iwl5000-ucode. |
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lanzendorfermartin
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| Posted: Mon Jun 01, 2009 1:58 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks a lot, that helped in a few seconds.
Now I see the card, but still I am not able to scan.
Before asking for further help, I'll try to upgrade to the recent kernel and play a bit with wpa_supplicant...
not today, however. 
Still I would like to ask:
How should I have known that? Was there any easy way to find out (except asking here)?
Thanks, Martin. |
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