iwconfig command not found

[Cypher0117]

Hello to all, this is my first post and my first real try at gentoo. I've successfully installed gentoo from the 2008 live cd and have been trying to get my wireless card to work

my wireless card uses the driver iwl4965 which i have compiled into the kernel.

I can type ifconfig -a into the terminal and i see a wlan0 connection (not currently connected to anything) but when i type iwconfig i get "command not found"

I have installed wpa_supplicant correctly (i hope/think) but i was wondering what else needs to be done. My router is WPA-PSK hidden network.

I am very new to gentoo so i know there is more information needed but i don't know the commands yet to provide this to you so if anyone can help that would be greatly appreciated

[notmynormalself]

You need to emerge net-wireless/wireless-tools

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emerge -av net-wireless/wireless-tools

[Cypher0117]

You need to emerge net-wireless/wireless-tools

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emerge -av net-wireless/wireless-tools

that solved the iwconfig command not found but i am still unable to connect to my router.

when i entered in iwconfig my wlan0 connection had the correct essid but nothing else seemed to be correct

[d2_racing]

Hi, I can help you wilh that, can you post this plz :

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# update-pciids
# lspci
# emerge --info
# iwconfig
# ifconfig -a

[Cypher0117]

Result for update-pciids

% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 156k 100 156k 0 0 354k 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 746k
Done.


Result for lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub (rev 0c)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 PCI Express Root Port (rev 0c)
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82566MM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801HBM (ICH8M-E) LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 82801HBM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation Quadro FX 570M (rev a1)
02:06.0 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
02:06.1 CardBus bridge: Ricoh Co Ltd RL5c476 II (rev b9)
02:06.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C832 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 03)
02:06.3 SD Host controller: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C822 SD/SDIO/MMC/MS/MSPro Host Adapter (rev 20)
02:06.4 System peripheral: Ricoh Co Ltd R5C843 MMC Host Controller (rev 10)
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN [Kedron] Network Connection (rev 61)

result for emerge –info

Portage 2.1.4.5 (default/linux/x86/2008.0, gcc-4.1.2, glibc-2.6.1-r0, 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 i686)
=================================================================
System uname: 2.6.26-gentoo-r4 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T9300 @ 2.50GHz
Timestamp of tree: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 08:05:01 +0000
app-shells/bash: 3.2_p17-r1
dev-java/java-config: 1.3.7-r1, 2.1.6-r1
dev-lang/python: 2.4.4-r13, 2.5.2-r7
dev-python/pycrypto: 2.0.1-r6
dev-util/cmake: 2.4.6-r1
sys-apps/baselayout: 1.12.11.1
sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.18.1-r2
sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.61-r1
sys-devel/automake: 1.5, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r2, 1.10.1
sys-devel/binutils: 2.18-r1
sys-devel/gcc-config: 1.4.0-r4
sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.24
virtual/os-headers: 2.6.23-r3
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86"
CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CFLAGS="-march=prescott -02 -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer"
CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu"
CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /var/lib/hsqldb"
CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/env.d /etc/env.d/java/ /etc/fonts/fonts.conf /etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/udev/rules.d"
CXXFLAGS=""
DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles"
FEATURES="distlocks metadata-transfer sandbox sfperms strict unmerge-orphans userfetch"
GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://distfiles.gentoo.org http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/dis ... ons/gentoo"
LANG="C"
LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1"
MAKEOPTS="-j3"
PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages"
PORTAGE_RSYNC_OPTS="--recursive --links --safe-links --perms --times --compress --force --whole-file --delete --stats --timeout=180 --exclude=/distfiles --exclude=/local --exclude=/packages"
PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp"
PORTDIR="/usr/portage"
SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage"
USE="X a52 aac aalib acl acpi alsa arts atmo avahi berkdb bidi bluetooth bzip2 cdda cddb cdio cdparanoia cdr cdrw cli cracklib crypt css cups dbus dc1394 debug dirac directfb dri dts dvb dvd dvdr dvdread dvdrw equalizer esd fbcon ffmpeg firefox flac fluidsynth fontconfig fortran ftp gdbm ggi gnome gnutls gpm gtk hal httpd iconv id3tag ieee1394 imagemagick ipod ipv6 ipw4965 isdnlog jack java javascript jpeg kate lame libass libcaca libnotify libsexy libsysfs libv4l2lirc ligbcrypt live lua mad matroska midi mmx modplug mp3 mpeg mudflap musepack mythtv ncurses nls nptl nptlonly nsplugin ogg opengl openmp optimisememory oss pam pcre perl png pppd pulseaudio pvr python qt3 qt4 qtk raw readline reflection session spl sqlite ssl suid sysfs tcpd theora unicode vorbis x86 xine xorg xv xvid zlib" ALSA_CARDS="ali5451 als4000 atiixp atiixp-modem bt87x ca0106 cmipci emu10k1 emu10k1x ens1370 ens1371 es1938 es1968 fm801 hda-intel intel8x0 intel8x0m maestro3 trident usb-audio via82xx via82xx-modem ymfpci" ALSA_PCM_PLUGINS="adpcm alaw asym copy dmix dshare dsnoop empty extplug file hooks iec958 ioplug ladspa lfloat linear meter mmap_emul mulaw multi null plug rate route share shm softvol" APACHE2_MODULES="actions alias auth_basic authn_alias authn_anon authn_dbm authn_default authn_file authz_dbm authz_default authz_groupfile authz_host authz_owner authz_user autoindex cache dav dav_fs dav_lock deflate dir disk_cache env expires ext_filter file_cache filter headers include info log_config logio mem_cache mime mime_magic negotiation rewrite setenvif speling status unique_id userdir usertrack vhost_alias" ELIBC="glibc" INPUT_DEVICES="keyboard mouse evdev" KERNEL="linux" LCD_DEVICES="bayrad cfontz cfontz633 glk hd44780 lb216 lcdm001 mtxorb ncurses text" USERLAND="GNU" VIDEO_CARDS="fbdev glint i810 intel mach64 mga neomagic nv r128 radeon savage sis tdfx trident vesa vga via vmware voodoo"
Unset: CPPFLAGS, CTARGET, EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS, FFLAGS, INSTALL_MASK, LC_ALL, LINGUAS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS, PORTAGE_COMPRESS_FLAGS, PORTAGE_RSYNC_EXTRA_OPTS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY

result for iwconfig

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wmaster0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"my_network"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=14 dBm
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr=2352 B
Encryption key: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:0 Missed beacon:0

sit0 no wireless extensions.


result for ifconfig

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1F:29:7C:96:0E
inet addr:192.168.0.155 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21ffe7c:960e/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:379 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:241 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:483870 (472.5 Kb) TX bytes:16637 (16.2 Kb)
Memory:e8000000-e8020000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:392 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:29120 (28.4 Kb) TX bytes:29120 (28.4 Kb)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:5C:05:95:5F
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-21-5C-05-95-5F-38-80-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

[d2_racing]

Hi, I see that you have the wlan0 interface, so you need to post this plz :

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# emerge -av iwl4965-ucode
# iwlist scan
# cat /etc/conf.d/net
# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

[Cypher0117]

iwl4965-ucode is alread install and is version 4.44.1.20

Result for iwlist scan

wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:3F:E7:FA:0B
ESSID:"polkadotty"
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=38/100 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000ba384c13ae6
Cell 02 - Address: 00:18:F8:4E:DD:27
ESSID:"LKK"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=69/100 Signal level=-64 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000107d71179bf

it sees my network
Cell 03 - Address: 00:19:5B:25:51:01
ESSID:"my_network"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=90/100 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000064c2f11e0d


Cell 04 - Address: 00:15:E9:62:43:C2
ESSID:"teradactyl"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=58/100 Signal level=-73 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000784c48fffe
Cell 05 - Address: 00:40:F4:FD:8D:F0
ESSID:"zulu"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=45/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000007c9bfa726
Cell 06 - Address: 00:19:5B:25:51:01
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=90/100 Signal level=-41 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000064c2f0b181
Cell 07 - Address: 00:0F:B5:21:AE:4A
ESSID:"Go Buckeyes"
Mode:Master
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=65/100 Signal level=-68 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000008dcd686c5a
Cell 08 - Address: 00:1C:B3:AD:40:5B
ESSID:"JDM"
Mode:Master
Channel:9
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000035eebd180
Cell 09 - Address: 00:09:5B:DA:7B:1A
ESSID:"Tbow"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=67/100 Signal level=-66 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000006d1dac5185
Cell 10 - Address: 00:11:D8:EE:C6:87
ESSID:"mattkarow"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=74/100 Signal level=-60 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000000409f6a1e6e
Cell 11 - Address: 00:1B:2F:62:E2:5A
ESSID:"FAVRE"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=78/100 Signal level=-56 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000001261f565bd
Cell 12 - Address: 00:22:3F:3A:AC:44
ESSID:"Blap"
Mode:Master
Channel:11
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=48/100 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : CCMP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Preauthentication Supported
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=0000000eaa160dc3
Cell 13 - Address: 00:1E:E5:36:C3:0C
ESSID:"poo-nanny"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=38/100 Signal level=-86 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000179263e4381
Cell 14 - Address: 00:18:39:6F:8E:52
ESSID:"linksys-3062"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=45/100 Signal level=-82 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000066131c1493
Cell 15 - Address: 00:1C:10:44:DE:20
ESSID:"Red Heads"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=63/100 Signal level=-69 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=000005216378e949

My /etc/conf.d/net file

# This blank configuration will automatically use DHCP for any net.*
# scripts in /etc/init.d. To create a more complete configuration,
# please review /etc/conf.d/net.example and save your configuration
# in /etc/conf.d/net (this file :]!).
config_eth0=("dhcp")
dhcp_eth0="nodns nontp nonis"

modules=( "wpa_supplicant" )
wpa_supplicant_wlan0_="-Dwext"
config_wlan0=( "dhcp" )

my wpa_suppicant.conf file

# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=2

network={
ssid="my_network"
scan_ssid=1
proto=RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
group=CCMP
pairwise=CCMP
psk="bgdoomkey1712"
priority=5
}

[d2_racing]

Hi, your /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf should be like this :

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my wpa_suppicant.conf file

# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.

ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
ctrl_interface_group=0
ap_scan=2

network={
ssid="my_network"
scan_ssid=1
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="bgdoomkey1712"
priority=5
}

You have a WPA version 1 with TKIP, so you need to enable this too

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Cell 03 - Address: 00:19:5B:25:51:01
ESSID:"my_network"
Mode:Master
Channel:6
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=90/100 Signal level=-42 dBm Noise level=-127 dBm
Encryption key:on
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:tsf=00000064c2f11e0d 

By the way, if you can you should use WPA2 with the AES encryption.

[Cypher0117]

when i try to connect to my router with the following command

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wpa_supplicant -Dwext -iwlan0 -c/etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf

i get the following:

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ioctrl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported
WEXT auth param 4 value 0x0 - Trying to associate with SSID "my_network"
Authentication with 00:00:00:00:00:00 timed out.

I have noticed that there is no file /var/run/wpa_supplicant. Was i supposed to create this at one point?

My routers mac address is not all 0's so i don't think its looking at the right thing

can anyone tell me what i'm doing wrong?

[d2_racing]

Hi, if you want to connect, you need to connect like this :

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# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start

If you don't have net.wlan0, then run this :

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# cd /etc/init.d
# ln -sfn net.lo net.wlan0

[d2_racing]

Also, maybe you should change your SSID to mynetwork instead.

I'm not sure that the wpa_supplicant like the "_" character.

[Cypher0117]

i ran the code

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/etc/init.d/net.wlan0

and everything seemed to start fine but it didn't connect me to my network regardless if i had the "_" in my network name or not

[d2_racing]

Ok, run this plz :

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# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
# dmesg | tail
# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig

[Cypher0117]

d2_racing thanks for all your help so far

as per your last post

/etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start

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* Starting wlan0 
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device 
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device 
 *   Starting wpa_supplicant on wlan0 ... 
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device 
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device 
Could not set interface 'wlan0' UP 
ioctl[SIOCSIWAUTH]: Operation not supported                                                                                                                                                    [ ok ]th param 4 value 0x0 - 
 *   Starting wpa_cli on wlan0 ...                                                                                                                                                      [ ok ] 
 *     Backgrounding ... 

dmesg | tail

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iwl4965: Radio disabled by SW RF kill (module parameter) 
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 disabled 
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:10:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 
PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:10:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100002, writing 100006) 
iwl4965: Radio disabled by SW RF kill (module parameter) 
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 disabled 
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:10:00.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17 
PM: Writing back config space on device 0000:10:00.0 at offset 1 (was 100002, writing 100006) 
iwl4965: Radio disabled by SW RF kill (module parameter) 
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 disabled 

ifconfig -a

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eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1F:29:7C:96:0E  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1 
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) 
          Memory:e8000000-e8020000 

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0 
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host 
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1 
          RX packets:148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
          TX packets:148 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:10512 (10.2 Kb)  TX bytes:10512 (10.2 Kb) 

sit0      Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4  
          NOARP  MTU:1480  Metric:1 
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) 

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:21:5C:05:95:5F  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1 
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) 

wmaster0  Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-21-5C-05-95-5F-38-80-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1 
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b) 

just "ifconfig" returned the loopback (lo) only

[d2_racing]

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iwl4965: Radio disabled by SW RF kill (module parameter)
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:10:00.0 disabled 

Can you double check that your Wifi switch on the side of your laptop is enable ?

[Cypher0117]

Can you double check that your Wifi switch on the side of your laptop is enable ?

It's not a switch, it's a touchbutton and the light is on. I thought of this too a while back and just now tried it with the light on and off with the same results

[d2_racing]

Ok, can you double check that :

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# cd /etc/init.d
# ls -la

Also, double check your kernel to see if you have this :

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Networking Support
<*>   RF switch subsystem support  --->  
--- RF switch subsystem support                                                                                                 
    <M>   Input layer to RF switch connector  

Wireless LAN
-M- Intel Wireless Wifi Core
[*] Iwlwifi RF kill support                                                                                                        
[ ] Enable full debugging output in iwlagn driver (NEW)                                                             
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN                                                                                   
[ ]   Enable Spectrum Measurement in iwlagn driver (NEW)                                                      
[ ]   Enable LEDS features in iwlagn driver                                                                              
[*]   Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN         

[d2_racing]

Double check only the

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Networking Support
<*>   RF switch subsystem support  --->  
--- RF switch subsystem support                                                                                                 
    <M>   Input layer to RF switch connector  

since you use the kernel 2.6.26

[Cypher0117]

ls -la

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total 272 
drwxr-xr-x  2 root root  4096 Dec 29 14:47 . 
drwxr-xr-x 60 root root  4096 Dec 29 16:01 .. 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6557 Dec 24 00:57 alsasound 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5765 Dec 24 01:19 alsasound.new 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   451 Dec 26 00:30 avahi-daemon 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   445 Dec 26 00:30 avahi-dnsconfd 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3661 Apr 26  2008 bootmisc 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1188 Apr 26  2008 checkfs 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3226 Apr 26  2008 checkroot 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3054 Apr 26  2008 clock 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1429 Apr 26  2008 consolefont 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   540 Dec 23 11:25 consolekit 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1722 Jun 15  2008 crypto-loop 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   286 Dec 23 12:04 cupsd 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1152 Dec 23 04:12 dbus 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    21 Dec 20 20:19 depscan.sh -> ../../sbin/depscan.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   628 Dec 23 03:18 device-mapper 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   660 Dec 23 04:00 dmcrypt 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   547 Dec 23 03:18 dmeventd 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   993 Dec 25 23:42 esound 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    23 Dec 20 20:19 functions.sh -> ../../sbin/functions.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   951 Apr 26  2008 gpm 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1111 Dec 23 12:03 hald 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  5606 Apr 26  2008 halt.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   433 Apr 26  2008 hostname 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   464 Dec 24 02:08 hsqldb 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1874 Apr 26  2008 keymaps 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   620 Apr 26  2008 local 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2088 Apr 26  2008 localmount 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2947 Apr 26  2008 modules 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 10661 Dec 25 23:40 mysql 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  6632 Dec 25 23:40 mysqlmanager 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 30696 Dec 24 21:47 net.eth0 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 30696 Apr 26  2008 net.lo 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root     6 Dec 29 14:47 net.wlan0 -> net.lo 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  3311 Apr 26  2008 netmount 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1566 Apr 26  2008 nscd 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   670 Apr 26  2008 numlock 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   569 Jun 15  2008 pydoc-2.4 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   666 Dec 26 00:00 pydoc-2.5 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   304 Apr 26  2008 reboot.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   276 Apr 26  2008 rmnologin 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   558 Apr 26  2008 rsyncd 
lrwxrwxrwx  1 root root    23 Dec 20 20:19 runscript.sh -> ../../sbin/runscript.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   385 Apr 26  2008 shutdown.sh 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  2114 Apr 26  2008 sshd 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root  1894 Dec 20 22:11 syslog-ng 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   508 Apr 26  2008 udev-postmount 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   942 Apr 26  2008 urandom 
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   530 Dec 20 22:11 vixie-cron 

I double checked my kernel and had everything included that you showed. I don't think it matters but i don't have the "Input layer to RF switch connector" as a modules but rather i have it included into the kernel (*)

[d2_racing]

Ok, then if you have a problem with your switch, can you remove all that from your kernel and recompile it and reboot ?

[Cypher0117]

Ok, then if you have a problem with your switch, can you remove all that from your kernel and recompile it and reboot ?

i cannot deselect the RF switch subsystem support or Input layer to RF switch connector

[d2_racing]

I see that, maybe you should switch to the kernel 2.6.27.

[Cypher0117]

I see that, maybe you should switch to the kernel 2.6.27.

would you be able to point me to a good how-to to upgrade my kernel?

[d2_racing]

Here's a good one :

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# emerge --sync
# emerge -auDNv world

With that you will update your box and I'm sure that you will have a kernel 2.6.27 somewhere.

After that you need to post that :

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# cd /usr/src
# ls -la

With the content of that, I will give you the instruction to update your kernel the Gentoo way

[d2_racing]

Do update your kernel, here what you have to do :

Copy your current config into the most recent kernel

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# cd /usr/src/linux
# cp .config /usr/src/linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7

Update the linux link :

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# cd /usr/src
# ln -sfn linux-2.6.27-gentoo-r7 /usr/src/linux
# ls- la

Update your config from the kernel 2.6.26 to the version 2.6.27

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# cd /usr/src/linux
# make oldconfig

If you answer the questions, you will see a new driver iwlagn.

You can answer the default answer by pressing enter, because you will need to double check your kernel again with this :

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# cd /usr/src/linux
# make menuconfig

Now make sure that your have this :

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Networking Support
<*>   RF switch subsystem support  ---> 
--- RF switch subsystem support                                                                                                 
    <M>   Input layer to RF switch connector 

Wireless LAN
-M- Intel Wireless Wifi Core
[*] Iwlwifi RF kill support                                                                                                       
[ ] Enable full debugging output in iwlagn driver (NEW)                                                             
<M> Intel Wireless WiFi Next Gen AGN                                                                                   
[ ]   Enable Spectrum Measurement in iwlagn driver (NEW)                                                     
[ ]   Enable LEDS features in iwlagn driver                                                                             
[*]   Intel Wireless WiFi 4965AGN          

After that recompile your kernel :

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# cd /usr/src/linux
# time make && make modules_install

Copy your bzImage inside /boot :

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# cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.27-Gentoo-r7
# cp .config /boot/config-2.6.27-Gentoo-r7.config
# cp System.map /boot
# nano /boot/grub/grub.conf

After that, since you use the kernel 2.6.27, make sure that you use the most recent firmware for your iwl4965 :

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# echo "=iwl4965-ucode-228.57.2.21 ~x86" >> /etc/portage/package.keywords
# emerge -av iwl4965-ucode

Now reboot your box.

And post this :

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# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig
# lsmod
# /etc/init.d/net.wlan0 start
# dmesg | tail
# ifconfig -a
# iwconfig
# wpa_cli status

I'm not sure, but the iwl4965 is long gone, because now the kernel use iwlagn I think.