Thread: The good old wireless problem.. plz any1

helo here!

first have done tonns of research before post or ask.
sadly out of ammo , need lifting hand.

popular intel pro ipw2200 wireless problem.

indeed did research downloaded 3.1 firmware , copy /lib/firmware/.. , there was.. wireless worked!
after tweeking wanted apt-get update... after that.. wireless did not show in wicd network manager.

have try'd everything... formated (gparted) reinstalled 4 times , repeated 3.1 firmware copy make work again.... guess what.. nothing works again.

getting...

root@bt:~# dmesg | grep ipw
[ 15.002828] libipw: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
[ 15.002836] libipw: copyright (c) 2004-2005 intel corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
[ 15.284687] ipw2200: intel(r) pro/wireless 2200/2915 network driver, 1.2.2kmprq
[ 15.284696] ipw2200: copyright(c) 2003-2006 intel corporation
[ 15.284863] ipw2200 0000:02:03.0: pci int -> gsi 17 (level, low) -> irq 17
[ 15.284910] ipw2200: detected intel pro/wireless 2200bg network connection
[ 16.028746] ipw2200: detected geography zzd (13 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)


firmware looks in place

root@bt:~# ls -al /lib/firmware | grep ipw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191154 2009-03-11 21:17 ipw2200-bss.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185428 2009-03-11 21:17 ipw2200-ibss.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187836 2009-03-11 21:17 ipw2200-sniffer.fw
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12007 2009-03-11 21:17 license.ipw2200-fw

eth1 shows up... when doing ifconfig

eth1 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:13:xx:xx:68:42
inet6 addr: fe80::213:ceff:fece:6842/64 scope:link
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:36 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:10512 (10.5 kb)
interrupt:17 base address:0x4000 memory:dfbfd000-dfbfdfff




, iwconfig shows......

root@bt:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

eth1 ieee 802.11bg essid:off/any
mode:managed channel:0 access point: not-associated
bit rate:0 kb/s tx-power=20 dbm sensitivity=8/0
retry limit:7 rts thr:off fragment thr:off
encryption key:off
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:0 missed beacon:0



appreciated!

did use wireless turn off/on button?
sorry asking stupid question

ps: medion laptop?

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