Hi,
I still cannot make my Intel wireless card work under
kernel 2.6.14. Wireless works fine with 2.6.12.6, but not
with 2.6.13.x or 2.6.14.
I have a Dell Inspiron 510m with built-in wireless, for which
the ipw2100 driver is appropriate. I have followed the advice
in the Wiki for ipw2100-with-2.6.14 and taken some extra steps,
but still nothing.
Here are the relevant outputs from dmesg.
2.6.14 (fails)
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ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.1.0
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 7 (level, low)
-> IRQ 7
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
eth0 (WE) : Driver using old /proc/net/wireless support, please fix driver !
###### How do I fix the driver in question? ######
I have already run "emerge -C ipw2100" to remove that Gentoo
package, which is no longer needed with kernel 2.6.14. How
does wireless still work under 2.6.12.6 without that package?
It is lucky that it does still work, otherwise you wouldn't be
reading this post.
2.6.12.6 (works)
----------------
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.0.3
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 1.1.2
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:01:03.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 7 (level, low)
-> IRQ 7
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
eth0: Reseting on mode change.
eth0: Reseting on mode change.
ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
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Here are the relevant outputs from iwconfig, with a few details
obscured.
2.6.14 (fails)
--------------
Warning: Driver for device eth0 has been compiled with version 19
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...
eth0 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"ipw2100"
Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00
Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power:off
Retry:on 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
2.6.12.6 (works)
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eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"**" Nickname:"ipw2100"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:12:**:**:**:**
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:off
Retry min limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:*****
Power Management:off
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=-52 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:1 Missed beacon:0
------------
Is the warning about versions 19 and 17 significant? It seems
to come from iwconfig, which is part of wireless-tools. I have
version 27-r1 of that package, which is the latest available.
Thanks in advance,
John Green
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