Re: Wireless card

[Mihira Fernando <mihiratheace@gmail.com>]

Manu Hack wrote:
> Hi all, I kept trying to connect using my wireless card but so far
> still couldn't get it work.
>
> Here is my ifconfig -a output
>
> eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:7B:CB:C2:17
>          inet addr:192.168.1.35  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>          inet6 addr: fe80::20e:7bff:fecb:c217/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:3801 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:3863 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:2256400 (2.1 MiB)  TX bytes:752250 (734.6 KiB)
>
> eth1      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr
> 00-00-39-00-00-50-3E-A3-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
>          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)
>
> eth2      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0E:35:3C:21:00
>          inet6 addr: fe80::20e:35ff:fe3c:2100/64 Scope:Link
>          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>          RX packets:164 errors:72 dropped:5937 overruns:0 frame:0
>          TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:864 (864.0 b)
>          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Memory:cffff000-cfffffff
>
> 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: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)
>
> 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)
>
> and iwconfig
>
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1      no wireless extensions.
>
> eth2      IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:"ZyXEL"
>          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.462 GHz  Access Point: 00:13:49:54:A7:A1
>          Bit Rate:54 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0
>          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:0272-9400-00   Security mode:open
>          Power Management:off
>          Link Quality=98/100  Signal level=-26 dBm  Noise level=-89 dBm
>          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:100  Rx invalid frag:0
>          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:5865   Missed beacon:0
>
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
>
> I suppose i'm using ipw2200 as my dmesg|grep ipw2200 gives
>
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmq
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
>
> Please let me know if you need more info, the problem seems like I
> couldn't get the ip address for eth2.  Anyway, I look forward to your
> help as I've been googling around for quite a while.  Thanks a lot!

Are the wifi settings correct ?
Usually if the Access Point requires the WEP key, the security settings 
is set to 'Restricted' and not 'Open'

If you got X running I suggest you install wifi-radar
It saves a lot a headaches (and hair) in configuring wifi networks.


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