Re: wireless network interface in Debian

["Digvijoy Chatterjee" <chatterjee.digvijoy@gmail.com>]

On 10/21/06, Łukasz Andrzejak <landrzejak@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On 10/21/06, Digvijoy Chatterjee <chatterjee.digvijoy@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi List,
> > First Day using Debian test build i386
> > uname -a
> > -----------------------
> > Linux Ulysses 2.6.16-2-686 #1 Sat Jul 15 21:59:21 UTC 2006 i686 GNU/Linux
> >
> > really excited , trying to configure the wireless network card , sound
> > ,ethernet, video ,etc are fine
> >
> > dmesg |grep eth
>
> thats the first place you mighthave gone wrong:
> wifi cards are often recognized as wlanX interfaces.
> If your sure that this is your card (check the MAC with the one on the box
> the card came in) - then you might already be good to go.
>
> > ----------------------------------
> > e100: eth0: e100_probe: addr 0xcfffe000, irq 11, MAC addr
> 00:0E:7B:88:B5:78
> > eth1394: eth1: IEEE-1394 IPv4 over 1394 Ethernet (fw-host0)
> > e100: eth0: e100_watchdog: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex
> > eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> >
> > Is debian able to recognise my wireless card why if so why is it
> > showing firewire (IEEE-1394)
>
> AFAIK - not related to your wifi card at all.
> Looks like that device is some sort firewire-network bridge or something.
>
> > How do i configure my wireless card ??
>
> You want to search for a tool called iwconfig - it allows you to do just
> that in the same manner that you would use ifconfig.
>
> > Its connects to a secure Network and the settings in Windows XP are :
> >
> > Network Name (SSID)=Network_620
> > Network Key (WEP)=DB333FE3395E811111
> >
> > WEP is a big hexadecimal , which i have changed for obvious reasons
>
> Now - you havent really said what chipset your card is based on, what
> manufacturer made it - so its near impossible to tell if the eth0/1 you
> mention are wireless cards and if they are supported by the kernel version
> your using.
> Maybe lspci would tell me more.
> Without knowing anything - i reccomend using ndiswrapper (nice little thing
> that allows you to use the windows drivers in a linux kernel).
> Ive had a great experience with it on my laptop.
>
> --
> Cheers
>
> Łukasz Andrzejak

Hi Lukasz,
Here is the lspci you asked for ..

Ulysses:/etc# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV
Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.1 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV
Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:00.3 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82852/82855 GM/GME/PM/GMV
Processor to I/O Controller (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM
Integrated Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation 82852/855GM Integrated
Graphics Device (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M)
USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 83)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface
Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE
Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM
(ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M)
AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:05.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
Network Connection (rev 05)
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801DB PRO/100 VE
(MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 83)
01:0b.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
01:0b.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
01:0b.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE
1394 Host Controller
01:0b.4 Generic system peripheral [0805]: Texas Instruments PCI6411,
PCI6421, PCI6611, PCI6621, PCI7411, PCI7421, PCI7611, PCI7621 Secure
Digital (SD) Controll

Do u find anything usefull in the lspci output which might help me
configure the card ??

Thanks
Digz