Re: Wireless Controller Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG in a Dell Inspiron 9300

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:34:51 +0000
Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday 06 December 2013 11:21:45 Lisi Reisz wrote:
> > I am having trouble with a Wireless Controller Intel PRO/Wireless
> > 2200BG in a Dell Inspiron 9300 running a freshly installed Wheezy.
> > It is not successfully creating a wireless connection.  lsmod
> > reveals that the module ipw2200 is there.
> >
> > I use an access list for wireless appliances on my router, and the
> > correct MAC code for the laptop in question is there.  (I just
> > checked!)  Ifconfig -a finds the card.
> >
> > I have googled, with a singular lack of success.  I have installled
> > a backported kernel.  Nada.  Though, of course, with this card one
> > might expect an older kernel to be what is needed.  Would it be a
> > good idea to find and install an _old_ kernel?
> >
> > I had this card working in Squeeze, without, so far as I can
> > remember, problems.
> >
> > Lisi
> 
> More information:
> lspci grep wireless comes up blank, but just lspci gives (!)

grep (like most *nix tools) is case sensitive; in your case, you'd need
to grep for 'Wireless' (I'd usually just do something like "ireles")

> root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# lspci

...

> 03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
> root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
> </quote>
> 
> And iwconfig gives:
> <quote>
> root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah# 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
> 
> root@debian-wheezy:/home/sarah#
> </quote>

For troubleshooting, it's better to use the more primitive tools. Can
you try bringing up the interface using ifconfig / iwconfig?

Celejar