Dell Inspiron 6000 Wireless (ugh. D:)

[tethyrian]

The wireless adapter I have is the Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2], and as expected, it doesn't work () the interface is "lo".

So I have tried installing the ipw2200 packages, and the wireless tools packages, but it doesn't seem to do the trick, in /etc/rc.conf I put

 wlan_lo="lo essid Megyeri key ####"

but I keep getting this error:

Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
   SET failed on device lo ; Operation not supported.

I get this error during boot when the computer is trying to set up the network.

[HROAdmin26]

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback

The lo interface is the loopback interface, not a wireless NIC. You'll need to look at ifconfig and if nothing besides lo is listed, the module (driver) for the NIC is not loaded.

ifconfig -a

May still be relevant.

[tethyrian]

I got the following
eth0
eth1
lo

[reed9]

By ipw-2200 packages I assume you mean ipw2200-fw?

Please post the output of

lspci -vnn | grep -a4 -i net
lsmod
dmesg | grep firmware
iwconfig

[tethyrian]

Is there a way to write these commands to a .txt file and save them onto a flash drive?? That would make it a whole lot easier.

Eh. I'll just type it out by hand:

lspci -vnn | grep -a4 -i net

             Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
             kernel driver in use: ata_piix
             kernel modules: ata_piix, ahci
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]
             Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop laptop[1028:0188]
             Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
             Memory at dfdfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8k]
             Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
--
             Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
             Kernel dirver in use: sdhci-pci  
             Kernel modules:sdhci-pci
             
03:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
              Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dell B130 laptop integrated WLAN [8086:2721]
              Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
              Memory ad dfdfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4k]
              Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2

Will update with other commands as I type them.

[reed9]

Yes.

lspci -vnn | grep -a4 -i net >> info.txt
lsmod >> info.txt
dmesg | grep firmware >> info.txt
iwconfig >> info.txt

You will now have a file called info.txt in your current working directory.

[tethyrian]

Yes.

lspci -vnn | grep -a4 -i net >> info.txt
lsmod >> info.txt
dmesg | grep firmware >> info.txt
iwconfig >> info.txt

You will now have a file called info.txt in your current working directory.

I have the text file, how would I go about putting this on a flash drive, I have the flash drive in right now.

I have to go to school soon, so if I don't reply for a good 6 hours that's why. :P

[reed9]

Well, that depends. If you're running a desktop environment like GNOME or KDE, when you plug the flash drive in, it should pop up in your file manager. Just copy and paste the file like any other.

If you're not running a DE or if you're having trouble mounting the drive for some reason, you'd have to do it manually. You can find out the device name of the flash drive with (as root)

fdisk -l

You'll get a list like

Disk /dev/sda: 320.1 GB, 320072933376 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 38913 cylinders, total 625142448 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x90909090

   Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
/dev/sda1              63    18426554     9213246   83  Linux
/dev/sda2        18426555    20418614      996030   82  Linux swap / Solaris
/dev/sda3        20418615   625137344   302359365   83  Linux

(In this case I don't have a flash drive plugged in, so this is just my regular harddrive partitions.) Odds are if it's the only other drive plugged in, it will show up as /dev/sdb and the main partition /dev/sdb1.

Make a mount point and mount the drive (as root)

mkdir /mnt/USB
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/USB

Copy the file over

cp ~/info.txt /mnt/USB

(This assumed info.txt is in your home directory. Change the path as necessary.)

Unmount (as root)

umount /mnt/USB

[tethyrian]

Alright, sorry for the delayed response, school and the such. Here is what I got after running those 4 commands and saving them to a text document:

	Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 2
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix, ahci



03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX [14e4:170c] (rev 02)
	Subsystem: Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop [1028:0188]
	Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18
	Memory at dfdfe000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
	Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2
--
	Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 2
	Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
	Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

03:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Intel Corporation Dell B130 laptop integrated WLAN [8086:2721]
	Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 17
	Memory at dfdfd000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
	Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
Module                  Size  Used by
ext2                   55924  1 
snd_seq_dummy           1067  0 
snd_seq_oss            24984  0 
snd_seq_midi_event      4484  1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq                41656  5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device          4349  3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
i915                  259467  1 
drm_kms_helper         21732  1 i915
snd_intel8x0           22200  0 
b44                    26761  0 
snd_intel8x0m           9323  0 
drm                   130130  2 i915,drm_kms_helper
snd_ac97_codec         87943  2 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m
ssb                    39339  1 b44
ipw2200               127021  0 
sdhci_pci               5466  0 
snd_pcm_oss            33442  0 
ac97_bus                 750  1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_mixer_oss          14356  1 snd_pcm_oss
libipw                 22731  1 ipw2200
i2c_algo_bit            4283  1 i915
sdhci                  13959  1 sdhci_pci
snd_pcm                57767  4 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss
firewire_ohci          20072  0 
yenta_socket           18843  1 
snd_timer              15629  2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
iTCO_wdt                8537  0 
mmc_core               45599  2 ssb,sdhci
dell_laptop             1737  0 
i2c_core               14855  4 i915,drm_kms_helper,drm,i2c_algo_bit
firewire_core          38297  1 firewire_ohci
pcmcia                 26354  1 ssb
cfg80211              108137  2 ipw2200,libipw
rsrc_nonstatic          8738  1 yenta_socket
intel_agp              22681  1 
snd                    42562  10 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
led_class               1997  1 sdhci
crc_itu_t               1041  1 firewire_core
joydev                  7378  0 
pcmcia_core            25699  3 yenta_socket,pcmcia,rsrc_nonstatic
uhci_hcd               19244  0 
soundcore               5017  1 snd
iTCO_vendor_support     1453  1 iTCO_wdt
ehci_hcd               31420  0 
mii                     3186  1 b44
lib80211                3146  2 ipw2200,libipw
agpgart                23119  2 drm,intel_agp
snd_page_alloc          5873  3 snd_intel8x0,snd_intel8x0m,snd_pcm
usbcore               119796  3 uhci_hcd,ehci_hcd
rfkill                 12198  2 dell_laptop,cfg80211
processor              25806  1 
video                  15449  1 i915
battery                 7451  0 
output                  1436  1 video
ac                      2317  0 
button                  3702  1 i915
tpm_tis                 6264  0 
sg                     20820  0 
psmouse                50729  0 
dcdbas                  4376  1 dell_laptop
thermal                 9614  0 
pcspkr                  1347  0 
serio_raw               3618  0 
tpm                     9689  1 tpm_tis
evdev                   6716  0 
tpm_bios                4553  1 tpm
rtc_cmos                7546  0 
rtc_core               11851  1 rtc_cmos
rtc_lib                 1482  1 rtc_core
ext3                  110754  2 
jbd                    38933  1 ext3
mbcache                 4278  2 ext2,ext3
sr_mod                 13097  0 
sd_mod                 25215  5 
cdrom                  31305  1 sr_mod
pata_acpi               2296  0 
ata_generic             2171  0 
ata_piix               17884  4 
ahci                   29826  0 
libata                138071  4 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix,ahci
scsi_mod               79436  4 sg,sr_modsd_mod,libata
ipw2200 0000:03:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
eth0      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

[reed9]

Well, everything looks ok. eth0 is showing up as your wireless interface.

Does this return any available wireless networks?

su -
ifconfig eth0 up
iwlist eth0 scan