dell d630 - PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

[lodogg]

Ok, I enabled SSID broadcasting and I still cannot connect:-\ Where is the config file that stores my wireless settings? I went through the wizard and put in my SSID name, then I selected WPA Personal, then I put in my Shared Key and then hit OK. Are we sure the wizard configured WPA as WPA2 with AES?

thx

[lodogg]

I put on SSID broadcast and I shut off encryption! I can see the SSID but I still can not connect:-\

[lodogg]

So as I was troubleshooting anytime I would enable any security my wireless network would drop out of my network manager listing in my task manager. I tried WEP and WPA with no luck I disabled all security and said to auto connect and it still would not. Will wireless not connect when your LAN jack is active? All the testing above was done on a spare AP that I had sitting around.

So I disabled security and I am broadcasting my SSID and I still can't connect..

[lodogg]

Here are my settings with just WPA setup and I have all adapters setup for DHCP and I tested the wireless SSID setup with my windows laptops with no issues reported.

linux-0uzp:/usr/bin # /usr/sbin/iwlist scan

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:90:F0:D1:2D
                    ESSID:"lodogg-fios"       
                    Mode:Master               
                    Channel:6                 
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=77/100  Signal level:-57 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
                    Encryption key:on                                         
                    IE: WPA Version 1                                         
                        Group Cipher : CCMP                                   
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP                           
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK                       
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1                           
                        Group Cipher : CCMP                                   
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP                           
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK                       
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s        
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s     
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s                                
                    Extra:tsf=000000000f915fba                                
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1580ms ago

linux-0uzp:/usr/bin # /usr/sbin/iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.       

eth0      no wireless extensions.

wmaster0  no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"lodogg-fios"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=15 dBm                                                   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B             
          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

linux-0uzp:/usr/bin # /usr/sbin/iwlist scan
lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0  Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:1F:90:F0:D1:2D
                    ESSID:"lodogg-fios"       
                    Mode:Master               
                    Channel:6                 
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality=74/100  Signal level:-60 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
                    Encryption key:on                                         
                    IE: WPA Version 1                                         
                        Group Cipher : CCMP                                   
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP                           
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK                       
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1                           
                        Group Cipher : CCMP                                   
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP                           
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK                       
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s       
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s      
                              48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s                                
                    Extra:tsf=0000000011477181                                
                    Extra: Last beacon: 1556ms ago

linux-0uzp:/usr/bin # /usr/sbin/iwconfig

wlan0     IEEE 802.11abg  ESSID:"lodogg-fios"  
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.412 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Tx-Power=15 dBm                                                   
          Retry min limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr=2352 B
          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

linux-0uzp:/usr/bin # ifconfig


wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1C:BF:86:6E:91
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:271 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:72 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:54077 (52.8 Kb)  TX bytes:12947 (12.6 Kb)

[caf4926]

Originally you quoted this:

0c:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1020
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
Memory at fe8ff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: <access denied>
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945

Which when I do mine makes yours look like all is not so good:

Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Subsystem: Intel Corporation ThinkPad R60e/X60s
Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 220
Memory at dfcff000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 2
Capabilities: [d0] Message Signalled Interrupts: Mask- 64bit+ Count=1/1 Enable+
Capabilities: [e0] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
UESta: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq+ ACSVoil-
UEMsk: DLP- SDES- TLP- FCP- CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF- MalfTLP- ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
UESvrt: DLP+ SDES- TLP- FCP+ CmpltTO- CmpltAbrt- UnxCmplt- RxOF+ MalfTLP+ ECRC- UnsupReq- ACSVoil-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP+ BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
CESta: RxErr- BadTLP- BadDLLP- Rollover- Timeout- NonFatalErr-
AERCap: First Error Pointer: 14, GenCap- CGenEn- ChkCap- ChkEn-
Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 3a-bc-9c-ff-ff-3c-1f-00
Kernel driver in use: iwl3945
Kernel modules: iwl3945

You would think the same device should just work.
Have you broadened your search area to include Dell. Google.
Check here: Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Driver for Linux
and: Intel® Wireless WiFi Link drivers for Linux*

[deltaflyer44]

Will wireless not connect when your LAN jack is active?

no it won't,unless you have the ethernet set to on cable connect. In which case, unplugging the ethernet will allow wireless to connect/scan

Andy

[lodogg]

Thanks for the links but can anyone help me with a Manual driver install? Do I need to compile it from the CLI? Remember I'm a windows guys so I will need a little help getting the driver loaded. I have tried ./INSTALL with no luck

-lo

[deltaflyer44]

compiling is fairly easy,after you've done it a few times. Firstly,you need to have the basics installed,kernel sources,make,gcc/gcc++.Then,read any readme which came with the file for any special instructions. All are done from the cli. A couple of how-to's here:-

A Beginner's Guide to Compiling Source Code
Compiling and installing software from source in Linux
Howto's

The third one is my own reminder on what to do, it's pretty basic,but may help

Andy

[lodogg]

Wow as I am reading the Install files it's making my eyes bleed. I have been working for days trying to get the sound and wireless working and now I'm almost 100% frustrated I basically have to build a new driver into the kernel.. You would think there would be an easier way. All it takes is one rogue kernel update to blow away hours or days worth of work.

I started to build the ieee80211 new subsystem but that didn't work so now I need to remove it, I think?

-lo

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First, we build and install the ieee80211 subsystem. You can obtain
the latest ieee80211 subsystem from ieee80211 subsystem for Linux. We
recommend version 1.1.12 or newer:

% tar xzvf ieee80211-1.2.16.tgz
% cd ieee80211-1.2.16
% make
# make install <--- You may need to be root
% cd ..

If you encounter problems with the above, you may need to install the
ieee80211 sources into your kernel and then build it as part of your
kernel image. See the INSTALL and README.ieee80211 file.

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My Error:
ieee80211-1.2.18 # make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27.23-0.1-pae/build M=/home/lodogg/ieee80211-1.2.18 modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.23-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make[1]: *** No rule to make target `modules'. Stop.
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.6.27.23-0.1-obj/i386/pae'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

[caf4926]

You could just roll back the kernel and wait for the next kernel update to see if that works better for you.