Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 Connection Problems

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I am having wireless connection problems in OpenSuse 11.0. I’ll try to follow the details of the problem as posted in the “Welcome” sticky on this page.

  1. Wireless Device - Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection.
  2. Kernel driver - iwl4965
  3. Error message - when running iwlist scan I get "wlan0 Interface doesn’t support scanning : Network is down.
  4. Steps I have taken - I have tried changing my Network Setup Method to “Traditional Method with ifup”, I have fiddled with my wireless switch just to make sure it isn’t the obvious answer, I also tried entering the ESSID Network Name that I got when I ran iwconfig. Somewhat confusingly the ESSID name is “bob” (my name is not bob). I don’t know if this is significant in anyway.
  5. Guide I have followed - I have tried to follow the “My wireless doesn’t work - a primer on what I should do next”
  6. OpenSUSE version 11.0
  7. results of /sbin/lspci -v:
    06:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection (rev 61)
    Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 1100
    Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 19
    Memory at 88000000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable)[size=8]
    Capabilities: <access denied>
    Kernel driver in use: iwl4965
    Kernel modules: iwl4965

Any advice anyone can offer would be greatly appreciated. Please let me know if you have any questions.[/size]

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That’s strange because you have a driver module loaded. Could you post the result of ‘hwinfo --netcard’? and ‘lspci -nn|egrep -i “(ethernet|network)”’.

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Thanks for your reply. Here is the info you requested. Let me know if you need anything else.

tlthorntjr@linux-qcvv:~> /usr/sbin/hwinfo --netcard
12: PCI 800.0: 0200 Ethernet controller
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_14e4_1693
Unique ID: rBUF.uHWkRr9Dld4
Parent ID: HnsE.6tejkoUeUmF
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.5/0000:08:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:08:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Broadcom NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express”
Vendor: pci 0x14e4 “Broadcom”
Device: pci 0x1693 “NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express”
SubVendor: pci 0x1025 “Acer Incorporated [ALI]”
SubDevice: pci 0x0121
Revision: 0x02
Driver: “tg3”
Driver Modules: “tg3”
Device File: eth0
Memory Range: 0x88100000-0x8810ffff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 219 (3 events)
HW Address: 00:1b:24:96:26:9e
Link detected: no
Module Alias: “pci:v000014E4d00001693sv00001025sd00000121bc02sc00i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: tg3 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe tg3”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #23 (PCI bridge)

13: PCI 600.0: 0282 WLAN controller
[Created at pci.310]
UDI: /org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_4229
Unique ID: y9sn.fgVnlSUY7f3
Parent ID: Z7uZ.2DtjpW0qNEE
SysFS ID: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.3/0000:06:00.0
SysFS BusID: 0000:06:00.0
Hardware Class: network
Model: “Intel PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection”
Vendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
Device: pci 0x4229 “PRO/Wireless 4965 AG or AGN Network Connection”
SubVendor: pci 0x8086 “Intel Corporation”
SubDevice: pci 0x1100
Revision: 0x61
Driver: “iwl4965”
Driver Modules: “iwl4965”
Device File: wlan0
Features: WLAN
Memory Range: 0x88000000-0x88001fff (rw,non-prefetchable)
IRQ: 218 (13022 events)
HW Address: 00:13:e8:9b:73:b3
Link detected: no
WLAN channels: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 149 153 157161 165
WLAN frequencies: 2.412 2.417 2.422 2.427 2.432 2.437 2.442 2.447 2.452 2.457 2.462 5.18 5.2 5.22 5.24 5.26 5.28 5.3 5.32 5.745 5.765 5.785 5.805 5.825
WLAN encryption modes: WEP40 WEP104 TKIP CCMP
WLAN authentication modes: open sharedkey wpa-psk wpa-eap
Module Alias: “pci:v00008086d00004229sv00008086sd00001100bc02sc80i00”
Driver Info #0:
Driver Status: iwl4965 is active
Driver Activation Cmd: “modprobe iwl4965”
Config Status: cfg=no, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #24 (PCI bridge)

tlthorntjr@linux-qcvv:~> /sbin/lspci -nn|egrep -i “(ethernet|network)”
06:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 4965 AG orAGN Network Connection [8086:4229] (rev 61)
08:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)