On Fri, 6 Dec 2013 15:34:51 +0000 Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@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 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131206114526.c3f22fcb2d75e07059ddf...@gmail.com
