On 2021-02-12, Riccardo Mottola <riccardo.mott...@libero.it> wrote: > The laptop has this network card: > > ipw0 at pci2 dev 4 function 0 "Intel PRO/Wireless 2100" rev 0x04: irq > 11, address 00:0c:f1:1f:b2:a0
Please send full dmesg, not an excerpt. > I installed the firmware with fw_update. I try to bring the interface > up, I can set the nwid, but it never connects. What do you type to bring the interface up? If you are using /etc/hostname.ipw0 and "sh /etc/netstart ipw0", what are the contents of the file? > I set the WEP password and it does not get saved if I check back with > ifconfig. WEP password definitely won't get displayed back if you check as non-root. I don't recall if it is displayed for root or not. What does "ifconfig ipw0" say? Is there an "RF kill" (wifi on/off) switch on the laptop, if so did you try toggling it? > If I try to scan, nothing is shown, I get no errors on the console/dmesg. > > Also I notice the LED does never blink, there is no activity on the card > > > I tried enabling debug and I see: > > ifconfig debug ipw0 list > ifconfig: SIOCDIFADDR: Device not configured Syntax for that is "ifconfig ipw0 debug", if you get any messages they'll appear in dmesg and/or /var/log/messages (preemptive: please reply on-list not to me personally).
