wireless not working on ubuntu 8.10 ipw2200

[sambita]

you can find ipw2200_rtap_fix.patch here

be sure to read carefully the steps you have to follow in order to compile ipw2200.

[flatcoke]

Thanks to the OP, this thread provided tons of information about how to get injection to work on ipw2200.


I've had the same problem. Just FYI, if your wireless is screw up to a point where you don't care anymore if injection works(like me >_<), you can check my solution. Took me two days to figure out http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?p=6920127

[DoxSearch]

dox@dox-laptop:~/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2$ sudo make SHELL=/bin/bash

mkdir -p /home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/tmp/.tmp_versions
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build M=/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2 MODVERDIR=/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/tmp/.tmp_versions modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
CC [M] /home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.o
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c: In function ‘ipw_net_set_mac_address’:
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c:10697: error: ‘rtap_iface’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c:10697: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c:10697: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c:10698: error: ‘struct ipw_priv’ has no member named ‘prom_net_dev’
/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c:10698: error: ‘struct ipw_priv’ has no member named ‘prom_net_dev’
make[2]: *** [/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/dox/wifi/patch/ipw2200-1.2.2] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2



Ok so i took another whack at it. No luck. Now I am without wifi again. I really would like to play around with injection but I am just having no luck here.

[sambita]

If you are simply interested in getting your wireless working again, you can just open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install linux-image-2.6.27-11-generic

The following is a guide on how to get injection, its basically a summarize of all my posts in this thread, i thought it was time to get them all in one organized guide so as to avoid confusion, here it goes.

First of all open a terminal and enter:

sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`

create a directory called wireless in your home folder, just to keep it tidy.

1)Download the zip attached to this post and extract its contents to the "wireless" folder you created. Also Download the ieee80211 subsystem, ieee80211-1.2.18, to the "wireless" folder.

2) Open a terminal and enter:

cd /home/$USER/wireless
tar -xzvf ieee80211-1.2.18.tgz
patch ieee80211-1.2.18/ieee80211_tx.c ieee80211_inject-1.2.18.patch
patch -p0 < ieee80211-1.2.18-2.6.24.patch

Steps 3 and 4 have been dismissed, i have left them here only for future reference.

3) Go inside the ieee80211-1.2.18 folder, you'll see a file called ieee80211_module.c, open it and look for every occurrence of 'proc_net' and change it for 'init_net.proc_net'. For example:

ieee80211_proc = proc_mkdir(DRV_NAME, proc_net);

to

ieee80211_proc = proc_mkdir(DRV_NAME, init_net.proc_net);

4) In the files ieee80211_crypt_wep.c and ieee80211_crypt_tkip.c
substitute every occurrence of '.page' for '.page_link'
For example:

sg.page = virt_to_page(pos);

to

sg.page_link = virt_to_page(pos);

5) In a terminal enter:

cd /home/$USER/wireless
patch ieee80211-1.2.18/ieee80211_wx.c ieee80211_wx.c-2.6.27.patch

*note: Thanks to arturosevilla for this patch, i found it on this post

6)now type:

cd /home/$USER/wireless/ieee80211-1.2.18
. remove-old
sudo make SHELL=/bin/bash
sudo make install SHELL=/bin/bash

I dont know if it is necessary to use sudo, but i did it anyway.
Good, now you have the ieee80211 subsystem installed, time to install the driver, for this you need to download the following:

ipw2200-1.2.2.tgz
and
firmware v3.0

save them in the "wireless folder"

7) open a terminal and type:

cd /home/$USER/wireless
tar -xzvf ipw2200-1.2.2.tgz
patch ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c ipw2200-1.2.2-inject.patch
patch ipw2200-1.2.2/Makefile ipw2200-1.2.2-make.patch
patch ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.h ipw2200-1.2.2-2.6.24.patch
patch ipw2200-1.2.2/ipw2200.c ipw2200_rtap_fix.patch

Now open ipw2200.c with gedit and look for this line(use Ctrl + F to look for it):

memcpy(priv->mac_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);

below that line we need to write this one:

if (rtap_iface)
memcpy(priv->prom_net_dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);

Important: do not erase the original line, simply paste the other one below it, so that it looks like this:

memcpy(priv->mac_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);
if (rtap_iface)
memcpy(priv->prom_net_dev->dev_addr, addr->sa_data, ETH_ALEN);

now open a terminal and enter:

cd /home/$USER/wireless
cd ipw2200-1.2.2
sudo ./remove-old
sudo make SHELL=/bin/bash
sudo make install SHELL=/bin/bash

Now all is left to do is copy the firmware to the proper directory, open a terminal and type:

cd /home/$USER/wireless
tar -xzvf ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz
sudo cp ipw2200-fw-3.0/* /lib/firmware/`uname -r`/

reload the module:

rmmod ipw2200
sudo modprobe ipw2200
ifconfig eth1 up

And that's it!

If you have any problems while doing this just let me know.

[DoxSearch]

How do I know which subsystem is correct?

[sambita]

The link i provided (ieee80211-1.2.18 ) should work for you, when i said "in my case" i meant it in case there was a newer version when someone read the post, ill edit that now.

[machinehead101]

im having the same issue as dox here

im getting the following

*****@laptop:~/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1$ sudo ./remove-oldChecking in /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build/ for ipw2x00 components...
*****@laptop:~/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1$ sudo make SHELL=/bin/bashmkdir -p /home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/tmp/.tmp_versions
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.27-11-generic/build M=/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1 MODVERDIR=/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/tmp/.tmp_versions modules
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
  CC [M]  /home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.o
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c: In function ‘ipw_handle_mgmt_packet’:
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:8346: error: ‘struct sk_buff’ has no member named ‘mac’
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c: In function ‘ipw_net_set_mac_address’:
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:10645: error: ‘rtap_iface’ undeclared (first use in this function)
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:10645: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:10645: error: for each function it appears in.)
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:10646: error: ‘struct ipw_priv’ has no member named ‘prom_net_dev’
/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.c:10646: error: ‘struct ipw_priv’ has no member named ‘prom_net_dev’
make[2]: *** [/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1/ipw2200.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/*****/wireless/ipw2200-1.2.1] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.27-11-generic'
make: *** [modules] Error 2

would love to see somone help me get this resolved any help is apreciated

[sambita]

@machinehead: You're using ipw2200-1.2.1, the patches i provide are for ipw2200-1.2.2
The guide did well for me, but ill follow it once more tomorrow to double check in case somethings wrong in it, causing the mistakes you have.

Sorry for the delay to answer

[machinehead101]

i did retry with 1.2.2 drivers to no avail getting the same error messages will try agiain tomorrow after ive had more sleep

[sambita]

im really sorry, i found two commands missing in the guide, i edited, the only thing that changed is step 7), The attached tar provides the files needed, it is only the patching of those files that was missing in the guide. Once again i apologize and hope this corrections make it work for you.