Another intel 2200bg problem

[Deegan]

i just installed ubuntu 8.04 and im not quite sure whats wrong with my setup. i can see wireless networks available. i just read about 50 posts and none of them seem to help. im on a dell inspiron 9300. i have also tried to install wcid but it wont let me because it says it interferes with the network manager. what should i try now folks?

[chili555]

If Network Manager is not performing as expected, you could certainly open Synaptic and uninstall it, along with its henchman, dhcdbd. Then install Wicd and see if you can then connect.

[Deegan]

just did that and still a no go. it stays on obtaining ip address. there are a few open non passworded and non encrypted networks i cant even connect to. ive been reading posts for about 6 hours maybe i should take a break. any other suggestions? do you think if i downloadd a different older version it would get rid of the problem. mant people have said that this version dosent like my card. i just took a look in Devices-Network Tools and eth1 or eth0 will not let me configure them and eth1 which should be my wireless card has no protocol information or anything but packets are being revieved and sent. is this normal? lshw -C network shows me this

bdk@ubuntu:~$ lshw -C network
WARNING: you should run this program as super-user.
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:14:22:e8:d9:7b
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 latency=64 module=ssb multicast=yes
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
logical name: eth1
version: 05
serial: 00:16:6f:01:b8:6d
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: bus_master cap_list logical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.2.6 (Mar 22 2005) latency=64 maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 module=ipw2200 multicast=yes wireless=unassociated
bdk@ubuntu:~$

[chili555]

about 6 hours maybe i should take a break.

Yes.

do you think if i downloadd a different older version it would get rid of the problem

Not yet. May we take a look at:

sudo iwconfig eth1
sudo iwlist eth1 scan

Your lshw looks pretty healthy to me so I am not ready to throw in the towel yet.

[Deegan]

ok not sure what i did here but here is my new lshw with the other 2 things you asked for. i had to reinstall ubuntu cause i messed up the partition from windows.

bryan@deegan:~$ sudo lshw -C network
[sudo] password for bryan:
*-network:0
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:14:22:e8:d9:7b
size: 10MB/s
capacity: 100MB/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=half latency=64 link=no module=ssb multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10MB/s
*-network:1
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 3
bus info: pci@0000:03:03.0
logical name: eth1
version: 05
serial: 00:16:6f:01:b8:6d
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ipw2200 driverversion=1.2.2kmprq firmware=ABG:9.0.2.6 (Mar 22 2005) latency=64 link=no maxlatency=24 mingnt=3 module=ipw2200 multicast=yes wireless=radio off

bryan@deegan:~$ sudo iwconfig eth1
eth1 radio off ESSIDff/any
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=off Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
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


bryan@deegan:~$ sudo iwlist eth1 scan
eth1 No scan results


hope this is what you wanted

[chili555]

From lshw:

wireless=radio off

Flip that switch or key combination on your laptop and see if you don't get back in the race.

[Deegan]

i cant it dosent work every other function that uses the function key does except that one. i have just noticed when i look at network/interfaces it says im using a wext driver but i thought i need to use ipa driver. either way it says i dont have permission to change it. in my device network tools i also have a device called eth1:avahi that seems to be doing something. it has an ip address broadcast address etc.. but i cant configure anything it says interface does not exsist

[chili555]

Let's tackle the switch first and then move to the next issue. Please try:

sudo rmmod -f ipw2200
sudo modprobe ipw2200 disable=0
sudo lshw -C network

Is the wireless=radio off message gone? Can you connect?

[Deegan]

it says wireless 802.11g now instead but i still cant connect to anything

[chili555]

Is the wireless=radio off message gone?