[Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver] - solved?

2008-02-13 Thread Kamil Jońca
On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 09:13:34PM +0100, Kamil Jońca wrote: > [...] It looks like that iwl3945 cannot assocciate when ssid broadcast is off (on Access point) and (as a consequence) ap_scan in wpa_supplicant.conf on client station is setting to "2" (meaning try all network blocks in order). Afte

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-11 Thread Kamil Jońca
Unfortunately I can't get it working on my new shiny Thipad R61i laptop. I think I do ewerything according to http://wiki.debian.org/iwlwifi (except that I haven't ip command so use ifconfig). after inserting module I got: iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver f

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-09 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 09 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: > > > > 1) eth3 and wlan0 differ > 2) add "auto eth3" or whatever to /etc/network/interfaces > > 3) you don't use wpasupplicant? > > pj 1. I did have auto eth3 in the file but probably I screwed something up in my repeated attempts to get iwl3945 working.

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-08 Thread Peter Jordan
Anthony Campbell, 02/08/08 14:32: > On 07 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: >> wouldn't it be better if you posted your /etc/network/interfaces ? >> >> > > Here it is: > > == > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate t

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-08 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 07 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: > > wouldn't it be better if you posted your /etc/network/interfaces ? > > Here it is: == # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-07 Thread Peter Jordan
Anthony Campbell, 02/07/08 17:11: >> I think that means that the card is not "on". Look in >> /sys/class/mumblemumblemumble/iwl3945/device/rf_kill. It should be 0 >> for the card to be on, 1 for the card to be off, by way of the radio >> control button/switch on your machine. >> >> A > > > I co

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-07 Thread Anthony Campbell
> > I think that means that the card is not "on". Look in > /sys/class/mumblemumblemumble/iwl3945/device/rf_kill. It should be 0 > for the card to be on, 1 for the card to be off, by way of the radio > control button/switch on your machine. > > A I couldn;t find that entry but I'll have anothe

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-06 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Feb 04, 2008 at 03:37:00PM +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 04 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: > > Anthony Campbell, 02/04/08 10:34: > > > > > On 03 Feb 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > > >> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > >> [...] > > >> > > >> [...] > >

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-04 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 04 Feb 2008, Peter Jordan wrote: > Anthony Campbell, 02/04/08 10:34: > > > On 03 Feb 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > >> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > >> [...] > >> > >> [...] > >> > >> The ipw3945 driver requires closed-source components and has been > >> depre

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-04 Thread Peter Jordan
Anthony Campbell, 02/04/08 10:34: > On 03 Feb 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: >> On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: >> [...] >> >> [...] >> >> The ipw3945 driver requires closed-source components and has been >> deprecated by Intel, the only party that has access to the fu

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-04 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 03 Feb 2008, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > > On 02 Feb 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > [...] > > > > The 2.6.24 kernel has recently hit unstable, and it contains a new > > > shiny iwl3945 driver which should replace the old ipw3945 one

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-03 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 03:56:43AM +0100, Александър Л. Димитров wrote: > > * Once you've brought up wpa_supplicant on your wireless interface, the driver > does not know how to go back. If you kill wpa_supplicant (like when you > suspend and go somewhere else and want to connect to another WE

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-03 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 09:03:03 +, Anthony Campbell wrote: > On 02 Feb 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: [...] > > The 2.6.24 kernel has recently hit unstable, and it contains a new > > shiny iwl3945 driver which should replace the old ipw3945 one. The > > good news is that you will no longer need

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 02 Feb 2008, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Hi, > > If you do not own any hardware with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wifi > cards, you can stop reading now. > > The 2.6.24 kernel has recently hit unstable, and it contains a new > shiny iwl3945 driver which should replace the old ipw3945 one. The > goo

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-02 Thread Александър Л . Димитров
Quoth Andrew Sackville-West: > On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:13:56PM +, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I've only tested this procedure myself, so feel free to contribute > > additional information to the wiki page, and reply to this thread if > > you encounter any problems (cc me in this ca

Re: Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-02 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Feb 02, 2008 at 10:13:56PM +, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Hi, > > If you do not own any hardware with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wifi > cards, you can stop reading now. > > The 2.6.24 kernel has recently hit unstable, and it contains a new > shiny iwl3945 driver which should replace the o

Switching from ipw3945 to iwl3945 driver]

2008-02-02 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi, If you do not own any hardware with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wifi cards, you can stop reading now. The 2.6.24 kernel has recently hit unstable, and it contains a new shiny iwl3945 driver which should replace the old ipw3945 one. The good news is that you will no longer need to run the ip