Ipw2200: no connection [SOLVED: wired network must be brought down]

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SOLVED: it turns out I have to sudo ifconfig eth0 down first, then it works.
I am having a weird problem with ipw2200 on my laptop.  If I try to connect to a WPA access point with wpa_supplicant, it seems to work fine and dhcpcd works.  However, I have no internet.  I can scan for networks and use my ethernet, but connecting with only the wireless fails.  I am not using using rc.conf to bring up wireless but am doing it manually, including turning on the radio just in csae.
The problem:
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo modprobe ipw2200
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo su - -c "echo 0 > /sys/bus/pci/devices/*/rf_kill"
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo ifconfig eth1 up
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid linksys_SES_6178
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo wpa_supplicant -Bdd -D wext -i eth1 -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Initializing interface 'eth1' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A'
Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
Line: 1 - start of a new network block
ssid - hexdump_ascii(len=16):
6c 69 6e 6b 73 79 73 5f 53 45 53 5f 36 31 37 38 linksys_SES_6178
PSK (ASCII passphrase) - hexdump_ascii(len=16): [REMOVED]
PSK (from passphrase) - hexdump(len=32): [REMOVED]
Priority group 0
id=0 ssid='linksys_SES_6178'
Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=22 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf
capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
WEXT: Operstate: linkmode=1, operstate=5
Own MAC address: 00:0e:35:2d:6a:c3
wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=0 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=1 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=2 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_key: alg=0 key_idx=3 set_tx=0 seq_len=0 key_len=0
wpa_driver_wext_set_countermeasures
wpa_driver_wext_set_drop_unencrypted
Setting scan request: 0 sec 100000 usec
Added interface eth1
Daemonize..
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo dhcpcd eth1
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ sudo ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
My iptables rules:
Chain INPUT (policy DROP 8 packets, 1996 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
1353 1166K ACCEPT all -- any any anywhere anywhere state RELATED,ESTABLISHED
0 0 ACCEPT all -- lo any anywhere anywhere
0 0 DROP icmp -- any any anywhere anywhere
Chain FORWARD (policy DROP 0 packets, 0 bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT 1288 packets, 262K bytes)
pkts bytes target prot opt in out source destination
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf:
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
network={
ssid="myap"
psk="16-bit-passkey"
/lib/firmware:
[dmoerner@arch-x40 ~]$ ls /lib/firmware
LICENSE.ipw2200-fw ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw
Any suggestions are welcome.
Last edited by infinitycircuit (2007-11-11 05:55:45)

Answer 1

Good day Wizzard,
The uninstall and reinstall did not work..if fact it disabled the router and put me back to doing a complete uninstall of everything..all the software, reset the router, only then would it work but with the same problem..I have been in live chat with three different techs and they all have a different solution...one thinks my adaptor might be at fault..don't buy that, one suggested I upgrade my firmware but when I log on to check for updates it tells me I have the latest verison..1.01.9, the version listed on the Linksys site for latest version for the WRT150N and the other one didn't seem to have a clue before we got cut off...so, I am back to where I was..able to access the net and can do so with no problem...it's just that I have to do a power down and power up before I can log on to the router...I use Windows for my connection..I don't know why the uninstall and the reinstall did what it did but I do not want to go through that again..If you have any other ideas I would appreciated it..Thanks and have a great day!