Ipw2200

Hi. I'm attempting to get wireless connection going with ipw2200. I've installed ipw2200-fw and have attempted the wireless setup in the beginners guide with no success.
After typing in "iwconfig" i get an unassociated wireless extension on eth1.
Using "iwlist eth1 scan", it can see the router.
I perform "iwconfig eth1 essid "BigPond3352" key ..." and works ok
Finally when I perform "dhcpcd eth1" I get:
err, eth1: timed out
warn, eth1: using IPV4LL address 169.254.62.125
I attempt "dhcpcd eth1" again:
err, eth1: dhcpcd already running on pid 3158 (/var/run/dhcpcd-eth1.pid)
And when I ping google i get unknown host.
So any ideas?
Also note that eth0 is used for my wired network connection (which works through the same router).

BR wrote:
Hi. I'm attempting to get wireless connection going with ipw2200. I've installed ipw2200-fw and have attempted the wireless setup in the beginners guide with no success.
After typing in "iwconfig" i get an unassociated wireless extension on eth1.
Using "iwlist eth1 scan", it can see the router.
I perform "iwconfig eth1 essid "BigPond3352" key ..." and works ok
Finally when I perform "dhcpcd eth1" I get:
err, eth1: timed out
warn, eth1: using IPV4LL address 169.254.62.125
I attempt "dhcpcd eth1" again:
err, eth1: dhcpcd already running on pid 3158 (/var/run/dhcpcd-eth1.pid)
And when I ping google i get unknown host.
So any ideas?
Also note that eth0 is used for my wired network connection (which works through the same router).
Hi! I've got an ipw2200 wireless card as well. Don't worry about the "err, eth1: dhcpcd...". Just 'pkill dhcpcd' and try again.
Have you tried setting up netcfg2 with all the required settings? pacman -Sy netcfg . Below is what my wifi config file looks like. Stick it into a textfile in /etc/network.d and then run netcfg <textfile name> (I called mine apt, so I type netcfg apt to connect). Make sure it matches your desired settings. I specified a longer time out in mine because I have gotten time outs from time to time.
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth1
SCAN="yes"
SECURITY="wpa"
ESSID="BigPond3352"
KEY="<yourkey>"
IP="dhcp"
DHCLIENT=no
TIMEOUT=20
DHCP_TIMEOUT=30
Good Luck!
edit: err, Misfit138 and Mr. Elendig both know what they are talking about. WPA works fine with netcfg for me, but I don't know if it supports TKIP.
Last edited by kandrews (2009-02-05 03:06:49)

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