Test snow for bad wireless card?

I have been having problems with my snow's ability to send a wireless signal. I have had it working for a long time and then it just quit. The LAN is working just fine, but my powerbook and airport express are no longer getting a signal. I have tried anything I can think of. I have even downgraded to airport admin to 4.1.1 and still no signal. Is there any way you can tell if the card is bad? Any idea or recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks

I would down grade to 4.1, and make sure you repair your priorities after you install it manually. The installer will balk at trying to install a downgrade:
Please see the following link for a probable fix:
Dan White1, "Airport losing signal FIX!!", 05:53am Sep 5, 2005 CDT
It is probably the Airport 4.2 upgrade that is the culprit!

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New driver for Broadcom wireless cards

Finally there's a driver for Broadcom wireless cards, including 4328 which only worked using ndiswrapper.
http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
There are discussions about it on the Ubuntu forums
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=914697
on the Debian forums
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php? … 294ad5d3e9
and on the Gentoo wiki
http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_M … Generation
Last edited by cmlr (2008-09-25 14:10:13)

Actually, this driver already has a Wiki page, http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Broadcom_BCM4312. The new information is that it doesn't just work with bcm4312 cards, but all modern 43xx cards. See the forum links in the previous message.
The driver is already available in AUR,
http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=19514
Last edited by cmlr (2008-09-25 14:20:50)

Verizon Wireless installer for a wireless card not working. Help?

I have this wireless card from Verizon Wireless that lets me use internet anywhere i want. Its called the USB727 manufactured by Novatel Wireless. Bundled with this toy came a disc with the installer. When i tried to pop it into my iBook running OS X 10.4.11 it wouldn't begin the auto run. When I clicked the disc on my desktop i was given a .dmg file instead of the normal Verizon logo. When i opened it i was given two options the user manual and the actual installer. The installer logo was a piece of paper instead of the normal open-cardboard box. When i clicked it I'm given a window with the title folder actions setup, the setup doesn't show up.

Hi Eddie, and a warm welcome to the forums!
Not sure why it looks like that, I'd try this...
Not certain, but this can fix myriad problems...
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), it will try to repair your Disk Directory while the spinning radian is happening, so let it go, run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions, then reboot & try to install.
Found this...
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http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=8939370

[Sloved] Can't load wl module for b43 wireless card

I'm trying to run b43 on my arch.
But i can't load wl module.
Below i put output from my broadcom-wl installation
My installaction stucks on modprobe wl. This command does not stop.
Ps: I forgot to tell that i must install kernel 3.10
testing/linux 3.10.1-1 (base) [installed]
core/linux 3.9.9-1 (base) [installed: 3.10.1-1]
and system don't want to turn off.
what logs will be helpful?
How to check which kernel is run?
[skoczo@localhost broadcom-wl]$ sudo pacman -R broadcom-wl
checking dependencies...
Packages (1): broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-13
Total Removed Size: 1.07 MiB
:: Do you want to remove these packages? [Y/n]
(1/1) removing broadcom-wl [############################] 100%
[skoczo@localhost broadcom-wl]$ makepkg -f
==> Making package: broadcom-wl 5.100.82.112-13 (Mon Jul 15 21:32:50 CEST 2013)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
-> Found hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz
-> Found modprobe.d
-> Found license.patch
-> Found linux-recent.patch
==> Validating source files with sha1sums...
hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz ... Passed
modprobe.d ... Passed
license.patch ... Passed
linux-recent.patch ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
-> Extracting hybrid-portsrc_x86_32-v5_100_82_112.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Removing existing pkg/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
patching file Makefile
patching file src/include/bcmutils.h
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.c
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_iw.h
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
patching file src/wl/sys/wl_linux.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 244 (offset 4 lines).
make: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10.1-1-ARCH'
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
CC [M] /home/skoczo/Pobrane/broadcom-wl/src/src/shared/linux_osl.o
CC [M] /home/skoczo/Pobrane/broadcom-wl/src/src/wl/sys/wl_linux.o
CC [M] /home/skoczo/Pobrane/broadcom-wl/src/src/wl/sys/wl_cfg80211.o
LD [M] /home/skoczo/Pobrane/broadcom-wl/src/wl.o
Building modules, stage 2.
CFG80211 API is prefered for this kernel version
Using CFG80211 API
MODPOST 1 modules
LD [M] /home/skoczo/Pobrane/broadcom-wl/src/wl.ko
make: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-3.10.1-1-ARCH'
==> Entering fakeroot environment...
==> Starting package()...
==> Tidying install...
-> Purging unwanted files...
-> Compressing man and info pages...
-> Stripping unneeded symbols from binaries and libraries...
==> Creating package "broadcom-wl"...
-> Generating .PKGINFO file...
-> Adding install file...
-> Generating .MTREE file...
-> Compressing package...
==> Leaving fakeroot environment.
==> Finished making: broadcom-wl 5.100.82.112-13 (Mon Jul 15 21:33:05 CEST 2013)
[skoczo@localhost broadcom-wl]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost broadcom-wl]# pacman -U broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-13-i686.pkg.tar.xz
loading packages...
resolving dependencies...
looking for inter-conflicts...
Packages (1): broadcom-wl-5.100.82.112-13
Total Installed Size: 1.07 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [############################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [############################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [############################] 100%
(1/1) installing broadcom-wl [############################] 100%
[root@localhost broadcom-wl]# pacman -Ss broadcom
extra/bluez-firmware 1.2-7
Firmwares for Broadcom BCM203x and STLC2300 Bluetooth chips
[root@localhost broadcom-wl]# pacman -Q broadcom
error: package 'broadcom' was not found
[root@localhost broadcom-wl]# pacman -Q wl
error: package 'wl' was not found
[root@localhost broadcom-wl]# modprobe wl
_______STUCK__________
Last edited by skoczo (2013-07-16 17:49:53)

lspci -nn
0:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation Mobile PM965/GM965/GL960 Memory Controller Hub [8086:2a00] (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (primary) [8086:2a02] (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller [0380]: Intel Corporation Mobile GM965/GL960 Integrated Graphics Controller (secondary) [8086:2a03] (rev 03)
00:1a.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 [8086:2834] (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 [8086:2835] (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 [8086:283a] (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device [0403]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) HD Audio Controller [8086:284b] (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 1 [8086:283f] (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 2 [8086:2841] (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) PCI Express Port 3 [8086:2843] (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:2830] (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:2831] (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:2832] (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 [8086:2836] (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev f3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801HM (ICH8M) LPC Interface Controller [8086:2815] (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) IDE Controller [8086:2850] (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801HM/HEM (ICH8M/ICH8M-E) SATA Controller [IDE mode] [8086:2828] (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 82801H (ICH8 Family) SMBus Controller [8086:283e] (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5787M Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:1693] (rev 02)
04:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN [14e4:4311] (rev 01)
0f:06.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 Cardbus Controller [104c:8039]
0f:06.1 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller [104c:803a]
0f:06.2 Mass storage controller [0180]: Texas Instruments 5-in-1 Multimedia Card Reader (SD/MMC/MS/MS PRO/xD) [104c:803b]
0f:06.3 SD Host controller [0805]: Texas Instruments PCIxx12 SDA Standard Compliant SD Host Controller [104c:803c]
lsmod
Module Size Used by
joydev 7339 0
iTCO_wdt 4471 0
iTCO_vendor_support 1545 1 iTCO_wdt
pcmcia 40181 0
snd_hda_codec_realtek 30689 1
wl 2427712 1
acer_wmi 21383 0
mperf 991 0
sparse_keymap 2582 1 acer_wmi
uvcvideo 63657 0
coretemp 4926 0
tg3 139344 0
videobuf2_vmalloc 2604 1 uvcvideo
microcode 9872 0
videobuf2_memops 1683 1 videobuf2_vmalloc
videobuf2_core 24309 1 uvcvideo
ptp 6844 1 tg3
pcspkr 1487 0
i915 509478 2
psmouse 85971 0
pps_core 7728 1 ptp
videodev 84340 2 uvcvideo,videobuf2_core
libphy 17299 1 tg3
lib80211 3037 1 wl
media 8577 2 uvcvideo,videodev
cfg80211 339155 1 wl
snd_hda_intel 29956 0
rfkill 12682 2 cfg80211,acer_wmi
evdev 7528 11
serio_raw 3969 0
i2c_i801 9873 0
of_i2c 1774 1 i2c_i801
wmi 7099 1 acer_wmi
snd_hda_codec 126979 2 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep 4746 1 snd_hda_codec
yenta_socket 30036 0
snd_pcm 63876 2 snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
pcmcia_rsrc 9064 1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core 11892 3 pcmcia,pcmcia_rsrc,yenta_socket
snd_page_alloc 5974 2 snd_pcm,snd_hda_intel
snd_timer 14942 1 snd_pcm
snd 44383 6 snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hwdep,snd_timer,snd_pcm,snd_hda_codec,snd_hda_intel
nsc_ircc 12533 0
soundcore 4386 1 snd
lpc_ich 11197 0
irda 88855 1 nsc_ircc
crc_ccitt 1095 1 irda
drm_kms_helper 31518 1 i915
ac 2668 0
thermal 7144 0
drm 186917 3 i915,drm_kms_helper
video 10027 2 i915,acer_wmi
i2c_algo_bit 4583 1 i915
i2c_core 19967 7 drm,i915,i2c_i801,drm_kms_helper,i2c_algo_bit,of_i2c,videodev
intel_agp 8720 1 i915
intel_gtt 10172 3 i915,intel_agp
agpgart 22047 3 drm,intel_agp,intel_gtt
battery 5557 0
button 3685 1 i915
processor 24819 1
ext4 413470 2
crc16 1091 1 ext4
mbcache 4290 1 ext4
jbd2 68896 1 ext4
sr_mod 13055 0
cdrom 29900 1 sr_mod
sd_mod 28214 4
ata_generic 2434 0
pata_acpi 2367 0
ata_piix 20824 3
libata 149195 3 pata_acpi,ata_generic,ata_piix
scsi_mod 108388 3 libata,sd_mod,sr_mod
sdhci_pci 9751 0
sdhci 25111 1 sdhci_pci
tifm_7xx1 4253 0
firewire_ohci 27494 0
mmc_core 85568 2 sdhci,sdhci_pci
tifm_core 3865 1 tifm_7xx1
firewire_core 44439 1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t 1095 1 firewire_core
ehci_pci 3404 0
uhci_hcd 21448 0
ehci_hcd 42520 1 ehci_pci
usbcore 151915 4 uhci_hcd,uvcvideo,ehci_hcd,ehci_pci
usb_common 1172 1 usbcore
pacman -Qs broad
local/broadcom-wl 5.100.82.112-13
Broadcom 802.11abgn hybrid Linux networking device driver
local/mobile-broadband-provider-info 20120614-1
Network Management daemon
local/modemmanager 0.7.991-1
Mobile broadband modem management service
ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: irda0: <NOARP> mtu 2048 qdisc noop state DOWN mode DEFAULT qlen 8
link/irda 00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff
3: enp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state UP mode DEFAULT qlen 1000
link/ether 00:1d:72:2a:a7:45 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
uname -a
Linux localhost 3.10.1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Jul 14 11:47:37 CEST 2013 i686 GNU/Linux

Getting Airport Extreme N but need ideas for PC Wireless card

I will be getting the Airport Extreme N router to help improve speed and range. I would get the Apple Airport express but it is not Wireless N Capable. So what should i get for my PC?

Unless your custom built XP has an N Card you will not get the benifits of the N Draft Speed and distance.
Depending on the Motherboard , there may not even be an N draft card available for the PC.
Many of the computers that are built even today are not capable unless you add external device if capable.
Read
http://www.wi-fiplanet.com/news/article.php/3578886
Don

OS 9 Wireless card

What would be the best wireless pcima card for a Titanium powerbook G4 at 1GHZ running trusty OS 9? I heard these models have very bad wireless, so it would be best for a wireless card.

Hi, Sabrina. See this thread in the Titanium Powerbook Discussions area. Any of the cards discussed there should work fine in OS 9.
I have the same Powerbook model you do, and its built-in Airport card has more than three times the range of the newer Aluminum PB G4s with Airport Extreme. My range is comparable with that of many third-party cards. However, almost any third-party PCMCIA wireless card is still much less expensive than an original Apple Airport card.
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Wireless-Card doesn't not work with WPA/WPA2 but with WEP [Solved]

Hello I have a MacBook (late 2007) with a wireless-card from Broadcam, the card works with WEP and the classic configuration over rc.conf very well. But I can't get the card running with WPA and the net network-profiles.
Here is the link to the driver - http://www.broadcom.com/support/802.11/linux_sta.php
eth2 = wireless-card
eth1 = firewireanything
eth0 = wired-card
rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
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INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 eth2)
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# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
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ROUTES=(!gateway)
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# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(wireless)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
/etc/network.d/wireless
CONNECTION="wireless"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
DNS1=192.168.1.1
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ESSID=3Com
#KEY=
IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 11"
#WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
#WIFI_WAIT=5 # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
# associate before bringing the interface up
USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
WPAOPTS="" # use "" for normal operation or specify additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
Can I set here the WPA/WPA2-Key also? Why here ESSID? Do I need still a configuration in wpa_supplicant.conf?
Thats very confusing and not explained.
WPAOPTS? Do I need to add something like "-D wext"?
/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="topsecret"
priority=5
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# proto=WPA RSN
I need help. Please
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:58)

fwojciec wrote:If this info is not in the wiki it might be worth it to add it -- it's all detailed in /etc/network.d/examples/complete.example though.
Thats the reason why I was so confused.
My new and well working configuration:
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
#MODULES=(sky2 snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-intel soundcore)
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="macbook"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
# - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
# - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# DHCP: Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.220 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !eth1 !eth2)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
# - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up. These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This now requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(3com)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network net-profiles netfs alsa crond portmap fam hal)
CONNECTION="wireless"
DESCRIPTION="Very verbose complete wireless example"
INTERFACE=eth2
HOSTNAME=macbook
# Interface Settings (use IP="dhcp" for DHCP)
IP="static"
IFOPTS="192.168.1.225 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
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DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.1.1
DNS2=
SEARCH=
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ESSID=3Com
SECURITY=wpa-config # One of wep, wpa, wpa-config, none
KEY=""
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SCAN="YES"
# Time to wait to connect to a network. Default 15.
TIMEOUT=10
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IWOPTS="mode managed essid $ESSID channel 6 key restricted $KEY"
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WPA_OPTS=
# For SECURITY='wpa-config' only - filename of a wpa-supplicant config
WPA_CONF=/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
# This is a network block that connects to any unsecured access point.
# We give it a low priority so any defined blocks are preferred.
ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=wheel
network={
key_mgmt=NONE
priority=-9999999
network={
ssid="Linksys"
proto=WPA RSN
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="areulookingatmybreasts"
priority=5
network={
ssid="3Com"
proto=WPA
key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
pairwise=CCMP TKIP
group=CCMP TKIP
psk="nomam"
priority=5
# WPA2
# proto=WPA RSN
There are also profiles for the Linksys-Router and for wired cable.
Thanks for the help!
Last edited by hoschi (2009-01-04 20:21:23)

Satellite Pro 4600 Wireless card does not work with WIN2K ?

I have a Satellite Pro 4600 with UK dealer installed PA3070U-1MPC wireless card running with Windows 2000
The wireless client manager finds the network of my wireless router and reports the signal is excellent and I see all green bars swhowing.
However I can't mske a connection, in 'connections' the wireless one says 'network cable is disconnected'
the router works ok with other laptops in my house.
I have latest version of Win2K also have downloaded and installed latest versions of client manager and WLAN card driver for win2k from toshiba website.
The 'toshiba support in Turkey' told me 'I need a different driver for Win2K for my wireless card cause the win2K driver on the toshiba website is not for 'this' wireless card'. I have waited for this for 3 weeks now and have been unable to reach the elusive UK Level 3 support who supposedly have this driver. I have seen on the internet the same wireless card is has been sold as a 'made by toshiba' accessory and it says it is compatible with Wim2K
What do I do next please ? Does this run at all with Win2K , is there 'another driver' and so on ?
Thanks

hello
please be more scpecific - what do you mean by 'disconnect the LAN' - I have nothing conneced there anyway ? do you mean 'disable' the LAN even though there is nothing plugged in ? can you please post the exact sequence of this so I can try ir too.
In the meantime my laptop has been to Toshiba for them to sort out at their highest level UK support base. I was hoping my troubles would be over - but no, read below what happened. They are basically saying my win2k is not in order but I had just installed and updated it so right now I haven't a clue what to do next.
START QUOTE of Toshiba Support response:
Sat Pro 4600
Serial No: 31474181G
Windows 2000 SP4 (customers build not recovery CD)
BIOS V1.80 not current therefore updated to V2.60
The notebooks wireless card is functional and has the correct driver installed, it also has the correct and latest version of the Wireless Client Manager. The wireless function appears to see the router but will not connect and obtain an IP address. Irrespective of the settings applied within Internet Explorer or the Wireless client manager you cannot obtain a connection. The customer did not have any Toshiba utilities installed such as, Power Saver, Common Modules, Chipset drivers, network device switch, I therefore installed these missing components and updated the BIOS to the most current revision. However despite this the unit will still not connect to the wireless.
I therefore removed the customers HDD and replaced his HDD with a Toshiba loan HDD with a fresh build that I had created. When using the machine with this build the wireless connected without issue and I was able to browse the internet etc. I placed the customers HDD into our machine and the problem with the wireless was replicated on our machine here, therefore the problem is not with the wireless card or any hardware aspect of the machine, the problem lies with the customer's build of Win 2000. I examined for anything obvious but could not find anything, therefore I'm sending this machine back to customer with the advice that his build needs addressing or he needs to reload Win 2000 his machine.
As you can see from the above comments, the machine performs as per specification with loan HDD and fresh build of Win 2000 installed, the problem is only present with you HDD and build in the machine. In addition to this I have replaced the missing screws on the base of the machine ensuring the machine is structure is maintained.
5 x B16 Screws
1 x B6 Screw
1 x Memory Cover Screw
END QUOTE

Using Airport Extreme Base Station As A Wireless Card?

Hi,
I don't know if this is even possible but here's what I'd like to do:
I've started to share an internet connection with a cousin of mine that lives in my apartment building. The connection is in her apartment and as far as I can tell the wireless signal is coming from the modem she has, there is no stand alone router/ base station. So far I've just been connecting using my iBook with the aiport card in it. No problems. I just had to get the ip number and password from her and I was hooked right up.
Here's my real question:
I also have a G4 Mini with no wireless card in it at all and an Airport Extreme base station from before we started sharing a connection. In the time that we've been sharing I haven't connected to the internet at all using the Mini. Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can hook the Airport Extreme to the Mini and somehow use it as a replacement for a wireless card in the Mini. Thus using the Mini connected to the Airport to connect just the Mini to the internet.
I'm not worried about the iBook and do not wish to reconfigure the way I'm using/ connecting with it. Everything is peachy with that.
If this is possible, how can I do it?
Thank you in advance for any help with this.

Ernest Lohrer wrote:
Hi,
I don't know if this is even possible but here's what I'd like to do:
I've started to share an internet connection with a cousin of mine that lives in my apartment building. The connection is in her apartment and as far as I can tell the wireless signal is coming from the modem she has, there is no stand alone router/ base station.
She has an "integrated" modem/router/access point.
So far I've just been connecting using my iBook with the aiport card in it. No problems. I just had to get the ip number and password from her and I was hooked right up.
Here's my real question:
I also have a G4 Mini with no wireless card in it at all and an Airport Extreme base station from before we started sharing a connection. In the time that we've been sharing I haven't connected to the internet at all using the Mini. Now I'm wondering if there is a way I can hook the Airport Extreme to the Mini and somehow use it as a replacement for a wireless card in the Mini. Thus using the Mini connected to the Airport to connect just the Mini to the internet.
I'm not worried about the iBook and do not wish to reconfigure the way I'm using/ connecting with it. Everything is peachy with that.
If this is possible, how can I do it?
Set up the AEBSn as a "bridge" and connect the G4 Mini to one of the "wired" internet connections.

Setup wireless card during bootup

Hey,
It took my awhile to get my wireless card to work but I finally got it to work. In the beginning, I had to type every command to get my wireless card to work. A little later my friend made a script that runs during start up. But it encountered a problem. When the command ''dhcpcd ath0" it would just hang so I took that out. It ran fine but now I have to run "dhcpcd ath0", let it run for 4 or 5 seconds, then kill it with ctrl + c, and then finally run it again. My connection is then established. So this gets a little annoying.
Now I come to you, the community. What is the best way to setup a wireless card during boot-up? My friend (yes, its the same one as before ) said that there was a wireless script or profile that most people use. Would this help? Thanks.

amunimanghi wrote:
# Network Profile
DESCRIPTION="Default Network Profile"
# Network Settings
INTERFACE=ath0
HOSTNAME=manghi
# Interface Settings (use IFOPTS="dhcp" for DHCP)
IFOPTS="dhcp"
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
# DNS Settings (optional)
DOMAIN=localdomain
DNS1=192.168.0.1
DNS2=
# Wireless Settings (optional)
ESSID=FMang
KEY=**********(inputed key)
#IWOPTS="mode managed essid FMang channel 6 key restricted A16B61B296"
WIFI_INTERFACE=wlan0 # use this if you have a special wireless interface
# that is linked to the real $INTERFACE
WIFI_WAIT=5 # seconds to wait for the wireless card to
# associate before bringing the interface up
#USEWPA="yes" # start wpa_supplicant with the profile
#WPAOPTS="" # use "" for normal operation or specify
additional
# options (eg, "-D ipw")
# see /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf for configuration
#AUTOWPA="yes" # automatically configure WPA
#PASSKEY="" # wpa passkey/phrase. for use with AUTOWPA
Is this correct?
Not entirely.
Comment everything in the DNS section , it's not used with dhcp and could cause conflicts
In wireless settings
- uncomment the line for IFOPTS
- comment the line WIFI_INTERFACE (iirc it's only needed with ndiswrapper)
Change the DESCRIPTION field to something appropriate like "Wlan at home"

Dm4-2191us wireless card replacement compatibility

Hey y'all,
I got an HP DM4-2191us from Stables the other day. I've just arrived after a long 8 hour flight to my home here in **bleep**atoga, American Samoa, and am typing this message using a friend's laptop at a Krispy Kreme. Normally the internet's pretty fast here. But anyways my wireless ain't connectin on my DM4 so I took it over to our local repair shop a few blocks over in Suifaga to see if the boys there could get it workin again. To make a long story longer, they've just called me on my cell phone to tell me that they can't get the old wireless working. My friend Fabien's going to say to you what they said to him when i handed him my phone after they called me. Bye :-*
Hello. I am the computer expert. I understand there is like a specific model of wireless device compadible with the HP DM4-2191us. My girlfriend say she think's that the cozmic radiashon is affecting her notebook while in the aeroplane. My girlfriend is looking for a wireless card that is compadible. I have looking inside her bios and saw that there are only these cards compadible which we can find on the island. My girlfriend has a photoshoot on monday and will have to make the pictures format on her computer and then send out photos to her clientelle using her wireless. There is not enough time for my girlfriend to sending her laptop off to switzerland to fix. im am sorry, my first language is Tokelauan and I do not have a proper language driver for my notebook.
This ones i found the names for in her bios:
PPD-AR5B95-H E017105B - "Atheros AR5B95 Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n Controller (Atheros Communications Inc.)"
PPD-AR5B195-H E017105B - "Atheros AR5B95 Wireless LAN 802.11 a/b/g/n Controller (Atheros Communications Inc.)"
TX2RTL8188CEB8 RTL8188CE - "Subsys_81811OEC (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)"
PPD-AR5B225 AR9485WB-EG "Wireless Network Adapter (Atheros Communications Inc.)"
QDS-BECM1051 - "WLAN Broadcom 4313 802.11b/g/n"
She has already inside: TX2-RTL8191SE RTL8188CE (Realtek Semiconductor Corp.)
Is this infos i found for Atheros AR5B95 and 4313 Broadcom correct? Can You please tell me and my girlfriend if this ones will work?
---UPDATE---
B speaking. We called the boys at the shop and they've just told us that the only card they have in stock is... my friend will explain. B
We have just call the shop and they telled us that the Atheros AR5B95 is have it in stalk.
Will this one work with dm4-2191us? Thank you. - F
Thanks yall!
B :-*
Thank you,
- F

compatible*

Wireless card

what would i need to have wireless internet like in a car?
like we have a wireless pc card for my dell. but i just recently bought a macbook, and want to have wireless internet like when we go on trips and what not.

I have a card for my Powebook G4 and it's costly. About $79.00 a month, not including the card from Verizon. Unless you have the money which doesn't include another adaptor for the wireless card to work with the Macbook, I would recommend checking out Smith Micro. They carry USB adapters for connecting a cell phone to a laptop. Otherwise, joining a hotspot would the alternative.
http://www.smithmicro.com/default.tpl?group=subsolutions&id1=1&id2=88

Wireless Card in Macbook

I would like to download the most recent driver for the wireless card inside the MacBook. What is the manufacturer/model of this wireless card?
Thank you.

TkuComeAgain wrote:
Nevermind... I'm not worrying about this anymore. I just got Parallels for Mac and installed XP 64-bit with no issues, and I didn't have to install any drivers and it's very convenient.
Oh - I thought I had posted this before, but I guess I didn't actually hit the post message button. You probably don't need it anymore, but FYI.....
It's a Broadcom BCM4322 chipset. More than likely soldered directly on the main board, since the take-down photos of the new aluminum MacBooks don't show anything that looks like the older removable AirPort cards.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macbook
http://www.broadcom.com/products/Wireless-LAN/802.11-Wireless-LAN-Solutions/BCM4 322

Dell Vostro V13 wireless card issue

Hello. First of all sorry for posting this, because I'm quite sure that it has been asked before. For some weird reason, everytime I use the forum search engine, I get an 500 error.
I'm having troubles to configure my wireless card on my Dell Vostro V13. The wireless card is present on the interfaces list, but I can't put it up.
I installed wicd following wiki steps, but without any luck.
iwconfig wlan0:
wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
ifconfig -a:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:6C:10:9C:93
inet addr:192.168.77.108 Bcast:192.168.77.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:68428 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41438 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:99765655 (95.1 Mb) TX bytes:3044573 (2.9 Mb)
Interrupt:41 Base address:0x8000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:756 (756.0 b) TX bytes:756 (756.0 b)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 70:F1:A1:2D:D8:41
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lspci -vnn | grep 14e4:
09:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g LP-PHY [14e4:4315] (rev 01)
I read the wiki entrance for Broadcom Wireless cards, but I'm not sure whether I must use broadcom-wl driver or not.
Any thoughts?
Thank you and sorry for my lousy English :X

Gusar wrote:
Assuming you're using the kernel b43 driver... did you install the firmware? There's a b43-firmware package in AUR.
If that won't work, then the wl driver is an alternative.
Gusar,
The wiki says "brcm80211
The brcm80211 driver is included in the kernel since 2.6.37. No further action is necessary on the part of the user."
...so I didn't installed anything besides wicd.

Wireless Card PC54G

I have to wirelless card's pc54g in my two computers, and in windows's one i want to give a try on Windows XP 64 Bits, cause now msi provide almost all drivers for my board (MSI Neo 2 Platinum), but i'm still missing the driver for my wireless card. So the question is: when msi will provide us the driver and the software (WlanUtility) for Windows 64 bits.. thanks in advance

Thank you all. I've got the driver from
http://files.aoaforums.com/index.php?dir=224 - The Topic (You have to login/register first)
http://files.aoaforums.com/code.php?file=2130 - The Driver (You have to login/regiter first)
is a nice forum for the 64 bits world.
Dr Stu, the chipset is Ralink RT2500, i know it cause i use ndiswrapper in Linux to use the card, and with the rt2500.sys driver.
Dream_True thanks, but the site didn't work for me.
Assaf thanks for the faster response.
One more question, if you don't care, there is a WlanUtility version for Windows 64 Bits?
thanks in advance

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