Activate B43 WiFi on 6.4.3 BUG

[luther]

Reference:
http://smtp.knoppix.net/wiki/Network_Wireless_for_Knoppix_5.3.1_FAQ

I. Native way:
a)


knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$
b) Need to put back b43 and ssb:


knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo modprobe -a ssb
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ sudo modprobe -a b43
knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$
c)


knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b0:fa:e5:31
inet addr:192.168.0.71 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fefa:e531/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3667 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2071 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:2442530 (2.3 MiB) TX bytes:293863 (286.9 KiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

* Only the "lo" entry there

d) Become the super user



knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ su
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
e) Setup the ESSID and the channel


root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network" channel "6"
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
f) Check the result


root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bg ESSID:"my_network"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
g) Activate the wlan0


root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
* Error message returns



SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
** Native way has BUG?

Suspect Knoppix 5.3.1 DOCS are outdated.

Reply requested, please . . .

[luther]

g) Activate the wlan0


root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Unknown error 132
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
* Error message returns

** Native way has BUG?

Suspect Knoppix 5.3.1 DOCS are outdated.

Reply requested, please . . .

Hi,
Using a borrowed external WiFi W/6.7.1, trapped this error:



root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#


Error message returned from 6.7.1


SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill

Does this provide any clues to the bug[s] where-abouts?
:confused:

[luther]

Hi,
This configuration appears to function OK:



knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0f:b0:fa:e5:31
inet addr:192.168.0.71 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20f:b0ff:fefa:e531/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:252 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:14 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:15120 (14.7 KiB) TX bytes:1086 (1.0 KiB)
Interrupt:22 Base address:0xa000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 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:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ su
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network" channel "6"
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

wlan0 IEEE 802.11bgn ESSID:"my_network"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Tx-Power=off
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 power on
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 txpower 20
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 txpower "20"
Error for wireless request "Set Tx Power" (8B26) :
SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# ifconfig wlan0 up
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwlist wlan0 scan
wlan0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 58:6D:8F:62:71:BB
Channel:1
Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
Quality=25/70 Signal level=-85 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"BronzePanda"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=0000013ba4d3f22b
Extra: Last beacon: 1153ms ago
IE: Unknown: 000B42726F6E7A6550616E6461
IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
IE: Unknown: 030101
IE: Unknown: 050400010100
IE: Unknown: 2A0106
IE: Unknown: 2F0106
IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000 000000
IE: Unknown: 3D1601001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
IE: Unknown: 7F0101
IE: Unknown: DD270050F204104A00011010440001021047001061871BB7F5 50F4576F1F931F67E49FC9103C000103
IE: Unknown: DD090010180204F0040000
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F 00
Cell 02 - Address: 00:21:1E:57:DC:60
Channel:4
Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
Quality=70/70 Signal level=-15 dBm
Encryption key:on
ESSID:"my_network"
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s
Bit Rates:6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s
36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Mode:Master
Extra:tsf=00000000343a5d7d
Extra: Last beacon: 956ms ago
IE: Unknown: 0009717765737435323936
IE: Unknown: 010582848B962C
IE: Unknown: 030104
IE: Unknown: 2A0104
IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#
**Added some tweaks to code
:D

[utu]

@ luther

I haven't been following this thread.
I don't know what your question is, and
I'm really lost on context.

For example, how close to an UNMODIFIED configuration are we dealing with,
and are you using wicd or network manager?

I think we've got the driver problem sorted out, but it's not clear you
have gotten on-line with wifi in 6.4.3. If you're using wicd, I expect that'd work
but I don't use it, so don't know its peculiarities. For me, complicated as it is,
network manager 'just works' for me and I don't know its peculiarities either.

[luther]

Summary:

Needed external WiFi, suggested by utu.

:D