Activate B43 WiFi on 6.4.3 BUG

**luther** · 04-20-2012, 10:26 PM

Reference:
http://smtp.knoppix.net/wiki/Network...ppix_5.3.1_FAQ

I. Native way:
a)

Code:

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

eth0      no wireless extensions.

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$

b) Need to put back b43 and ssb:

Code:

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)

Code:

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

Code:

knoppix@Microknoppix:~$ su
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

e) Setup the ESSID and the channel

Code:

root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix# iwconfig wlan0 essid "my_network" channel "6"
root@Microknoppix:/home/knoppix#

f) Check the result

Code:

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

Code:

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** · 04-21-2012, 12:55 AM

Originally Posted by luther

g) Activate the wlan0

Code:

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:

Code:

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?

**luther** · 04-21-2012, 06:16 AM

Hi,
This configuration appears to function OK:

Code:

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: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1601001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 4A0E14000A002C01C800140005001900
                    IE: Unknown: 7F0101
                    IE: Unknown: DD270050F204104A00011010440001021047001061871BB7F550F4576F1F931F67E49FC9103C000103
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180204F0040000
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
          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

**utu** · 04-21-2012, 04:52 PM

@ 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.