IBM I1300 Thinkpad Wireless
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Hey all. First time linux user here. I just got this operating system on my laptop and cant figure out the wireless. I ran iwconfig and got this.
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"" Nickname:"HERMES I"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.457 GHz Access Point: None
Bit Rate:2 Mb/s Sensitivity:1/3
Retry limit:4 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/92 Signal level=134/153 Noise level=134/153
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:1 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
Do I need a driver and if so, anyone know where I could get one?
Thanks everyone.
Pat
Thanks for the links,
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Thanks for the links, mdmarmer, I looked through them and started looking into using a windows driver with ndiswrapper. I tryed to install the driver that IBM supplied with the laptop and another from a website i found. Both came up as incorrect driver.
Here is the text from ndiswrapper.
ndiswPat@1[Desktop]$ ndiswrapper -l
airplus : driver installed
bcmwl5 : driver installed
bcmwl5a : driver installed
lsbcmnds : driver installed
lsbcmnds6 : driver installed
lstinds : driver installed
mrv8k51 : driver installed
netr33x : driver installed
prismnic : driver installed
wlags48b : invalid driver!
wlanuig : driver installed
wlipnds : driver installed
Where would I look for that orinoco_cs driver to try to use that one? Would this problem be possibly related to how the system boots? I have to add the "irqpoll" option when it boots becuase it trys to disable irq 15 and just hangs there.
Otherwise, Im liking Mepis so far. I just need to get this internet running.
Thanks for the help.
Pat
You can see that the
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You can see that the orinoco_cs driver exists this way in root konsole
modprobe orinoco_cs
that will load it, but I think Mepis is already doing that
Possibly your boot cheatcode of irqpoll is causing a problem
There are other codes to try, such as
pci=biosirq
pnpbios=off
acpi=off
noapic
nolapic
Did you try to configure your card in mnetwork (Mepis Network Assistant) ?
Mike
Also, I don't have that much time to post and there are lots of things I don't know
http://www.mepislovers.com is a more active board
Thanks for the help
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Thanks for the help mdmarmer. I found a driver that works and the wireless is working just fine now. I found it at http://www.firstwave.ch/support/download/pc_card.html and it works well. Very happy with mepis now.
Pat
What steps did you take to
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What steps did you take to get the driver working? Might be useful to someone else. Thanks!
Mike
Looks like your wireless is
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Looks like your wireless is detected on eth0 but it is not connecting for some reason
Try this http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/MEPIS_Network_Manager
I believe your driver is orinoco_cs which is included with Mepis and is detecting your card
Do you have the latest Mepis (6.5) ?
http://www.mepis.org/docs/en/index.php/Wireless_connection
Mike
http://www.mepislovers.com -- great forum