[SOLVED] Wifi not connecting on Intel wifi link 5300

[sugarlove6]

Hello!

I just installed Mageia, and I must say so far I'm very impressed with how visually pleasing and intuitive it is. Everything during setup seems to have worked out fine, but I'm having problems connecting to my wireless network. I'm dualbooting, and Windows can connect without any problems. Initially Mageia didn't recognize my wifi-card at all, but after I loaded the non-free drivers it seemed to work. I get a nice list of available networks, but I can't connect, I just get "connection failed". I tried to download the windows driver (the wired connection works), and install it from the control center (hardware), but that didn't help. I quadruple-checked the password, and I've tried different networks, and windows works, so I guess the problem is in Mageia.

My computer is a Lenovo thinkpad x301 btw, with (according to the control center) a "Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300" wireless network card.

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03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300
00:19.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82567LM Gigabit Network Connection (rev 03)



Any tips?

/Filip

[Ken-Bergen]

Have you tried using the connection after the "connection failed" message?
Often the connection test fails but the connection actually happens.

[sugarlove6]

Yep, no luck there.

[sugarlove6]

No other suggestions? I would really appreciate it, it's pretty much a deal-breaker for me since I can't access internet anywhere except my room. I read on the forums that the networkmanager could conflict with the net-applet, so I think I disabled the applet, but as far as I can tell it didn't do any good.

[martinw]

First of all, Intel WiFi is generally well supported by the native Linux driver, so using the Windows driver should not be necessary. If you haven't already done so, reconfigure to use the native Linux driver before trying any of the following.

Can you provide the output of following commands, preferably shortly after a reboot (you'll need to use the 'su' command to become root first):

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grep iwlwifi /var/log/messages
iwconfig
iwlist scan


(blank out your ESSID and MAC address details if you want to keep them private).

As you have already commented, NetworkManager and the Mageia net applet are known to conflict. I always disable NetworkManager, like this:

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systemctl stop NetworkManager.service
systemctl disable NetworkManager.service


and just use the Mageia tools.

[sugarlove6]

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Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411257] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_len = 0x00002000
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411261] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: pci_resource_base = ffffc90005090000
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411264] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: HW Revision ID = 0x0
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411419] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG enabled
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411423] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411425] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411428] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TESTMODE disabled
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411431] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: CONFIG_IWLWIFI_P2P disabled
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411439] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Detected Intel(R) Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 AGN, REV=0x24
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.411505] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: L1 Disabled; Enabling L0S
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.431385] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: device EEPROM VER=0x11e, CALIB=0x4
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.431389] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Device SKU: 0xF0
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.444930] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 24 802.11a channels
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.468733] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.495358] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-4.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.503396] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-3.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.507378] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.511947] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [    7.511953] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found!
Dec 10 22:01:44 localhost harddrake2[3394]: running: modinfo -p iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:01:51 localhost harddrake2[3394]: running: modinfo -p iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:02:03 localhost drakconnect[3602]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:02:04 localhost drakconnect[3602]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:02:04 localhost drakconnect[3602]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:02:05 localhost drakconnect[3602]: Thirdparty package iwlwifi-agn-ucode (firmware) is required but not available
Dec 10 22:04:41 localhost rpmdrake[3672]: [RPM] iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch installed
Dec 10 22:04:41 localhost rpmdrake[3672]: running: rpm -ql iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree
Dec 10 22:05:23 localhost drakconnect[3745]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:05:23 localhost drakconnect[3745]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:05:23 localhost drakconnect[3745]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:05:23 localhost drakconnect[3745]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:05:23 localhost drakconnect[3745]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:05:25 localhost drakconnect[3745]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:10:44 localhost rpmdrake[3798]: [RPM] iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch installed
Dec 10 22:10:45 localhost rpmdrake[3798]: running: rpm -ql iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree
Dec 10 22:11:15 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:11:15 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:11:15 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:11:15 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:11:15 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:11:16 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:12:24 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:12:24 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:24 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:24 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:24 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:12:25 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:12:31 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:12:31 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:31 localhost drakconnect[4029]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:31 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:31 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:12:32 localhost drakconnect[4029]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:12:45 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:12:45 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:45 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:45 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:45 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:12:46 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:12:51 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Found settings for driver "iwlwifi" in category "network::connection::wireless"
Dec 10 22:12:51 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: No kernel_module package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:51 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: No tools package for module "iwlwifi" is required, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:51 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Required firmware package for module "iwlwifi" is already installed, skipping
Dec 10 22:12:51 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Loading module iwlwifi
Dec 10 22:12:52 localhost draknetcenter[4122]: Settings for driver "iwlwifi" applied
Dec 10 22:17:38 localhost drakconnect[4029]: running: rmmod iwlwifi
Dec 11 10:20:44 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -ql iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:20:44 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -q --qf '%{description}' iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:20:44 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -q --changelog iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:21:10 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -ql iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:21:11 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -q --qf '%{description}' iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:21:11 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -q --changelog iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch
Dec 11 10:21:37 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: [RPM] iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20120421-3.mga2.nonfree.noarch removed
Dec 11 10:21:37 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: [RPM] iwlwifi-4965-ucode-228.61.2.24-5.mga2.nonfree.noarch removed
Dec 11 10:21:41 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: [RPM] iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20121030-1.mga2.nonfree.noarch installed
Dec 11 10:21:45 localhost rpmdrake[6094]: running: rpm -ql iwlwifi-agn-ucode-20121030-1.mga2.nonfree


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lo        no wireless extensions.

wwan0     no wireless extensions.

wlan0     IEEE 802.11g  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.472 GHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
          Bit Rate:150 Mb/s
          RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
          Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:0   Missed beacon:0

eth0      no wireless extensions.


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lo        Interface doesn't support scanning.

wwan0     Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0     Scan completed :
          Cell 01 - Address: 00:25:9C:01:66:14
                    ESSID:"greekpower"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:18/100  Signal level:-84 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000A677265656B706F776572
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 0706474220010D14
                    IE: Unknown: 200100
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                       Preauthentication Supported
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101020003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD910050F204104A00011010440001021041000100103B000103104700100000000000000001100000259C016614102100134C696E6B73797320436F72706F726174696F6E102300075752543132304E1024000776312E302E30311042000A4A3933323032313638361054000800060050F204000110110014576972656C65737320526F757465722857464129100800020084
                    IE: Unknown: DD0900037F01010000FF7F
                    IE: Unknown: DD0A00037F04010020000000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1A4C101BFF00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1606001B00000000000000000000000000000000000000
          Cell 02 - Address: 70:71:BC:26:26:18
                    ESSID:"fe4d64"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:70/100  Signal level:-51 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006666534643634
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180203F0040000
          Cell 03 - Address: 00:26:37:D2:71:A3
                    ESSID:"Socker"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:100/100  Signal level:-17 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
                              11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006536F636B6572
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B0C12961824
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 0706555320010B1B
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
          Cell 04 - Address: E0:CB:4E:62:A9:81
                    ESSID:"e05dcf"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:17/100  Signal level:-85 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006653035646366
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0040000
          Cell 05 - Address: E0:CB:4E:85:AD:E9
                    ESSID:"3e90b8"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:37/100  Signal level:-72 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006336539306238
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
          Cell 06 - Address: 20:CF:30:7B:E4:DF
                    ESSID:"Gabrielsasa"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:17/100  Signal level:-85 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000B4761627269656C73617361
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0040000
          Cell 07 - Address: 30:46:9A:7E:14:9E
                    ESSID:"ComHem<7150C4>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:42/100  Signal level:-69 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    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
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000E436F6D48656D3C3731353043343E
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD800050F204104A0001101044000102103B00010310470010349719C974D1599C570DB44F6180758A102100074E657467656172102300074E6574676561721024000631323334353610420007303030303030311054000800060050F2040001101100094E6574676561724150100800022008103C0001011049000600372A000120
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F02C0000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1601081100000000000000000000000000000000000000
          Cell 08 - Address: 20:CF:30:7B:AB:E3
                    ESSID:"7f35e2"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:39/100  Signal level:-71 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006376633356532
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD6A0050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700104D73C5C27E6B5243D6440AAB1719670B10210005436973636F10230005436973636F1024000631323334353610420007303030303030311054000800060050F204000110110006376633356532100800020088
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
          Cell 09 - Address: 00:01:38:D6:27:CA
                    ESSID:"B2_private_CA"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.412 GHz (Channel 1)
                    Quality:7/100  Signal level:-91 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000D42325F707269766174655F4341
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C183048
                    IE: Unknown: 030101
                    IE: Unknown: 0706534520010D14
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32041224606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : TKIP CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
          Cell 10 - Address: B8:8D:12:63:08:AD
                    ESSID:"Dan Jonssons Nätverk"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.427 GHz (Channel 4)
                    Quality:17/100  Signal level:-85 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
                              9 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 001544616E204A6F6E73736F6E73204EC3A4747665726B
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B960C121824
                    IE: Unknown: 030104
                    IE: Unknown: 0706534520010D1E
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32043048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101020003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD0700039301750320
                    IE: Unknown: DD070017F203020180
                    IE: Unknown: DD0E0017F20700010106B88D126308AD
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AAD511BFFFFFF0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D1604001100000000000000000000000000000000000000
          Cell 11 - Address: E0:69:95:2A:3B:1C
                    ESSID:"8c6194"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
                    Quality:100  Signal level:0  Noise level:160
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006386336313934
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030106
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180200F0040000
          Cell 12 - Address: C0:3F:0E:C0:62:4F
                    ESSID:"ComHem<74D30E>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.472 GHz (Channel 13)
                    Quality:12/100  Signal level:-88 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    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
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000E436F6D48656D3C3734443330453E
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010D
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD800050F204104A0001101044000102103B000103104700103CF9C4D6D67E224D872AFA6E4A1FE19C102100074E657467656172102300074E6574676561721024000631323334353610420007303030303030311054000800060050F2040001101100094E6574676561724150100800022008103C0001011049000600372A000120
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F02C0000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160D001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
          Cell 13 - Address: BC:AE:C5:00:11:8C
                    ESSID:"7efade"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
                    Quality:23/100  Signal level:-81 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006376566616465
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 030109
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0104
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0104
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180205F0040000
          Cell 14 - Address: E0:CB:4E:6A:DB:EC
                    ESSID:"360e48"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:14/100  Signal level:-87 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 0006333630653438
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0102
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0102
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F0040000
          Cell 15 - Address: 00:1E:2A:27:CE:7F
                    ESSID:"ComHem<32B08D>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:21/100  Signal level:-82 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    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
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000E436F6D48656D3C3332423038443E
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F204104A00011010440001021049000600372A000120
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180201F02C0000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160B001300000000000000000000000000000000000000
          Cell 16 - Address: E0:69:95:65:BA:A9
                    ESSID:"Sisyfos"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:4/100  Signal level:-93 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000753697379666F73
                    IE: Unknown: 010482848B96
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: Unknown: 32080C1218243048606C
                    IE: WPA Version 1
                        Group Cipher : TKIP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (2) : CCMP TKIP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F0040000
          Cell 17 - Address: A0:21:B7:E8:3F:DD
                    ESSID:"ComHem<E94E38>"
                    Protocol:IEEE 802.11g
                    Mode:Master
                    Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
                    Quality:7/100  Signal level:-91 dBm  Noise level:-96 dBm
                    Encryption key:on
                    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
                    Extra:bcn_int=100
                    Extra:atim=0
                    IE: Unknown: 000E436F6D48656D3C4539344533383E
                    IE: Unknown: 010882848B962430486C
                    IE: Unknown: 03010B
                    IE: Unknown: 050400010000
                    IE: Unknown: 2A0100
                    IE: Unknown: 2F0100
                    IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
                        Group Cipher : CCMP
                        Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP
                        Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
                    IE: Unknown: 32040C121860
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F2020101800003A4000027A4000042435E0062322F00
                    IE: Unknown: DD180050F204104A00011010440001021049000600372A000120
                    IE: Unknown: DD090010180202F02C0000
                    IE: Unknown: 2D1AFC181BFFFF000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
                    IE: Unknown: 3D160B001700000000000000000000000000000000000000

eth0      Interface doesn't support scanning.



[sugarlove6]

I think I switched back to the linux driver now, and I ran the commands for stopping network manager. Still just getting connection fails. Thank you very much for taking the time to help me

[alf]

Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [ 7.511947] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: request for firmware file 'iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode' failed.
Dec 10 21:52:17 localhost kernel: [ 7.511953] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: no suitable firmware found!

Firmware for the deviceis missing, so install package iwlwifi-agn-ucode.

[sugarlove6]

I've already done that, now I tried to remove it and install it again, no change.

[alf]

sometimes a reboot helps, particularly on network problems.

[martinw]

If the reboot doesn't help, can you again post the output of

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grep iwlwifi /var/log/messages


and also of

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ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi*


[sugarlove6]

For some reason I don't get anything when I run the first command. Am I doing something wrong when I'm trying to connect?

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[root@localhost floppy]# grep iwlwifi /var/log/messages
[root@localhost floppy]#


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[root@localhost floppy]# ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 335056 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-3.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337520 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-1000-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337572 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-100-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 689680 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-105-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 701228 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-135-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 695876 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-2000-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 707392 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-2030-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 345008 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 353240 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-2.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 340696 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 337400 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-5150-2.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 454608 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000-4.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 444128 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2a-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 460236 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-5.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 679436 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6000g2b-6.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 463692 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-4.ucode
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 469780 Apr 21  2012 /lib/firmware/iwlwifi-6050-5.ucode


[doktor5000]

For some reason I don't get anything when I run the first command.

Yes, that's correct, i've got an IWL5100 and it will also show nothing. Try again with:

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dmesg | grep -E 'iwlwifi|wlan|firmware'

[sugarlove6]

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[root@localhost floppy]#     dmesg | grep -E 'iwlwifi|wlan|firmware'
[    8.091882] wlan0: ethernet device 00:16:ea:e5:b8:2c using NDIS driver: netw5x64, version: 0x52, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 Driver', 8086:4236.5.conf
[    8.092056] wlan0: encryption modes supported: WEP; TKIP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK; AES/CCMP with WPA, WPA2, WPA2-PSK
[   12.929276] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready
[   12.942713] ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): wlan0: link is not ready


[martinw]

For some reason I don't get anything when I run the first command.

Yes, that's correct, i've got an IWL5100 and it will also show nothing.

I'd disagree - it showed something when sugarlove6 previously posted the output of this command. Also, works here on both my machines with Intel Wifi (one IWL5100, one IWL6230). But the same messages are also output to dmesg.

[martinw]

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[root@localhost floppy]#     dmesg | grep -E 'iwlwifi|wlan|firmware'
[    8.091882] wlan0: ethernet device 00:16:ea:e5:b8:2c using NDIS driver: netw5x64, version: 0x52, NDIS version: 0x501, vendor: 'Intel(R) WiFi Link 5300 Driver', 8086:4236.5.conf


This shows your machine is currently configured to use the Windows (NDIS) driver. Can you describe, step by step, how you reconfigured it to use the native driver, so we can try to figure out why it hasn't worked.

P.S. The output of the 'ls -l /lib/firmware/iwlwifi*' confirms you have successfully installed the firmware needed by the native driver.

[sugarlove6]

I went Control Center -> Hardware -> Wifi -> Run config tool, and ran it and choosed network interface wlan0 (i.e. not "Use a windows driver"). I thought this meant using the native driver since I choosed the option that wasn't the windows driver, but now I suspect that I might've been wrong... . So what's the right way to reconfigure to the native driver?

[martinw]

Well, I usually get to it via Control Centre -> Network & Internet -> Set up a new network interface, but I thing we end up in the same configuration tool. What you are doing seems right to me, so I don't know why it hasn't worked. The only thing I can think of to suggest is to remove the ndiswrapper package (via Control Centre -> Software Management), reboot (to make sure it is no longer loaded), then try configuring the wireless interface again.

[sugarlove6]

Yep, it's the same interface . I've uninstalled ndiswrapper, but the config tool still wants to use it. I took a screenshot how it looks.

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EDIT: Just noticed that the network config tool automatically installs ndiswrapper again when I run it...

[martinw]

OK, I've managed to reproduce the problem here. Once you've selected ndiswrapper, it doesn't want to let go! However, I think I've found a reliable way to eliminate it. Try executing the following commands (as root):

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cd /etc
grep -v ndiswrapper modprobe.conf > modprobe.new
mv modprobe.new modprobe.conf
rmmod ndiswrapper
urpme ndiswrapper


then go back to the network configuration tool. It should now allow you to use the native driver.

[sugarlove6]

You, my friend, is a god among men! I'm writing this from my flawlessly functional wireless connection, your commands worked like a charm! Thank you very, very much!

[doktor5000]

Nice to hear! Please mark the thread accordingly by editing the topic of the first post and prefix it by [SOLVED], thanks

[martinw]

Yes, good to hear you are up and running. Welcome to Mageia!