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Offline waterleat

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[Solved] iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« on: July 27, 2013, 09:48:18 AM »
iwconfig gives the following output
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lo        no wireless extensions.
dummy0    no wireless extensions.
eth0      no wireless extensions
and lspci -vv gives this for my wireless
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01:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2701
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
I believe it is not the best of wireless "cards" on an ACER laptop TravelMate 292LCi
Can anyone help with the wifi setup ethernet connection is fine
« Last Edit: July 28, 2013, 03:19:26 AM by waterleat »

Offline gerald_clark

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Re: iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #1 on: July 27, 2013, 10:00:49 AM »
Did you install firmware-ipw2200.tcz ?

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Re: iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #2 on: July 27, 2013, 03:16:50 PM »
OOps no I had not done soon. Now iwconfig says
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eth1      IEEE 802.11bg  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Channel:0  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0 
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr: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
now lspci -vv gives
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01:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 2701
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR- FastB2B- DisINTx-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
        Latency: 128 (750ns min, 6000ns max)
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 10
        Region 0: Memory at e0000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: <access denied>
        Kernel driver in use: ipw2200
        Kernel modules: ipw2200
However I think I installed everything else. Which of these would you recommend, use or need
  • wireless_tools
  • wpa_gui
  • wpa_supplicant
  • iw
I have the firmware extension before" wireless-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz" in the onbootlist and that makes wpa_gui see other devices now

Thank you for that vital piece of info. The forum is great for solving problems.

Offline tinypoodle

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Re: iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #3 on: July 27, 2013, 04:24:28 PM »
Depends if you need WPA encryption or not.
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Re: iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #4 on: July 27, 2013, 08:12:38 PM »
If you install the "wifi" extension, it will install what is required (apart from the firmware) in order for wireless to work in most circumstances.

Offline waterleat

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[Solved] iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #5 on: July 28, 2013, 03:09:29 AM »
Thank you all - up and running now

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Re: [Solved] iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #6 on: September 10, 2013, 11:47:36 AM »
Hello all. I bought a new acer aspire v5 571p laptop that tinycore+ wifi worked when windows8 was not installed. But whenever win8 is installed in tiny, iwconfig shows no wifi....Any advice

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Re: [Solved] iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #7 on: September 10, 2013, 12:03:39 PM »
Check your function keys and make sure you have wireless turned on.

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Re: [Solved] iwconfig no wireless extensions found
« Reply #8 on: September 10, 2013, 02:20:55 PM »
Thanks for ur reply. This acer aspire v5 571p has no wifi switch, only fn+f3... Tc stable with wifi ext. works when win8 isnt on the harddrive. If I format and install tc it works as is, Ive heard w/ win8 it can block the wifi somehow... however, i downloaded the tc 5.0rc1 and its wifi works w/ win8 installed,so yeah everyone try tc 5.0 rc