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WiFi - Not connecting to access point

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tinypoodle:
IMHO ndiswrapper is not ideal, and a last resort or temporay fix only when no linux driver would work at some given moment.

lmart:
Juanito; thanks for your reply. Output of the 2 commands you requested follow. "As said above, follow the instructions in the info file" - I'm lost, what instructions?
tinypoodle; thanks for your reply.

output-lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM Express PCI Express Root Port (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) IDE Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV44 [GeForce Go 6200] (rev a1)
06:05.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI7420 CardBus Controller
06:05.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments PCI7x20 1394a-2000 OHCI Two-Port PHY/Link-Layer Controller
06:05.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCI7420/7620 Combo CardBus, 1394a-2000 OHCI and SD/MS-Pro Controller
06:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562ET/EZ/GT/GZ - PRO/100 VE (LOM) Ethernet Controller Mobile (rev 03)
06:0b.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

output-lsusb
not found

Juanito:

--- Quote from: lmart on July 17, 2012, 08:31:19 AM ---Output of the 2 commands you requested follow. "As said above, follow the instructions in the info file" - I'm lost, what instructions?

--- End quote ---

From the ndiswrapper info file (info tab in the apps gui):

--- Code: ---                example howto:
                enter bootcodes blacklist=ssb blacklist=b43 blacklist=bcma
                $ sudo ndiswrapper -i /mnt/sda1/drivers/ndiswrapper/bcmwl5.inf
                $ sudo ndiswrapper -l
                $ sudo ndiswrapper -m
                $ sudo modprobe ndiswrapper
                ----------
                Note: you can now make an extension out of everything in
                .. /etc/ndiswrapper and use it with the ndiswrapper extension
                ..to avoid having to use the perl5 extension
                ----------

--- End code ---
Of course you would need to substitute the windows driver for your hardware for bcmwl5.inf/bcmwl5.sys


--- Quote ---06:0b.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)

--- End quote ---
This is your wifi hardware - I seem to recall some posts in the forum about how to get this working with linux drivers rather than ndiswrapper.

Edit: It might even work right out of the box with the wifi extension

coreplayer2:
For an Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG device, the Linux " ipw2200 " firmware and driver is recommended.

Honestly, I'd start over by removing any and all wifi associated extensions including the ndiswrapper which is not required.

Then using the APPS Utility download and install with "OnBoot" selected only the following, which will install the required applications and dependencies.

firmware-ipw2200.tcz
wireless-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz
wifi.tcz


Note that wireless-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz is a dependency of wifi.tcz  so will be installed automatically when installing wifi.tcz, installing it separately is ok too. 

lmart:
coreplayer2

thanks, start over makes sense; want to make sure we're on the same page
#1 - will reinstall tc+ from LiveCD to usb
#2 - do not check any of the following boxes when installing; (1) WiFi support, (2) ndiswrapper and, (3) Wireless Firmware
#3 - then follow your instructions;
  "Then using the APPS Utility download and install with "OnBoot" selected only the following, which will install the required applications and dependencies.

  firmware-ipw2200.tcz
  wireless-3.0.21-tinycore.tcz
  wifi.tcz"

Are the 3 steps correct - Yes|No?

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