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This is an old revision of DocWifiIwl3945 made by BaudAdmin on 2007-08-07 00:06:29.

 

Some documentation for new driver iwl3945 for chipset wifi (as given by lspcidrake -v)
unknown : Intel Corporation|PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection [NETWORK_OTHER] (vendor:8086 device:4222 subv:103c subd:135c)
using kernel Linux benLapix.eagle-usb.org 2.6.22-3mdv #1 SMP Tue Jul 31 16:25:36 CEST 2007 x86_64 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T5500 @ 1.66GHz GNU/Linux

some links


some tests for iwl3945

ifconfig wlan0_rename up
iwlist wlan0_rename scan
Warning: Driver for device wlan0_rename has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...

wlan0_rename  Scan completed :
	      Cell 01 - Address: 00:16:38:EE:67:4F
	                ESSID:"ALISEA-SF-EE6744"
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:6
	                Frequency:2.437 GHz
	                Quality=49/100  Signal level=-79 dBm  Noise level=-127 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; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
	                          12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=00000097b6f630f6
	      Cell 02 - Address: 00:12:17:B3:55:B5
	                ESSID:"wifibaud"
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:9
	                Frequency:2.452 GHz
	                Quality=82/100  Signal level=-52 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
	                Encryption key:on
	                IE: WPA Version 1
	                    Group Cipher : TKIP 
	                    Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP 
	                    Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
	                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; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
	                          12 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=000007b4bae745d8
	      Cell 03 - Address: A2:D1:43:A6:1A:C0
	                ESSID:""
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:12
	                Frequency:2.467 GHz
	                Quality=37/100  Signal level=-87 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
	                Encryption key:on
	                IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
	                    Group Cipher : CCMP 
	                    Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP 
	                    Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
	                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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
	                          48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=00000032f35ceba9
	      Cell 04 - Address: A2:D1:43:A6:1A:C1
	                ESSID:""
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:12
	                Frequency:2.467 GHz
	                Quality=31/100  Signal level=-90 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
	                Encryption key:on
	                IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
	                    Group Cipher : CCMP 
	                    Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP 
	                    Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
	                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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
	                          48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=00000032f35cef6a
	      Cell 05 - Address: A2:D1:43:A6:1A:C3
	                ESSID:"freephonie"
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:12
	                Frequency:2.467 GHz
	                Quality=31/100  Signal level=-90 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
	                Encryption key:on
	                IE: WPA Version 1
	                    Group Cipher : TKIP 
	                    Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP 
	                    Authentication Suites (1) : 802.1X  
	                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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
	                          48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=00000032f35cf913
	      Cell 06 - Address: A2:D1:43:A6:1A:C2
	                ESSID:""
	                Mode:Master
	                Channel:12
	                Frequency:2.467 GHz
	                Quality=33/100  Signal level=-89 dBm  Noise level=-127 dBm
	                Encryption key:on
	                IE: IEEE 802.11i/WPA2 Version 1
	                    Group Cipher : CCMP 
	                    Pairwise Ciphers (1) : CCMP 
	                    Authentication Suites (1) : PSK  
	                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; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
	                          48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
	                Extra:tsf=00000032f35cf470

Relevant result of ifconfig -a : (I removed eth0 and lo interfaces)
eth2      Link encap:UNSPEC  HWaddr 00-18-DE-33-C9-22-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00  
	      BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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 lg file transmission:1000 
	      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wlan0_rename Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:18:DE:33:C9:22  
	      BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  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 lg file transmission:1000 
	      RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

=> eth2 should not be remaining and the name should be wlan0 (maybe a problem with dbus ?)

The result of modprobe iwl3945 in /var/log/messages :
iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, 0.1.1d
iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2007 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
iwl3945: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
iwl3945: Unhandled INTA bits 0x04000000
iwl3945: Disabled INTA bits 0x04000000 were pending
iwl3945:    with FH_INT = 0x00000000
iwl3945: Channel 14 [2.4GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 183 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 184 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 185 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 187 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 188 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 189 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 192 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 196 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 7 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 8 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 11 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 12 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 16 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 145 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 149 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 153 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 157 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 161 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Channel 165 [5.2GHz] is Tx only -- skipping.
iwl3945: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels


# iwlist wlan0_rename scan # strange error :/ I'll have to upgrade wireless-tools-28-3mdv2008.0
Warning: Driver for device wlan0_rename has been compiled with version 22
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 20.
Some things may be broken...

tu aura des restes de l'ancienne interface avec l'adresse MAC dans /etc/udev/rules.d/61-net_config.rules
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