Fedora 10 vs WiFi card, the showdown

[DaFoot]

Hi all,

Need to ask some help with getting my wireless networking on my Dell Latitude D600 laptop.

It *appears* to connect to the network ok, but can't load webpages. The signal strength/network manager icons in the top panel show good connection.

Even if I try to access a server on my LAN by IP address it fails (including the router). Nor can I ssh to other machines. Originally I thought DNS issues but the lack of ability to access services by IP puts me off that idea. Also I'd expect an error in the browser (FF) about DNS/cant find server rather than simply a blank page.

I tried to follow instructions from here:
http://www.linuxhomenetworking.com/wiki/index.php/Quick_HOWTO_:_Ch13_:_Linux_Wireless_Networking#Net working_With_Linux_Wireless-Tools

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# lspci | grep Wireless
02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)

I aquired firmware through standard yum install process that was documented online somewhere (I forget where now! :( ).

Last bit of wpa_supplicant.log (used on advice from the article linked above):

CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Trying to associate with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea (SSID='dafoot.co.uk' freq=2412 MHz)
Association request to the driver failed
Associated with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea completed (reauth) [id=0 id_str=]
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Trying to associate with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea (SSID='dafoot.co.uk' freq=2412 MHz)
Association request to the driver failed
Associated with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea
WPA: Key negotiation completed with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea [PTK=CCMP GTK=TKIP]
CTRL-EVENT-CONNECTED - Connection to 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea completed (reauth) [id=1 id_str=]

Looks like a clue (boled) , but not really sure what I need to be changing


Last relevent bits of log/messages file:

Jun 25 17:13:15 localhost NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth1 state changed (null) -> preinit
Jun 25 17:13:15 localhost dhclient: Listening on LPF/eth1/00:04:23:84:c9:34
Jun 25 17:13:15 localhost dhclient: Sending on LPF/eth1/00:04:23:84:c9:34
Jun 25 17:13:15 localhost dhclient: Sending on Socket/fallback
Jun 25 17:13:15 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost dhclient: DHCPOFFER from 192.168.2.1
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost dhclient: DHCPREQUEST on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost dhclient: DHCPACK from 192.168.2.1
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> DHCP: device eth1 state changed preinit -> bound
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) scheduled...
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) started...
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> address 192.168.2.26
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> prefix 24 (255.255.255.0)
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> gateway 192.168.2.1
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> nameserver '192.168.2.1'
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> domain name 'dafoot.co.uk'
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) scheduled...
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 4 of 5 (IP Configure Get) complete.
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) started...
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost avahi-daemon[2410]: Joining mDNS multicast group on interface eth1.IPv4 with address 192.168.2.26.
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost avahi-daemon[2410]: New relevant interface eth1.IPv4 for mDNS.
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost avahi-daemon[2410]: Registering new address record for 192.168.2.26 on eth1.IPv4.
Jun 25 17:13:16 localhost dhclient: bound to 192.168.2.26 -- renewal in 81473 seconds.
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost NetworkManager: <info> (eth1): device state change: 7 -> 8
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost dnsmasq[2461]: reading /etc/resolv.conf
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost dnsmasq[2461]: using nameserver 192.168.2.1#53
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Policy set 'dafoot.co.uk WPA' (eth1) as default for routing and DNS.
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) successful, device activated.
Jun 25 17:13:18 localhost NetworkManager: <info> Activation (eth1) Stage 5 of 5 (IP Configure Commit) complete.


The bits I've embolded are particularly confusing for me as they seem to suiggest all is well :confused:

[scottro]

I would try taking NetworkManager out of the equation to be sure it's not the culprit.

http://home.roadrunner.com/~computertaijutsu/wireless.html

[DaFoot]

Thanks for the suggestion. I've tried working through that document with some success but ultimately failure....

Some info drawn out of my system while working through that document:

lspci:
02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)

modprobe:
ipw2100 64560 0
ieee80211 27848 1 ipw2100


So up to that point all seems well, until I issue the wpa_supplicant cammand which I believe is the money shot....

wpa_supplicant -Dwext -ieth1 -cwpa.conf
Trying to associate with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea (SSID='dafoot.co.uk' freq=2412 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
Association request to the driver failed
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys
Trying to associate with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea (SSID='dafoot.co.uk' freq=2412 MHz)
ioctl[SIOCSIWFREQ]: Operation not supported
Association request to the driver failed
Associated with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea
WPA: Invalid EAPOL-Key MIC when using TPTK - ignoring TPTK
WPA: Could not verify EAPOL-Key MIC - dropping packet
Authentication with 00:13:f7:97:a2:ea timed out.
CTRL-EVENT-DISCONNECTED - Disconnect event - remove keys


So it seems the driver is faiilng? I'm still none the wiser really.