Intel/Pro Wireless 2200BG - no WPA connection

[wizard_1]

hi there,

i use a dell inspiron 6000 with a Intel/Pro Wireless 2200BG card.

when i start wicd, i see my network, but even after giving in the correct pwd, i cannot connect.

is there any other pre-installed network manager i can use? is this a known problem or what do i do wrong?

thx

[Archangel-Amael]

hi there,
i use a dell inspiron 6000 with a Intel/Pro Wireless 2200BG card.
when i start wicd, i see my network, but even after giving in the correct pwd, i cannot connect.
is there any other pre-installed network manager i can use? is this a known problem or what do i do wrong?
thx

Did you try to start wicd from the command line?
Did you try to configure your card manually?
Is it compatible?

[wizard_1]

hi archangel.amael,

yes, i started it from the shell as root...

no, i didn't try to configure it manually, just over the wicd gui...

it should be, at least i can connect to networks which are unsecured...

thx

[Gitsnik]

What sort of WPA network is it. As I recall it the discontinued 2200BG only supports very basic WPA, so if you're trying WPA2 that probably won't work.

Can you cut it back to WEP to be sure the card is doing encryption at the least (my atheros does WEP but not WPA, annoying because I have to carry another card whenever I'm hooking into the work network if I'm not wired).

[wizard_1]

Hi,

Unfortunately i can not change it, if the info of my isp was correct... but i will try it anyway ;-)

it's wpa1 ... so should it work anyway? or is there another driver i could use or another network-manager?

thx!

[wizard_1]

hi guys,

ok, i tried it with wpa, wep, and unsecured... it just works unsecured...

the logs for the connection attempts look like that:

2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Connecting to wireless network try
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Putting interface down
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ifconfig eth1 down
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Releasing DHCP leases...
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Setting false IP...
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ifconfig eth1 0.0.0.0
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Stopping wpa_supplicant and any DHCP clients
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: killall wpa_supplicant
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Flushing the routing table...
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ip route flush dev eth1
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ip route flush dev eth0
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Generating psk...
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ['/usr/bin/wpa_passphrase', 'try', 'abc2929abcabc2929abca
bcabc']
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: Attempting to authenticate...
2009/07/06 20:59:56 :: ['wpa_supplicant', '-B', '-i', 'eth1', '-c', '/var/lib/wi
cd/configurations/0023a3851cb0', '-D', 'ipw']
2009/07/06 20:59:57 :: Putting interface up...
2009/07/06 20:59:57 :: ifconfig eth1 up
2009/07/06 20:59:57 :: iwconfig eth1 mode managed
2009/07/06 20:59:57 :: ['iwconfig', 'eth1', 'essid', 'try', 'channel', '1', 'ap'
, '00:23:A3:85:1C:B0']
2009/07/06 20:59:57 :: WPA_CLI RESULT IS None


thx

[Gitsnik]

If WEP connections are failing as well (did you do those via the CLI as well by the way) I'd guess there is something wrong with your driver or your hardware. Neither are fields I can willing provide information on, but I would check there - do you have another card you could test with?