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On Monday, 29 August 2022 22:23:00 BST Walter Dnes wrote: |
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> 1) the output of "dmesg | grep iwlwifi" is... |
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> [ 0.640780] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have |
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> ASPM control [ 0.641112] Loading firmware: iwlwifi-5000-5.ucode |
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> [ 0.641332] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: loaded firmware version 8.83.5.1 build |
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> 33692 5000-5.ucode op_mode iwldvm [ 0.641360] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: |
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> CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG disabled [ 0.641364] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: |
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> CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUGFS disabled [ 0.641367] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: |
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> CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEVICE_TRACING disabled [ 0.641370] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: |
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> Detected Intel(R) WiFi Link 5100 AGN, REV=0x54 [ 17.311014] iwlwifi |
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> 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0 |
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> [ 17.424989] iwlwifi 0000:03:00.0: Radio type=0x1-0x2-0x0 |
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> Nice to see that it detects the 5100 AGN just like lspci. As the old |
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> saying goes, "use it or lose it"; I used to be able to run wifi on this |
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> machine manually (command line) in the past, but now I've completely |
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> forgotten how. I've emerged "iw" and "wpa_supplicant". "iw dev" shows |
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> phy#0 |
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> Interface wlan0 |
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> ifindex 3 |
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> wdev 0x1 |
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> addr 00:26:c6:4a:b4:92 |
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> type managed |
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> txpower 15.00 dBm |
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> Questions... |
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> 1) what do I do to scan and get a list of available networks? |
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If you have emerged wpa_supplicant with USE="qt5" you will have a GUI to |
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launch its client and click on Scan to find and select a desired AP. |
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If not, you can run wpa_cli in a terminal. Something like 'wpa_cli scan' and |
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'wpa_cli scan_results' should show you what's available. If you run just |
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'wpa_cli' it will launch an interactive shell from which you can run: |
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> scan |
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> scan_results |
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'wpa_cli --help' for more subcommands and options. |
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> 2) how do I connect to one of the listed networks (assuming either |
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> it's public, or I have the password) ? |
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With wpa_supplicant's GUI, or with wpa_cli, but the latter is more tedious. |
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Run wpa_cli to get an interactive shell. Then, |
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> scan |
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> scan_results |
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> add_network |
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0 (if there is no other network yet configured) |
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> set_network 0 ssid "My_blah_AP" <== From the results |
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> set_network 0 psk "My_secret_passphrase" |
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> enable_network 0 |
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0K |
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If you managed to authenticate and get an IP address you may want to save your |
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settings - assuming you have enabled 'update_config=1' in your |
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wpa_supplicant.conf: |
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> save config |
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OK |
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For permanent associations you can add BSSID and authentication credentials |
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into /etc/wpa_supplicant/wpa_supplicant.conf. Have a look at '/usr/share/doc/ |
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wpa_supplicant-*/wpa_supplicant.conf.bz2' for examples. |
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> 3) minor detail... The Google hits I've found all show both DVM and |
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> MVM support enabled. Given that dmesg output shows "op_mode iwldvm", |
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> can I safely get rid of MVM support ? |
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I don't know what works with your wireless adaptor, but I tend to experiment |
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initially by building such options as modules and see what is loaded or not |
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and any warnings in dmesg. |
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