[sf-lug] how to get wifi Javacat
Christian Einfeldt
einfeldt at gmail.com
Sun Oct 7 13:50:07 PDT 2007
hi
Jason Turner helped me get wifi working on my IBM Thinkpad at Java Cat via
Knoppix 5.x . This is a really fantastic solution for me, because I had
been using a Netgear wifi card that I just had not been able to get working
under openSUSE 10.1, and I have not yet had time to install either 10.2 or
10.3. My working wifi card had been stolen out of a rental car more than
one year ago, and though a series of bad circumstances I came into this
Netgear card, but have never been able to get it working for this notebook.
So in solving my Javacat problem, he has helped me solve the broader problem
as to how to get access to the Netgear card.
But his solution might work for John and maybe a few other folks who weren't
able to get on at Javacat.
Out of courtesy for javacat, I have deleted the password for Javacat.
Thanks again, Jason!
Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning
[interface] frequency
[interface] channel
[interface] bitrate
[interface] rate
[interface] encryption
[interface] key
[interface] power
[interface] txpower
[interface] retry
[interface] ap
[interface] accesspoints
[interface] peers
[interface] event
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwlist ath0 scanning
ath0 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:17:3F:1D:D5:47
ESSID:"HomeNet2"
Mode:Master
Frequency: 2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=15/94 Signal level=-80 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s
12 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Cell 02 - Address: 00:1A:70:5E:27:F5
ESSID:"danoowifi"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.422 GHz (Channel 3)
Quality=42/94 Signal level=-53 dBm Noise level=-95 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:bcn_int=100
Cell 03 - Address: 00:1B:11:54:83:13
ESSID:"Java Cat Wi Fi"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.452 GHz (Channel 9)
Quality=44/94 Signal level=-51 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
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:bcn_int=100
Extra:wme_ie=dd070050f202000100
Cell 04 - Address: 00:14:95:03:F7:71
ESSID:"2WIRE005"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=8/94 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
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:bcn_int=100
Cell 05 - Address: 00:19:E4:F2:51:49
ESSID:"2WIRE662"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.462 GHz (Channel 11)
Quality=8/94 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s
11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s; 36 Mb/s
48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s
Extra:bcn_int=100
Cell 06 - Address: 00:14:95:48:60:B2
ESSID:"2WIRE964"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=8/94 Signal level=-87 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
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:bcn_int=100
Cell 07 - Address: 00:12:17:D8:76:30
ESSID:""
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=6/94 Signal level=-89 dBm Noise level=-95 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:bcn_int=100
Cell 08 - Address: 00:13:10:D0:18:5C
ESSID:"RinaTaro"
Mode:Master
Frequency:2.437 GHz (Channel 6)
Quality=32/94 Signal level=-63 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Encryption key:on
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:bcn_int=100
IE: WPA Version 1
Group Cipher : TKIP
Pairwise Ciphers (1) : TKIP
Authentication Suites (1) : PSK
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"abbacafe" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=3/94 Signal level=-91 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:206 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ man iwconfig
Reformatting iwconfig(8), please wait...
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwconfig ath0 essid "Java Cat Wi Fi"
Error for wireless request "Set ESSID" (8B1A) :
SET failed on device ath0 ; Operation not permitted.
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ sudo iwconfig ath0 essid "Java Cat Wi Fi"
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwlist
Usage: iwlist [interface] scanning
[interface] frequency
[interface] channel
[interface] bitrate
[interface] rate
[interface] encryption
[interface] key
[interface] power
[interface] txpower
[interface] retry
[interface] ap
[interface] accesspoints
[interface] peers
[interface] event
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Java Cat Wi Fi" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.447 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:1 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=3/94 Signal level=-91 dBm Noise level=-94 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:206 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ man iwconfig
Reformatting iwconfig(8), please wait...
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ sudo iwconfig key s:[password here]
Error : unrecognised wireless request "s:xxxxxxxxxx"
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ sudo iwconfig ath0 essid "Java Cat Wi Fi" key s:xxxxxxxx
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ping www.google.com
ping: unknown host www.google.com
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wifi0 no wireless extensions.
ath0 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"Java Cat Wi Fi" Nickname:""
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.452 GHz Access Point: 00:1B:11:54:83:13
Bit Rate:36 Mb/s Tx-Power:18 dBm Sensitivity=0/3
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=42/94 Signal level=-53 dBm Noise level=-95 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:216 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ dhclient -r ath0
bash: dhclient: command not found
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ which dhclient
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ locate dhclient
locate: warning: database `/var/cache/locate/locatedb' is more than 8 days
old
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/ntpdate
/etc/dhcp3/dhclient-enter-hooks.d/samba
/etc/rootstrap/dhclient-script
/usr/share/man/ja/man5/dhclient.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man5/dhclient.leases.5.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/dhclient.8.gz
/usr/share/man/ja/man8/dhclient-script.8.gz
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ echo $PATH
/home/knoppix/.dist/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/games:/usr/NX/bin:.
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ IFCONFIG
bash: IFCONFIG: command not found
knoppix at Knoppix:~$
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ifconfig
ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:6C:A2:86:C0
inet6 addr: fe80::214:6cff:fea2:86c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:46 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:3705 (3.6 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:100 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7288 (7.1 KiB) TX bytes:7288 (7.1 KiB)
wifi0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr
00-14-6C-A2-86-C0-30-3A-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:32779 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:22978
TX packets:12353 errors:2 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
RX bytes:4963447 (4.7 MiB) TX bytes:603695 ( 589.5 KiB)
Interrupt:11 Memory:f2960000-f2970000
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ which ifup
/sbin/ifup
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ which ifdown
/sbin/ifdown
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ifup --help
Usage: ifup <options> <ifaces...>
Options:
-h, --help this help
-V, --version copyright and version information
-a, --all de/configure all interfaces marked "auto"
--allow CLASS ignore non-"allow-CLASS" interfaces
-i, --interfaces FILE use FILE for interface definitions
-n, --no-act print out what would happen, but don't do it
(note that this option doesn't disable
mappings)
-v, --verbose print out what would happen before doing it
--no-mappings don't run any mappings
--force force de/configuration
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ifdown eth0
ifdown: failed to open statefile /etc/network/run/ifstate: Permission denied
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ sudo ifdown eth0
Operation failed.
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ sudo ifup ath0
knoppix at Knoppix:~$ ping www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (74.125.19.99 ) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=1 ttl=247 time=12.5 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=2 ttl=247 time=15.0 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=3 ttl=247 time=12.7 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=4 ttl=247 time=13.5 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=5 ttl=247 time=13.1 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=6 ttl=247 time=12.5 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=7 ttl=247 time= 12.3 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=8 ttl=247 time=12.7 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=9 ttl=247 time=13.0 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.19.99: icmp_seq=10 ttl=247 time=13.7 ms
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9000ms
how to get wifi wi fi working at Java Cat Javacat
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