Hi gurus,
I am trying make wireless card working but I am stuck. Tried following:
Hardware button for wifi is enabled (wifi led lights):
[root@HP-PC ~]# modprobe -r iwl3945
[root@HP-PC ~]# modprobe iwl3945
[root@HP-PC ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device
[root@HP-PC ~]# ifup wlan0
/sbin/ifup: configuration for wlan0 not found.
Usage: ifup <device name>
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# dmesg | tail -n 30
[ 2044.351583] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9
[ 2044.351717] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2044.353597] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2044.353840] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2642.444831] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 2642.458065] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 2642.458068] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 2642.458072] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.458075] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.458077] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.458080] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.458083] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.458570] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:ds
[ 2642.458572] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 2642.499392] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 2642.499395] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 2642.499546] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 2642.499755] Registered led device: phy0-led
[ 2642.499917] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 2642.514681] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: SK
[ 2642.530901] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: SK
[ 2642.530905] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 2642.530908] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.530911] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.530913] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 2642.530916] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[ 2642.582149] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9
[ 2642.582286] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2642.584171] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2642.584380] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
Hardware button for wifi is disabled (wifi led is grey):
[root@HP-PC ~]# modprobe -r iwl3945
[root@HP-PC ~]# modprobe iwl3945
[root@HP-PC ~]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not possible due to RF-kill
[root@HP-PC ~]# ifup wlan0
/sbin/ifup: configuration for wlan0 not found.
Usage: ifup <device name>
[root@HP-PC ~]# dmesg | tail -n 30
[ 2990.504120] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 2990.504122] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
[ 2990.546605] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: loaded firmware version 15.32.2.9
[ 2990.546734] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2990.548546] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 2990.548821] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 3125.283057] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch
[ 3241.454124] usb 3-1: USB disconnect, device number 4
[ 3250.626608] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
[ 3250.633326] cfg80211: World regulatory domain updated:
[ 3250.633329] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 3250.633332] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.633335] cfg80211: (2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.633338] cfg80211: (2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.633341] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.633343] cfg80211: (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (300 mBi, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.639383] iwl3945: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG Network Connection driver for Linux, in-tree:ds
[ 3250.639386] iwl3945: Copyright(c) 2003-2011 Intel Corporation
[ 3250.680265] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Tunable channels: 13 802.11bg, 23 802.11a channels
[ 3250.680270] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: Detected Intel Wireless WiFi Link 3945ABG
[ 3250.680432] iwl3945 0000:10:00.0: irq 46 for MSI/MSI-X
[ 3250.680639] Registered led device: phy0-led
[ 3250.680788] ieee80211 phy0: Selected rate control algorithm 'iwl-3945-rs'
[ 3250.699498] cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: SK
[ 3250.705479] cfg80211: Regulatory domain changed to country: SK
[ 3250.705483] cfg80211: (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
[ 3250.705486] cfg80211: (2402000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.705489] cfg80211: (5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.705491] cfg80211: (5250000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2000 mBm)
[ 3250.705494] cfg80211: (5490000 KHz - 5710000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (N/A, 2700 mBm)
Also in both cases tried:
[root@HP-PC ~]# rfkill unblock all
This seems weird because AFAIK "Radio disabled by HW RF Kill switch" means that wifi is disabled by hardware swtich. But this message appers in dmsg when hardware switch was on.
CONFIGURATION:
PC:
HP Compaq 6710b
WLAN Card:
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# iwconfig
p3p1 no wireless extensions.
lo no wireless extensions.
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:off/any
Mode:Managed Access Point: Not-Associated Tx-Power=0 dBm
Retry long limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:on
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# lshw -C network
*-network DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:10:00.0
logical name: wlan0
version: 02
serial: 00:1c:bf:2f:9d:e1
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=iwl3945 driverversion=3.4.11-1.fc16.x86_64 firmware=15.32.2.9 latency=0 link=no multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
resources: irq:46 memory:e4100000-e4100fff
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# lspci | grep Wireless
10:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG [Golan] Network Connection (rev 02)
Software:
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# uname -a
Linux HP-PC 3.4.11-1.fc16.x86_64 #1 SMP Sun Sep 16 13:50:06 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@HP-PC network-scripts]# cat /etc/redhat-release
Fedora release 16 (Verne)
HP Compaq 6710 - Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG