HOWTO: ipw2200 + wpa

**aktizol** · February 13th, 2006

I have read a lot of tutorials (including this one) on how to install DRIVER/FIRMWARE/IEEE80211 for an Intel Pro/Wireless 2200BG card.

I'm using Linux for 2 days now -- so you can consider me as a newbie.

I copied all the parts of the process (that worked for me) from the tuts i have read, and i'm providing it below.

Download: (ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz)(ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz)(ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz)

##### RUN THE SCRIPT IN A SHELL ######

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install gcc-3.4
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.12-10-686
sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r`
cd /tmp
mkdir wifi
cd wifi
cp ~/ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz ~/ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz ~/ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz .
mkdir fw
tar xzvf ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz
tar xzvf ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz
tar xzvf ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz -C fw/
wget http://wael.nasreddine.com/files/ubuntu/remove-old
sudo rmmod ipw2200
sudo rmmod ieee80211
sudo rmmod ieee80211_crypt
chmod a+x remove-old
sudo ./remove-old
cd ipw2200-1.0.10
chmod a+x remove-old
sudo ./remove-old
cd ..
cd ieee80211-1.1.9
chmod a+x remove-old
sudo ./remove-old
cd ..
cd ieee80211-1.1.9
make && sudo make install
cd ..
cd ipw2200-1.0.10
make && sudo make install
cd ..
cd fw
sudo cp * /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware
sudo modprobe ipw2200
dmesg | grep ipw

##### RESTART YOUR PC ######

Even though the drivers work fine with me:

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aktizol@ubuntu:~$ dmesg | grep ipw

[4294704.192000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.10

[4294704.192000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation

[4294704.196000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

My eth1 still denied to change to MONITOR MODE!

And this is the error i received :

PHP Code:


aktizol@ubuntu:~$ iwconfig eth1 mode monitor

Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :

SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not permitted.

Do you have a solution for this?

**nikdc5** · February 13th, 2006

Hi, when I keep getting this error, and I have no idea how to get round it.

Code:

nik@niklaptop:~/Desktop/wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3$ make
Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/build/ for ieee80211 components...

/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/build/include/config/ieee80211

Above files found.  Remove? [y],n y

 Old ieee80211 references found.  In order to build the ieee80211
 subsystem, prior versions must first be removed.  You can perform
 this task by running this makefile as root via:

        % sudo make check_old

 and answering Y to remove the file references.

 Aborting make.

make: *** [check_old] Error 1
nik@niklaptop:~/Desktop/wireless/ieee80211-1.0.3$ sudo make check_old
Checking in /lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/build/ for ieee80211 components...

/lib/modules/2.6.12-10-386/build/include/config/ieee80211

Above files found.  Remove? [y],n y

 Old ieee80211 references found.  In order to build the ieee80211
 subsystem, prior versions must first be removed.  You can perform
 this task by running this makefile as root via:

        % sudo make check_old

 and answering Y to remove the file references.

 Aborting make.

make: *** [check_old] Error 1

I am pretty new to this linux game by the way, and am terribly sorry if this has been brought up already in this thread, there are a lot of pages to look through, and most of what is said is over my head...

**aktizol** · February 13th, 2006

check the script i have above - it will work for you.

it worked for me at least.

**woifi** · February 13th, 2006

hi!

i followed the instructions in the german ubuntu wiki (http://wiki.ubuntuusers.de/Strom_sparen) to save power on my laptop. i works great though i have to install new ipw2200 drivers because they don't work any more (i followed the link in the bottom of the wiki page).

well, i downloaded the two ipw and the ieee files and installed them as described. it compiled without failure messages.

unfortunately i am not able to load the ipw2200 module:

Code:

 woifi@mojo:/usr/src/linux/net$ sudo modprobe ipw2200
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

dmesg:

Code:

[4298410.573000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt

i would really appreciate it it anyone could give me an hint!

bye

woifi

edit:

lsmod says, ieee80211 modules are loaded:

Code:

ieee80211              27012  0
ieee80211_crypt         5636  1 ieee80211

**aktizol** · February 14th, 2006

Originally Posted by woifi

dmesg:

Code:

[4298410.573000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_get_crypto_ops
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_set_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_encode
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_txb_free
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_crypt_delayed_deinit
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_wx_get_scan
[4298410.574000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol escape_essid
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: disagrees about version of symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt
[4298410.575000] ipw2200: Unknown symbol ieee80211_rx_mgt

i would really appreciate it it anyone could give me an hint!

the hint is that you have to read what it says in the INSTALL file!

you will find the solution for the "Unknown symbol"

**woifi** · February 14th, 2006

hi!

i followed the instrucions in the INSTALL file, here is my output:

Code:

root@mojo:/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # for i in ieee80211 ipw2200; do find /lib/modules/`uname -r` -iname ${i}*; done

root@mojo:/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # for i in IEEE80211 IPW; do grep CONFIG_${i} /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/include/linux/autoconf.h; done
/*#define CONFIG_IEEE80211_MODULE 1*/
/*#undef CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG*/
/*#define CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IEEE80211_WPA_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2100_MODULE 1*/
/*#undef CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2100_MONITOR 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2100_FS_AMILO_M7400_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2200_MODULE 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR 1*/
/*#define CONFIG_IPW2200_QOS 1*/
/*#undef CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG*/

root@mojo:/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # for i in IEEE80211 IPW; do grep CONFIG_${i} /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build/.config; done #CONFIG_IEEE80211=m
# CONFIG_IEEE80211_DEBUG is not set
#CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT=m
#CONFIG_IEEE80211_WPA=m
#CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_CCMP=m
#CONFIG_IEEE80211_CRYPT_TKIP=m
#CONFIG_IPW2100=m
# CONFIG_IPW2100_DEBUG is not set
#CONFIG_IPW2100_MONITOR=y
#CONFIG_IPW2100_FS_AMILO_M7400=m
#CONFIG_IPW2200=m
#CONFIG_IPW2200_MONITOR=y
#CONFIG_IPW2200_QOS=y
# CONFIG_IPW2200_DEBUG is not set
root@mojo:/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless #

so, everythings seems to be ok - but i still get the failures:

Code:

root@mojo:/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless # cd /home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9
root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9 # make install
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/build M=/home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9 MODVERDIR=/home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9 modules
make[1]: Gehe in Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«
install -d /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211/
install -m 644 -c ieee80211.ko ieee80211_crypt.ko ieee80211_crypt_wep.ko ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.ko ieee80211_crypt_tkip.ko /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211/
install -d `echo /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/include | grep "/net\$" || echo /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/include/net`
install -m 644 -c net/ieee80211.h net/ieee80211_crypt.h net/ieee80211_radiotap.h `echo /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/include | grep "/net\$" || echo /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/include/net`
mkdir -p /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211//.tmp_versions
install -m 644 -c ieee80211.mod ieee80211_crypt.mod ieee80211_crypt_wep.mod ieee80211_crypt_ccmp.mod ieee80211_crypt_tkip.mod /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211//.tmp_versions
/sbin/depmod -a 2.6.12-uservcore
root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9 # cd ../ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10
ipw2200-1.0.10/     ipw2200-1.0.10.tgz
root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ieee80211-1.1.9 # cd ../ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10

root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 # make
mkdir -p /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions
cp /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211/.tmp_versions/*.mod /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/build M=/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 MODVERDIR=/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions modules
make[1]: Gehe in Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«
  CC [M]  /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/ipw2200.o
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
  LD [M]  /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/ipw2200.ko
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«

root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 # make install
mkdir -p /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions
cp /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/net/ieee80211/.tmp_versions/*.mod /home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions
make -C /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/build M=/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 MODVERDIR=/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10/tmp/.tmp_versions modules
make[1]: Gehe in Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«
  Building modules, stage 2.
  MODPOST
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-source-2.6.12«
install -d /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
install -m 644 -c ipw2200.ko /lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
/sbin/depmod -a 2.6.12-uservcore
Don't forget to copy firmware to your hotplug's firmware directory and have the
hotplug tools in place.
See INSTALL for more information.
root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 # ls /usr/lib
lib/   lib64/
root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 # ls /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware/
ipw-2.4-boot.fw  ipw-2.4-bss.fw  ipw-2.4-bss_ucode.fw  ipw-2.4-ibss.fw  ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw  ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw  ipw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw

root@mojo:/home/woifi/programs/ipw/driver/ipw2200-1.0.10 # modprobe ipw2200
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.12-uservcore/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

any more hints?

bye

woifi

**aktizol** · February 14th, 2006

can you please try the commands i have post in this reply: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php...&postcount=571

it's a mixture of many tutorials i read - and it works fine for an ipw2220 with kernel 2.6.12

give the commands one by one - so not to miss something.

use the versions i mention in this post.

e.g. i haven't manage to compile the ieee80211-1.1.11.tgz (which is the latest, cause it gives me errors)

but with the ieee80211-1.1.9.tgz it works perfect!

so don't try different versions.

**greatbeyond** · February 15th, 2006

Hey,
1.1.11 compiled for me on Breezy 2.6.12-10 after i applied this patch:

http://www.bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=907

Apparently, it has been merged into the package now, so try downloading again.

Otherwise, i stuck to your script, worked in the end. Thank you.

Cheers
Matthias

**aktizol** · February 15th, 2006

New ipw2200 & ieee80211 drivers released to day:

2006-Feb-15 ipw2200-1.0.11.tgz 6b64247500a61313e5a40d82a09a48c4 distros/ipw2200-1.0.11.tgz
2006-Feb-15 ieee80211-1.1.12.tgz 20da3f23dad2356da8f14d8b3d88d58e distros/ieee80211-1.1.12.tgz

I will give them a try later on.

**greatbeyond** · February 15th, 2006

Hey,
ieee80211-1.1.12 compiles nicely, as expected.

ipw2200-1.0.11 doesn't compile and gives this error:

PHP Code:


/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c: In function `ipw_wpa_supplicant':
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:6769: Fehler: structure hat kein Element namens »sem«
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:6796: Fehler: structure hat kein Element namens »sem«
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c: In function `ipw_wx_get_range':
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8991: Fehler: structure hat kein Element namens »enc_capa«
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8991: Fehler: »IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8991: Fehler: (Jeder nicht deklarierte Bezeichner wird nur einmal aufgeführt
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8991: Fehler: für jede Funktion in der er auftritt.)
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8991: Fehler: »IW_ENC_CAPA_WPA2« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8992: Fehler: »IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_TKIP« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.c:8992: Fehler: »IW_ENC_CAPA_CIPHER_CCMP« nicht deklariert (erste Benutzung in dieser Funktion)
make[2]: *** [/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11/ipw2200.o] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [_module_/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11] Fehler 2
make[1]: Verlasse Verzeichnis »/usr/src/linux-headers-2.6.12-10-386«
make: *** [modules] Fehler 2
root@mobilfaber:/home/trac/Desktop/ipw2200-1.0.11#

I wanted to install 1.0.11 because it promises to have fixed a WEP authentification bug w/ shared key mode, which i seem to be experiencing (associates a couple of times, then just quits -- iwevent "new access point xx:yy:zz:.." is immediately followed by "new access point 00:00:00:.."), won't re-associate before i set the router to open network and back to WEP -- resetting the router doesn't work. (POS Telekom 1054DSL)

Looking around for a patch or an answer why 1.0.11 won't install..

Greetings
Matthias

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