{"id":195,"date":"2010-07-15T19:30:35","date_gmt":"2010-07-15T23:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xavignu.com\/?p=195"},"modified":"2010-07-15T19:32:18","modified_gmt":"2010-07-15T23:32:18","slug":"wireless-in-powerbook-g4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xavignu.com\/?p=195","title":{"rendered":"Wireless in Powerbook G4"},"content":{"rendered":"

I have an old Powerbook G4<\/a> 12 inch running Debian<\/a>. I had issues connecting to the wireless if I was not using Gnome<\/a>. I found out it was because of Network Manager<\/a>. While Network Manager is running I can not connect to the wireless network from command line. Currently I am using OpenBox<\/a> so it doesn’t connect automatically to the wireless. Here is a small howto.<\/p>\n

First we check module b43 is installed.<\/p>\n

\r\n[19:16:50] xavi@NewYork:\/tmp $ sudo modinfo b43\r\nfilename:       \/lib\/modules\/2.6.30-2-powerpc\/kernel\/drivers\/net\/wireless\/b43\/b43.ko\r\nfirmware:       FW13\r\nlicense:        GPL\r\nauthor:         Michael Buesch\r\nauthor:         Stefano Brivio\r\nauthor:         Martin Langer\r\ndescription:    Broadcom B43 wireless driver\r\nalias:          pcmcia:m02D0c0448f*fn*pfn*pa*pb*pc*pd*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev10*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev0F*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev0D*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev0B*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev0A*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev09*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev07*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev06*\r\nalias:          ssb:v4243id0812rev05*\r\ndepends:        pcmcia,mac80211,ssb,input-polldev,pcmcia_core,rfkill,rng-core,cfg80211\r\nvermagic:       2.6.30-2-powerpc mod_unload modversions \r\nparm:           bad_frames_preempt:enable(1) \/ disable(0) Bad Frames Preemption (int)\r\nparm:           fwpostfix:Postfix for the .fw files to load. (string)\r\nparm:           hwpctl:Enable hardware-side power control (default off) (int)\r\nparm:           nohwcrypt:Disable hardware encryption. (int)\r\nparm:           qos:Enable QOS support (default on) (int)\r\nparm:           btcoex:Enable Bluetooth coexistance (default on) (int)\r\nparm:           verbose:Log message verbosity: 0=error, 1=warn, 2=info(default), 3=debug (int)\r\n[19:16:54] xavi@NewYork:\/tmp $ lsmod | grep -i b43\r\nb43                   138992  0 \r\nrfkill                 15184  3 rfkill_input,b43\r\nrng_core                7952  1 b43\r\nmac80211              178904  1 b43\r\ncfg80211               72376  2 b43,mac80211\r\ninput_polldev           7836  2 b43,ams\r\nssb                    51292  1 b43\r\npcmcia                 32336  2 b43,ssb\r\npcmcia_core            40868  3 b43,ssb,pcmcia\r\n[19:17:09] xavi@NewYork:\/tmp $ \r\n<\/pre>\n
Stop Network Manager<\/p>\n
bash$ sudo \/etc\/init.d\/network-manager stop<\/pre>\n
Bring up wireless interface. Wlan0 in my case.<\/p>\n
bash$ sudo ifconfig wlan0 up<\/pre>\n
Scan the available wireless networks.<\/p>\n
bash$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 scanning<\/pre>\n
Connect to the ESSID<\/p>\n
bash$ sudo iwconfig wlan0 essid<\/pre>\n
Get an IP from the wireless access point.<\/p>\n
bash$ sudo dhclient wlan0 <\/pre>\n
Ping an external address to see you are connected to the internet.<\/p>\n
\r\n[19:31:57] xavi@NewYork:\/tmp $ !ping\r\nping -c 3 debian.org\r\nPING debian.org (194.109.137.218) 56(84) bytes of data.\r\n64 bytes from klecker.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_req=1 ttl=50 time=119 ms\r\n64 bytes from klecker.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_req=2 ttl=50 time=116 ms\r\n64 bytes from klecker.debian.org (194.109.137.218): icmp_req=3 ttl=50 time=101 ms\r\n\r\n--- debian.org ping statistics ---\r\n3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 2002ms\r\nrtt min\/avg\/max\/mdev = 101.768\/112.858\/119.928\/7.940 ms\r\n[19:32:02] xavi@NewYork:\/tmp $ \r\n<\/pre>\n
You should now be ready to go. I will write more on this later on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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