I am trying to get my Intel 3945 wireless card to work but am unable to get any connection. I have been to http://www.haiku-os.org/guides/daily-tasks/wireless and the ifconfig commands just return a somewhat confusing message on the usage of ifconfig. I was hoping someone could help me out I am new to this operating system. I have tried getting some drivers from HaikuWare for my ethernet and hopefully I can gain internet access that way for the time being. Thanks
It does not connect automaticaly at boot for me too.
You can try like I…
Use the NetworkStatus App in Desktop applets…
Right click on it and choose open Network preferences… here you can choose DHCP.
Close the window and wait one moment…
after this you open Network preferences again and choose your network and click aply…
and close the window… after a few seconds the network may work… or not.
Good luck.
I tried that the DHCP must not go through or something.
Did you see this note on the wireless daily-task page?
These instructions are for the current nightly images post r39852. If you are using a release prior to r39852 (including Haiku R1A1 or Haiku R1A2), you will utilize the setwep application within the Haiku Terminal which works similarly.
if you are using a release Alpha, you will need to use ‘setwep’
For setwep:
Open the terminal and type setwep to find out if you use setwep…
If the command is not found you cannot use setwep.
If you can use it type:
setwep hardware name_of_the_network passkey
example:
setwep /dev/net/atheroswifi/0 networkidwifi 0x3456789abc
mine was like this:
setwep /dev/net/iprowifi3948/0 easyboxsomething 0x3456789abc
Heres what I did to get mine working. do the ifconfig /dev/net/iprowifi3945/0 join yournetworkname where “yournetworkname” is the name you gave your AP. But to avoid all the WEP hassle I just turned off “broadcast SSID” in the router and changed the network name so any leachers would be wondering. Then I just typed “join mynetworkname” and then used “list” to make sure I was connected. It didnt seem to want to hook up right away so I did a ping of google and then everything worked. I could probably write a shell script so it would be a clicky thing on the desktop, maybe.
The wireless didnt work after rebooting. It wouldnt attach to the AP. At least the ethernet still does. Thunderbird isnt working with Haiku either. It complains about missing libraries. More dependency hell? AAAHG!
I tried this but am not sure what I am doing wrong. I made sure the network name was right and it should be unsecured. I might have bungled a setting or two using ifconfig, and since I haven’t really done anything on my laptop since installing haiku I think I am going to try re-installing and then doing this again. At least I know I can get the ethernet working on it with those drivers from haikuware.
Sorry by “tried this” I mean I tried the setwep thing and then tried connecting to the internet…it is my schools internet and I know I have to register my machine but it should be an unsecured connection which then only lets you use it after you’ve registered your machine with the school to prevent leechings. Anyway any sort of trouble shooting techniques or information about 3945 wireless card and haiku would be helpful.
Look in /boot/netscript and try editing that to suit your situation. I wound up using a static address instead of DHCP as it seems to work better. And heres my shell script which I saved to the desktop so I just have to click it to get it to hook up to the AP…
#!/bin/sh
#clicky to wake up wifi
ifconfig /dev/net/iprowifi3945/0 join yournetworkname
sleep 2
ifconfig /dev/net/iprowifi3945/0 join yournetworkname
Also, since you’re trying to connect to your schools AP, go talk to the network admin and see if they will help you. As a student its a “learning opportunity” for you. And obviously you’d change “yournetworkname” to the schools BSSID.
Since as I said ifconfig does not work on my machine the way it should, that script wont be of much help, but I will try making something similar with WEP if I get the static working. I will also try and go to someone at our school, Haiku is developed near my school, RIT, and hopefully someone will know what I am talking about when I mention it. Thanks, I’ll report back on my status!
also I don’t have a netscript anything under boot. I’ll try the static thing tomorrow.