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Intel Wireless 5100 adapter cannot connect to my router

Postby rednax on Tue Apr 24, 2012 1:40 pm

Hello,

I got problems with my wireless card.
Linux Mint can see the wireless card and the accesspoints near me.

When i want to connect my Cisco 4200 router, it just doesnt want to.
I also installed my drivers (http://www.intellinuxwireless.org -> Download -> iwlwifi-5000-ucode-8.83.5.1-1.tar.gz -> unpacked it -> Moved the .ucode to /lib/firmware/, and removed the other iwlwifi-5000-*.ucode files)
Im not 100% sure if this is the good driver. My WirelessCard is Intel WiFi Link 5100 (Model: 512AN_HMW)

I also added the output of the mintwifi, the lspci and the lsmod commands.

Mintwifi:
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wlan0     IEEE 802.11abgn  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Access Point: Not-Associated   Tx-Power=15 dBm   
          Retry  long limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
         
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 40:61:86:1f:32:ae 
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
          Interrupt:42 Base address:0xc000

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:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:80 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:6340 (6.3 KB)  TX bytes:6340 (6.3 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:22:fb:b6:97:a4 
          inet6 addr: fe80::222:fbff:feb6:97a4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:53 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:54 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:15447 (15.4 KB)  TX bytes:13086 (13.0 KB)


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* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
  -- Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
      ==> PCI ID = 8086:4232
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* II. querying ndiswrapper...
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* III. querying iwconfig...
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* IV. querying ifconfig...
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* V. querying DHCP...
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* VI. querying nslookup google.com...


Lspci:
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor DRAM Controller (rev 12)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=0c <?>

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor PCI Express x16 Root Port (rev 12) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 0000d000-0000dfff
   Memory behind bridge: c0000000-d00fffff
   Capabilities: [88] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [80] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [90] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [a0] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at d6608000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
   Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset High Definition Audio (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 44
   Memory at d6600000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [60] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [70] Express Root Complex Integrated Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [100] Virtual Channel
   Capabilities: [130] Root Complex Link
   Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
   Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 0000c000-0000cfff
   Memory behind bridge: d5200000-d65fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6f00000-00000000d70fffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 3 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=03, subordinate=03, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 0000b000-0000bfff
   Memory behind bridge: d3e00000-d51fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6d00000-00000000d6efffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 4 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=04, subordinate=04, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 0000a000-0000afff
   Memory behind bridge: d2a00000-d3dfffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6b00000-00000000d6cfffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=05, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00009000-00009fff
   Memory behind bridge: d1600000-d29fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6900000-00000000d6afffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset PCI Express Root Port 6 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=06, subordinate=06, sec-latency=0
   I/O behind bridge: 00008000-00008fff
   Memory behind bridge: d0200000-d15fffff
   Prefetchable memory behind bridge: 00000000d6700000-00000000d68fffff
   Capabilities: [40] Express Root Port (Slot+), MSI 00
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [90] Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Capabilities: [a0] Power Management version 2
   Kernel driver in use: pcieport
   Kernel modules: shpchp

00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset USB2 Enhanced Host Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 20 [EHCI])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 23
   Memory at d6607000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2
   Capabilities: [58] Debug port: BAR=1 offset=00a0
   Capabilities: [98] PCI Advanced Features
   Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd

00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev a6) (prog-if 01 [Subtractive decode])
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0
   Bus: primary=00, secondary=07, subordinate=07, sec-latency=32
   Capabilities: [50] Subsystem: Gammagraphx, Inc. (or missing ID) Device 0000

00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 5 Series Chipset LPC Interface Controller (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0
   Capabilities: [e0] Vendor Specific Information: Len=10 <?>
   Kernel modules: iTCO_wdt

00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset 4 port SATA AHCI Controller (rev 06) (prog-if 01 [AHCI 1.0])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 0, IRQ 41
   I/O ports at e070 [size=8]
   I/O ports at e060 [size=4]
   I/O ports at e050 [size=8]
   I/O ports at e040 [size=4]
   I/O ports at e020 [size=32]
   Memory at d6606000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Capabilities: [70] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [a8] SATA HBA v1.0
   Capabilities: [b0] PCI Advanced Features
   Kernel driver in use: ahci
   Kernel modules: ahci

00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset SMBus Controller (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 4
   Memory at d6605000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   I/O ports at e000 [size=32]
   Kernel modules: i2c-i801

00:1f.6 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation 5 Series/3400 Series Chipset Thermal Subsystem (rev 06)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 18
   Memory at d6604000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Kernel driver in use: intel ips
   Kernel modules: intel_ips

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Broadway XT [Mobility Radeon HD 5800 Series] (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 1054
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 46
   Memory at c0000000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=256M]
   Memory at d0020000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128K]
   I/O ports at d000 [size=256]
   Expansion ROM at d0000000 [disabled] [size=128K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
   Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
   Kernel driver in use: fglrx_pci
   Kernel modules: fglrx, radeon

01:00.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Juniper HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5700 Series]
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device aa58
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 45
   Memory at d0040000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [58] Express Legacy Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [a0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [100] Vendor Specific Information: ID=0001 Rev=1 Len=010 <?>
   Capabilities: [150] Advanced Error Reporting
   Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
   Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel

04:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 43
   Memory at d2a00000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=8K]
   Capabilities: [c8] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [d0] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [e0] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
   Capabilities: [140] Device Serial Number 00-22-fb-ff-ff-b6-97-a4
   Kernel driver in use: iwlagn
   Kernel modules: iwlagn

05:00.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): JMicron Technology Corp. IEEE 1394 Host Controller (prog-if 10 [OHCI])
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at d1607000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=2K]
   Memory at d1606000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
   Memory at d1605000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
   Memory at d1604000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
   Capabilities: [44] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [94] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Kernel driver in use: firewire_ohci
   Kernel modules: firewire-ohci

05:00.1 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. SD/MMC Host Controller
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at d1603000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [94] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Kernel driver in use: sdhci-pci
   Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

05:00.2 SD Host controller: JMicron Technology Corp. Standard SD Host Controller (prog-if 01)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: fast devsel, IRQ 16
   Memory at d1602000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [94] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Kernel modules: sdhci-pci

05:00.3 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. MS Host Controller
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 16
   Memory at d1601000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [94] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-
   Kernel driver in use: jmb38x_ms
   Kernel modules: jmb38x_ms

05:00.4 System peripheral: JMicron Technology Corp. xD Host Controller
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 11
   Memory at d1600000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
   Capabilities: [a4] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [80] Express Endpoint, MSI 00
   Capabilities: [94] MSI: Enable- Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit-

06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 03)
   Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. Device 100f
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0, IRQ 42
   I/O ports at 8000 [size=256]
   Memory at d0224000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=4K]
   Memory at d0220000 (64-bit, prefetchable) [size=16K]
   Expansion ROM at d0200000 [disabled] [size=128K]
   Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 3
   Capabilities: [50] MSI: Enable+ Count=1/1 Maskable- 64bit+
   Capabilities: [70] Express Endpoint, MSI 01
   Capabilities: [ac] MSI-X: Enable- Count=4 Masked-
   Capabilities: [cc] Vital Product Data
   Capabilities: [100] Advanced Error Reporting
   Capabilities: [140] Virtual Channel
   Capabilities: [160] Device Serial Number 03-00-00-00-68-4c-e0-00
   Kernel driver in use: r8169
   Kernel modules: r8169

ff:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture Generic Non-core Registers (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:00.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QuickPath Architecture System Address Decoder (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Link 0 (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.1 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor QPI Physical 0 (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.2 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0

ff:02.3 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Core Processor Reserved (rev 02)
   Subsystem: Intel Corporation Device 8086
   Flags: bus master, fast devsel, latency 0


Lsmod:
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Module                  Size  Used by
bnep                   18436  2
rfcomm                 47946  0
bluetooth             166112  10 bnep,rfcomm
joydev                 17693  0
vesafb                 13809  1
parport_pc             36962  0
ppdev                  17113  0
binfmt_misc            17540  1
snd_hda_codec_hdmi     32040  1
snd_hda_codec_realtek   330769  1
uvcvideo               72711  0
videodev               93004  1 uvcvideo
v4l2_compat_ioctl32    17083  1 videodev
arc4                   12529  2
snd_hda_intel          33390  3
snd_hda_codec         104802  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel
snd_hwdep              13668  1 snd_hda_codec
snd_pcm                96755  3 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec
snd_seq_midi           13324  0
snd_rawmidi            30547  1 snd_seq_midi
fglrx                3218976  91
snd_seq_midi_event     14899  1 snd_seq_midi
ir_lirc_codec          12898  0
lirc_dev               19204  1 ir_lirc_codec
snd_seq                61896  2 snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event
ir_sony_decoder        12549  0
ir_jvc_decoder         12546  0
snd_timer              29991  2 snd_pcm,snd_seq
ir_rc6_decoder         12546  0
snd_seq_device         14540  3 snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq
ir_rc5_decoder         12546  0
snd                    68266  16 snd_hda_codec_hdmi,snd_hda_codec_realtek,snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq,snd_timer,snd_seq_device
rc_rc6_mce             12502  0
ir_nec_decoder         12546  0
ene_ir                 22796  0
wmi                    19256  0
video                  19412  0
rc_core                26963  9 ir_lirc_codec,ir_sony_decoder,ir_jvc_decoder,ir_rc6_decoder,ir_rc5_decoder,rc_rc6_mce,ir_nec_decoder,ene_ir
iwlagn                314213  0
jmb38x_ms              17646  0
psmouse                73882  0
mac80211              310872  1 iwlagn
memstick               16569  1 jmb38x_ms
serio_raw              13166  0
cfg80211              199587  2 iwlagn,mac80211
intel_ips              18089  0
soundcore              12680  1 snd
snd_page_alloc         18529  2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
lp                     17799  0
parport                46562  3 parport_pc,ppdev,lp
firewire_ohci          40722  0
sdhci_pci              14032  0
sdhci                  32166  1 sdhci_pci
r8169                  52788  0
firewire_core          63626  1 firewire_ohci
crc_itu_t              12707  1 firewire_core
ahci                   26002  2
libahci                26861  1 ahci
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Re: Intel Wireless 5100 adapter cannot connect to my router

Postby sebl on Mon Jun 18, 2012 7:02 am

I have a similar problem with the intel 5100 agn card. I still have random disconnects, but deactivating the 'n-mode" helped a lot, so I can connect at least.
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