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How do I create network interface for ipw3945

Asked by GiantSeaTurtle

My wireless adapter appears to be working ( detected ) fine, but I am cannot find out how to create a wlan0 interface for use in /etc/iftab or /etc/network/interfaces. I am using the server version on a home as a media/file server so no gnome interface.

iwconfig ...

lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.

lshw -C network ...

  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: 88E8038 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller
       vendor: Marvell Technology Group Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@02:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 14
       serial: 00:16:36:aa:4b:8b
       size: 100MB/s
       capacity: 1GB/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=sky2 driverversion=1.13 duplex=full firmware=N/A ip=192.168.0.69 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100MB/s
       resources: iomemory:6c000000-6c003fff ioport:2000-20ff irq:16
  *-network
       description: Network controller
       product: PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
       vendor: Intel Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@03:00.0
       version: 02
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: bus_master cap_list
       configuration: driver=ipw3945 latency=0
       resources: iomemory:6c100000-6c100fff irq:17

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Juan Cardelino (drunken-sapo) said : 		#1

The interface should appear when you load the driver, in this case the module ipw3945.
In the first place you should check that it is loaded. Do a lsmod |grep ipw and see if it shows up. If not
do a modprobe -v ipw3945.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
              Juan

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