On 3/21/06, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > jim lawrence wrote: > On 3/21/06, Lovell Mcilwain <lovell.mcilwain@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Hello All, > > Can anyone tell me how to get my Intel Pro/Wireless card to work on > FC5? I checked the IPW2200 mailing list and they believe that I should > have everything I need for this to work already installed on my machine > yet I am not able to get this to work. > > Version of IPW2200 = git-1.0.4 > Version of Firmware = 2.4 > > At the current state of my machine here are the steps that I have done. > 1. installed liva rpm source > 2. ran yum update ipw2200-firmware (to try and update the firmware) > result: Could not find update match for ipw2200-firmware, No Packages > marked > for Update/Obsoletion > 3. ran dmesg > result: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Drive , git-1.0.8 > Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation > 4. Ran iwconfig > Result: lo: No wireless extensions > eth0: No wireless extensions > sit0: No wireless extensions > 5. Ran system-config-network > Under devices tab > 1. Clicked new > 2. Selected "Wireless Connection" > ` 3. Click forward > Result: "Other Wireless Card" is the only selection in the device list. > 4. Selected Ethernet Connection" > 5. Click forward > Result: Intel Corporate PRO/Wireless 2915ABG MiniPCI Adapter(eth1), > Broadcom Corporate BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX (eth0) and Other Ethernet Card are > listed in the device menu > > Can anyone tell me what Im missing to be able to get this to work? > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > > > means that the firmware wasn't loaded > > check out > http://easylinux.info/wiki/Fedora_fc5#how_to_get_wireless_working_Intel_IPW2200_b.2Cg > http://easylinux.info/wiki/Fedora_fc5#NetworkManager_for_Gnome > -- > > > According to ipw2200.sourceforge.net this issue can be caused by a timeout > so I set my firmware time out to 100 as the specified and this problem still > exists. They state the only other reason for this is that the firmware can > be in the wrong location. If its not supposed to be in /lib/firmware and > the directory /usr/lib/hotplug/* is non existent, what other place can I put > these? > > I looked into my /lib/firmware dir and here is what i got ipw2200-bss.fw ipw-2.4-boot.fw ipw-2.4-ibss_ucode.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw-2.4-bss.fw ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw ipw2200-LICENSE.txt ipw-2.4-bss_ucode.fw pw-2.4-sniffer_ucode.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw ipw-2.4-ibss.fw LICENSE.ipw2200-fw -- Registered Linux User: #376813 www.fedorajim.homelinux.com
