On Mon, 19 Jun 2006, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
On Sun, 2006-06-18 at 11:03 -0400, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
On Sun, 18 Jun 2006, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:
Matthew,
Thanks for the information!!!! Guess I should have found that in the
thread, but missed it somehow when I read the messages. I have
installed ipw2200 and am now able to see some wireless networks, but am
still having trouble connecting. I have been able to connect to them
using windows so I know they are allowing connections.
I have an HP Pavillion Entertainment Notebook that has a wireless toggle
switch that I suspect might be the "Radio Frequency Kill Switch" as part
of the top row of buttons. The switched worked when windows was
installed, but now with FC5 installed it is not recognized; I did not
set up a dual boot machine. dmesg listing includes the following error:
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
I have done a google search on this subject but have not yet found an
answer. Using iwlist eth1 scan I can see the wireless networks so I
think my wireless card is partially working.
Would appreciate help.
My Thinkpad doesn't have a switch, so I'm not sure what to suggest (other
than make sure the kill switch is off). There's good information at
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/, but the author has a Thinkpad as well,
so some of it may be TP specific.
Matthew,
Thanks a lot for your help. Surely there is a way to turn this off with
Linux. "Linux can do anything!" I'll keep the list posted with my
progress. I am sure this will happen again to others.
Just a thought in passing: Does iwconfig do anything useful for you?
--
Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
