On Monday 28 August 2006 11:10 am, Barry Tepperman wrote: > /var/log/messages shows no messages about ipw2200 > /sbin/lsmod lists the ipw2200 module > the ipw2200 comes up in hardware and as inactive in > system-config-network > and the iwlist scan does not come up with the wireless router - though > it works fine in Windows have you also installed ipw2200 firmware? > > Barry > > On Mon, 2006-08-28 at 12:32 -0500, Paul Johnson wrote: > > Dear Barry: > > > > This happens to me all the time if there is a little glitch in the > > configuration. Example. your WEP key is incorrect. > > > > When you scan the environment for networks, do you find them > > > > $ /sbin/iwlist scan > > > > Does it find the wireless routers? > > > > If it does, that means we have to work on the configuration of your > > network. The FC5 system-config-network program is usually OK, but not > > always. If you control the router, turn off encryption to simplify > > the testing. > > > > Why not do some diagnostics and report back. First, is the card's > > kernel module being enabled. If you do > > > > $ /sbin/lsmod > > > > do you see the ipw2200 module listed? > > > > Look in /var/log/messages and scan for the lines about the 2200 > > module. Any info? > > > > If system-config-network doesn't get it right, sometimes I find the > > program wifi-radar does. > > > > good luck > > > > pj > > > > On 8/28/06, Barry Tepperman <pogofenokee@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Well, it would have been nice if that had worked. It didn't. Have run > > > all the tests in setting up the hardware - everything seems fine. But I > > > keep getting: > > > > Paul E. Johnson > > Professor, Political Science > > 1541 Lilac Lane, Room 504 > > University of Kansas
