Hi, Em Sexta 01 Dezembro 2006 17:50, Matthew Saltzman escreveu: > On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote: > > Hi, people > > > > I have a centrino notebook with intel ipw2200 wireless card. Almost > > every time I cold-boot this computer, the card is shown as > > __tmp1804289383 or something like that instead of eth1. It is not in an > > usable state when this happens. If I just reboot, the card is then > > correctly shown as eth1 and works ok. Restarting the network and/or > > NetworkManager services do not correct the problem. So, I always have to > > boot and then reboot to get the wirless card working. This did not > > happen in FC5. > > > >[...] > > > > When the card is shown as __tmp1804289383 and I command ifup eth1, I get: > > ipw2200 device eth1 seems not to be present; delaying initialization > > > > > > Why is this happening? How can I get wireless working after the first > > boot? > > Try this (from http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc6_setup.shtml#net): > > make sure the network service is on (on by default) > create the file /etc/iftab containing > > eth0 mac XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX > eth1 mac YY:YY:YY:YY:YY:YY > > where X's and Y's are the MAC addresses of your wired and wireless cards, > resp. > > Let us know if it works for you. I will try that and post what happens. Thanks for the info, I was not aware of this file. []'s Marcelo
