Re: Problems with ipw2200 wireless in FC6

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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


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