On Mon, May 14, 2007 at 09:42:48PM -0400, John Dey wrote: > Axel, > > I installed using the yum install command given below. The packages > installed without any errors. I still don't have a wireless > connection. > > iwlist scan shows the device eth1 and the mac of the wap on the > network. Another host using fedora core 5 with a wireless adaptor > currently successfully connected to the WAP. I ran lsmod | grep 3945 > and get: > > ipw3945 195755 1 > ieee80211 54132 ipw3945 > > From the above can you or anyone, for that matter, tell me what I'm > missing. If additional info needed, let me know and I will run. > Thanks. Have you started the regulatory daemon (ipw3945d)? If you want to automate this check out http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/INSTALL (AUTOMATIC DAEMON LOADING VIA MODPROBE), but beware, there are racing issues, so the suggested modprobe tricks only work on some systems (which is why it isn't done by the packages automatically). > John > On May 14, 2007, at 5:51 PM, Axel Thimm wrote: > > >On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 04:29:47PM -0400, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote: > >> Some weeks ago, my employer gave me a Dell Latitude D820 Laptop with > >>an Intel Pro Wireless 3945 adapter. I installed FC6 and tried to make > >>the wireless work, but eventually got the impression that one has to > >>be a Fedora developer to be able to do that. > > > >Not really, just enable ATrpms and use > > > >yum install ipw3945 ipw3945-kmdl-`uname -r` > > > >and that's already all. > > > >> Then I heard that under F7, it would be "much easier". So I upgraded > >>to Fedora 7 Test 4. There are some glitches, especially that the mouse > >>seems to click on things by itself, but I am not aware how making the > >>wireless work has become easier. So what exactly got easier? > > > >The (old) ipw3945 driver still works and is available at ATrpms (for > >F7) in case the in-kernel one doesn't. > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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