[PlanetCCRMA] intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG with planetedge kernels

Peter Lutek plutek@infinity.net
Fri Nov 19 12:39:01 2004


# Intel Corp.|Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
IPV6INIT=no

> what does /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> 
> look like?
> 
> 
> On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 15:57:18 -0500, Peter Lutek <plutek@infinity.net> wrote:
> > and iwconfig eth1 (which is supposedly the ipw2200) gives:
> > 
> > eth1    No such device
> > 
> > which is strange because the ipw2200 shows up in system-config-network
> > as eth1
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > > What does iwconfig give you?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Fri, 19 Nov 2004 13:23:29 -0500, Peter Lutek <plutek@infinity.net> wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2004-11-19 at 11:29, Matthew Allen wrote:
> > > > > If you have any questions or problems, just post to the list. I had
> > > > > some minor problems but most of those can be traced to not
> > > > > understanding how to set up wireless under linux.
> > > > >
> > > > > You will need to get the kernel src in order to build the module (if
> > > > > you dont already have it).
> > > > >
> > > > > All kernel source RPMS can be found here:
> > > > >
> > > > > http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/all/linux/SRPMS/
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks, matthew!
> > > >
> > > > i've compiled the driver, modprobe'd it, and put the firmware files in
> > > > /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware (as shown in /etc/hotplug/firmware.agent). on
> > > > reboot, anaconda found the ipw2200 -- i configured it for DHCP.
> > > >
> > > > however, attempts to bring up eth1 (which is the ipw2200) either during
> > > > boot or subsequently (in system-config-network) yield an "ipw2200 device
> > > > does not seem to be present, delaying initialization" error message.
> > > >
> > > > lsmod shows the ipw2200, ieee80211, and ieee80211_crypt modules.
> > > >
> > > > how can i determine if the firmware is being loaded?
> > > > also, i don't see where to set my wireless channel and WEP
> > > > authentication.
> > > >
> > > > so close, and yet so far....
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > -p
> > > >
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