On Thu, Jul 06, 2006 at 04:36:47PM +0930, dpet wrote: >> I have set up the wireless as eth1. It seems to start normally, and I >> can ping the router. However, after a while it becomes unavailable. >> When I do a iwlist scan it also produces the following: >> >> >> Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20 >> of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19. >> Some things may be broken... >> >> Could this be my problem? I don't know what "driver " it refers to, or >> what I should do to fix it. >I get exactly the same message, and my ipw works just fine and >dandy. So I don't think that's your problem. >> I believe I am using v3 firmware. Any suggestions about this problem? >You are. The driver is picky about the firmware version, and refuses >to run if it doesn't find the version it wants. >For more information, check your log file, /var/log/messages. Search >on ipw2200. E.g: >grep ipw2200 /var/log/messages >-- Thanks for your help. I don't seem to see any problem there. Here are the only four lines produced in messages. I also tried grep with 2915 without any further result. Jul 7 08:16:07 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.1.1 Jul 7 08:16:07 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation Jul 7 08:16:08 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection Jul 7 08:16:08 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZA (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels) What I find strange is that it drops off almost as a function of time, rather than at a particular stage. Nothing is added to messages at that time. Any further suggestions? dpet South Australia -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
