On 1/22/07, Phil Meyer <pmeyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Fernando Apesteguía wrote: > Hello people, > > Since I installed FC6 I'm experiencing some problems with my ipw2200. > Sometimes, when I boot, the wireless card is not properly detected. > The output for ifconfig -a is: > > __tmp2093065627 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:35:FD:AA:0F > BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:1284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:1284 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:3144632 (2.9 MiB) TX bytes:3144632 (2.9 MiB) > Interrupt:16 Memory:54020000-54020fff > > while usually is eth1. > > If I try to use that name with for example dhclient, I get: > SIOCSIFADDR: No such device > eth1: unknown interface: No such device > eth1: unknown interface: No such device > Bind socket to interface: No such device > > The problem only disappears after rebooting (sometimes I have to > reboot twice) > > I can not find any pattern here. > I looked for in bugzilla and I couldn't find any bugs about this so, I > would like to know if more people has this problem (or if it is > solved) before reporting a bug. > > Thanks in advance > Check /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 for: HWADDR= If not set, set it. If set incorrectly, set it correctly.
Not set at all. I set the value. I hope this fixes the problem.
Also check your firmware version: # ls -l /lib/firmware ... -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 191142 Mar 7 2006 ipw2200-bss.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 185660 Mar 7 2006 ipw2200-ibss.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187836 Mar 7 2006 ipw2200-sniffer.fw ... Symptoms are exactly as you describe. Workaround is to: # ifdown eth1 # rmmod ipw220 # modprobe ipw2200 # ifup eth1 That should work every time, but indicates that the firmware may be bad, or HWADDR is wrong in the ifcfg-eth1 file. Good luck! -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
