Re: Wireless support for the Intel 2915 a/b/g under Fedora Core 4

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On Sun, 2005-06-19 at 10:26 -0400, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> On Sat, 2005-06-18 at 22:43 -0400, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Sat, 18 Jun 2005, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Can someone help me get the Intel 2915 a/b/g built-in wireless going on
> > > the DELL Precision M70 under Fedora Core 4?
> > 
> > The kernel should have the drivers, but you need firmware, since the firmware 
> > has a license that does not allow it to be distributed with Fedora Core.
> > 
> > http://dl.atrpms.net/production/packages/common/atrpms/ipw2200-firmware-2.2-5.at.noarch.rpm
> > 
> > Grab that RPM, then install it, and you should be good to go.
> 
> The RPM installed fine.  After rebooting, eth1 is still not detected.
> What other modification is needed?

==== Okay replying to my own post============
After adding "/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1", everything is
awesome.

Thanks for your help.  
My Dell Precision M70 now has wireless working!


Contents of "ifcfg-eth1":
===========================================
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
===========================================



Thanks,
Ernesto



> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Ernesto
> 
> 
> > 
> > Dan
> > 
> 


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