Re: Problems getting my wireless card to work

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Josh L wrote:

After a lot of reading on the net, I've discovered that, although the
driver (ipw2100) is present in the kernel, I don't have the firmware for
this card. So I have downloaded the firmware rpm
(ipw2100-firmware-1.3-2.noarch

Don't you have the firmware on a CD or somewhere? I'd rather use the firmware that cam with my wireless.

With regards,
Stelian Iancu
<http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>
<http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>


check iwconfig to see if your wireless card really is loaded... if you see
it, (normally eth1 for the intel pro) then try this.
In my experiences, I have had to

$ifconfig eth1 down
$iwconfig eth1 essid "HomeWireless"
$ifconfig eth1 up
$dhclient eth1


Interesting...
To get wireless up without configuring it (not FC5, but everything I've tried), this seems the go: # Enable interface without configuring it. Sometines, I find a preliminary modprobe beneficial.

sudo ifconfig eth1 up
# set the station, wep key. "any" finds any handy station. You should use _at least_ wep.
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid any key s:passw
# Use dhcp to get IP etc. dhclient or dhcpcd, whichever you have.
sudo -b dhcpcd eth1
if you are using static ips (I am wondering why if its just a standard home
network...)
(dhcp is a wonderful thing....)
skip the dhclient eth1 and just pass the information via ifconfig after
doing the iwconfig.
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