Quoting Jason Riker <jasonrkr@xxxxxxxxxxx>: > > -----Original Message----- > From: redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:redhat-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx] > On Behalf Of Barry Brimer > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2008 9:41 PM > To: General Red Hat Linux discussion list > Subject: Re: RHEL 5.2 and IPW3945 > > > Hi, all. I performed a fresh install of rhel 5.2 today and all was good. > > By this I mean that the wireless NIC worked. Shortly after I did a 'yum > > update' and the wireless card stopped. I don't understand what happened > and > > don't know where to start researching the issue. Can someone offer help > > with this? > > > The laptop is an HP dv2000 (2660se to be specific) with an Intel IPW3945 > > NIC. > > In order for the wireless NIC to work, the ipw3945d service must be > started before the device can be used. If chkconfig --list ipw3945d shows > "5:Off" then the ipw3945d service is not set to start on bootup. You can > enable it to start on bootup by typing "chkconfig ipw3945d on" .. you can > also start it by typing "service ipw3945d start". This will make the > driver load so that it can be used by your system. I don't know how you > are configuring your network (ifcfg-ethX scripts, NetworkManager, > wpa_supplicant) so I can't provide too much other assistance, but use > iwconfig to determine if you are connected to the intended network. dmesg > is also usually helpful in finding issues with wireless cards, if it is at > the device level. > > Hope this helps. > Barry > > Barry, > > Thanks for the info. I checked the status of ipw3945d and it is set to > "5:On." I am using NetworkManager. The issue with NetworkManager is that > when I click the icon in the panel wireless is there, but is dimmed and not > selectable. Right clicking on the icon shows "Enable Wireless" is selected. > Grepping eth1 and ipw3945 from dmesg provide the following: > > eth1 - ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready > > ipw - Radio Frequency Kill Switch is on: > Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels) > > Please let me know if there's other information I should provide to help > with this. What is the output of "iwlist eth1 scan" ?? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
