Original Message: ----------------- From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner@NASA.gov Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:34:28 -0400 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop
On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 15:14 -0400, andy.allen@virgin.net wrote:
Original Message:
From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner@NASA.gov Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:10:05 -0400
you also need to add the adapter in system-config-network with "New" on the "Devices" tab.
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You seem to have some problems beyond just configuring the IPW2200. I just had occasion to do a fresh install of CentOS 5 on my IBM/Lenovo T42p laptop today (had been upgraded from C4 to C5beta to C5 for testing/QA purposes and was a bit of a mess), so I just went through configuring the IPW2200 from scratch.
There is no /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/network.xpm on my system, but I do not see any errors starting system-config-network from the command line.
[root@hazard2 ~]# rpm -ql system-config-network | fgrep network.xpm /usr/share/system-config-network/pixmaps/network.xpm
I don't know how to add the right adapter because it won't allow me to select the right one or add a new one of the form Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG. Also, it seems to have configured eth1 as an ethernet device whereas I want it to be a wireless device. So I'm absolutely
baffled
and don't know where to go from here - I may just have to stick with Windows XP for my wireless connection.
I simply loaded ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMforge, added "alias eth1 ipw2200" to /etc/modprobe.conf, rebooted, and the device showed up as eth1/Wireless in system-config-network (both the Devices and Hardware tabs). Listed as "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection" on the Hardware tab. (Comments about needing dkms in an earlier reply were off-base. That was apparently cobwebs from C4 days.)
If the IPW2200 is showing up as Ethernet rather than Wireless it is incorrect. You may have leftovers from earlier attempts to install from tarballs. Given that and the other system-level problems noted above, I'd try a fresh install before going to the Redmond OS. Only took about 2 hours here from booting for a network install through a fully-updated and configured Workstation/Development install with additional 3rd-party packages (including Octave from EPEL, octave-forge, Acrobat Reader, Sun Java, Adobe Flash, VMware, and WiFi - cheating a bit - I had other working systems to draw configs from and pre-built local packages for acroread, octave-forge, and Java).
Thanks Phil, I might just do a complete re-install of CentOS 5 when I return home from holiday in Spain tomorrow! This attempt to get wifi working has kept me occupied for the last 2 weeks or so (among other things). The problem is, I have to remember exactly what are the correct steps along the way so that I don't end up with the same problem(s)!
Andy
Sorry you're having such problems.
Phil Thanks again!
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