Yohoo!
I tried to use CentOS5 on an IBM Thinkpad R52 which has an Intel
PRO/Wireless
2915ABG Mini-PCI Adapter installed.
I downloaded the firmware from the DAG-Repo (afaik 3.0.0) and added a
"alias
eth1 ipw2200" to modules.conf. After the module was loaded successfully (including the firmware) I was able to configure the card.
can you compare the iwconfig output on centos5 and FC8 ?
Not in the next two weeks. Sorry for that. As far as I remember it was the same. And I compared the values with the ones stored in /etc/sysconfig/networking/...ifup-eth1
Your was already installed when you installed centos5 ? And for FC8 ?
What do you mean? If the card was already installed? Yes it was. And on all tests it was a fresh installation.
Can you try to install a FC8 kernel, if you don't suffer dependency problem ? (or with a FC7 kernel)
I can try this as well, but not within the next two weeks. So you're assuming it's related to the kernel? On the OpenSuSE it's kernel 2.6.18.8-0.7-default, which seems to be nearly the same as on CentOS5 2.6.18-8.1.15.el5. So I don't believe it will be fixed with a newer kernel.
If static IP is working, are you sure your DHCP is working on the
wireless side ? Yes, I am sure. Another (Windows) laptop is working fine with DHCP in the same WLAN.
Looking forward to hearing from you.
Christian Volker Technical Support Engineer
---------------------------------------- Ballincollig, Co. Cork Ireland