Thanks again Phil, I've added alias eth1 ipw2200 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but I still can't get it to a) recognize eth1 and/or b) to list the Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG adapter, so I can't confiure eth1. I'm obviously missing something, but with the help of people on the CentOS list, I think I'm creeping nearer to the eventual solution, so any more help is much appreciated!
Andy
Original Message: ----------------- From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner@NASA.gov Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:23:40 -0400 To: centos@centos.org Subject: Re: [CentOS] Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop
On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:29 -0400, andy.allen@virgin.net wrote:
I've installed ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMForge using yum
OK.
I've loaded the ipw modules with /sbin/modprobe ipw2200 and then /sbin/lsmod | grep ipw which gives:
ipw2200 136873 0 ieee80211 33417 1 ipw2200
However, when I run system-config-network I don't see Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (eth1) in the list of adapters. Also, when I type the following command # dmesg | grep ipw I get this message: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation usbcore: registered new driver ipwtty drivers/usb/serial/ipw.c: IPWireless tty driver v0.3
I've had loads of help so far from the CentOS list, for which I'm really grateful, but don't seem to be much nearer to getting wireless networking on my Dell Inspiron laptop - any more help much appreciated.
Now that you mention it, IIRC I had to add "alias eth1 ipw2200" to /etc/modprobe.conf to get eth1 to show up on my laptop.
Phil
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On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 14:35 -0400, andy.allen@virgin.net wrote:
Thanks again Phil, I've added alias eth1 ipw2200 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but I still can't get it to a) recognize eth1 and/or b) to list the Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG adapter, so I can't confiure eth1. I'm obviously missing something, but with the help of people on the CentOS list, I think I'm creeping nearer to the eventual solution, so any more help is much appreciated!
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but you do need to reboot after adding the line to /etc/modprobe.conf. Memory is hazy as I have not done this for quite a while, but I believe you also need to add the adapter in system-config-network with "New" on the "Devices" tab. It does have to show up on the "Hardware" tab for this to work.
Assuming you get that far, it is good to create separate profiles to use when you move from wired to wireless. These can be selected at boot time by adding "netprofile="MyProfileName" (in my case MyProfileName can be "Wired", "WiFi", or a few other location-dependent values) to the kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf - otherwise defaults to the last used profile. Can either manually edit at boot time (requires you to remember the legal profile names) or maintain separate grub stanzas for different profiles.
Phil
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