On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:14 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > Akemi Yagi wrote: >> >> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 5:14 AM, Kevin Kimani <kevinkimani at gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> >>> Hi, >>> I have a wireless network but no wired network. I need to access the net >>> for >>> the necessary installation of the wireless drivers in CentOS 5.1. Could >>> anyone let me know how i can go about it!! My card is Intel PRO/Wireless >>> 3945 >>> >> >> The instructions on this page worked on a laptop with 3945ABG: >> >> http://www.distrostop.org/forums/index.php/topic,5694.0.html >> >> Note that you will need the centosplus kernel. > > I have the 3945 and use dkms drivers from rpmforge. No kernel mods needed. > > Install dkms from rpmforge: > > dkms-2.0.20.2-2.el5.rf.noarch.rpm > > and get the 3945 rpms there too: > > ipw3945-firmware-1.14.2-1.nodist.rf.noarch.rpm > ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.nodist.rf.i386.rpm Just one comment here. Depending on the hardware, the ipw3945 module may or may not work. I tried this module on a Toshiba laptop (3945ABG) and could not get it to work. So, I went for the *iwl3945* module which is enabled in the centosplus kernel (but not in the distro kernel). This one worked just fine. [On a side note, iwl4965 is enabled in the distro kernel.] If I read correctly what is on the intel site, *ipw* is being deprecated. Perhaps, we should ask dag to dkms'ize the iwl3945 module. By the way, ATrpms mentioned by KB seems to have the kmdl version. Akemi