This is a new Centos 5.1 install on a HP nc2400 (that use to run XP). Completely clean install; blew away the XP partitions... After applying all the updates, and configuring for the rpmforge repo, I used yumex to install dkms and the dkms-ipw3945, ipw3945-firmware, and ipw3945d rpms. lsmod|grep ipw shows: ipw3945 180391 1 ieeee80211 33417 1 ipw3945 and dmesg)grep ipw shows: well a bunch of lines about the card including one with the Radio Frequency Kill Swithc is On But the card does not show in Network Manager. I added to modprobe.conf: alias wifi0 ipw3945 and rebooted (and power cycled) and no change. ifconfig wifi0 up gets: device not found Oh, this notebook has a Broadcom ethernet adapter that is working just fine at bootup But I have to get the wireless working today! Well maybe by tomorrow. (off to IETF next week, and IEEE 802 the following). ANy help would be greatly appreciated!