On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 9:30 AM, Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com> wrote: > 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 > Check to see if the physical switch is turned on. As long as the system thinks the Kill Switch is on it won't show up in Network Manager. [Having spent an hour debugging this a couple of months ago.] Basically it comes down to the first question of support: Is it plugged in? At the moment the computer does not think so. > -- Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"