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Subject: Re:Problems getting my wireless card to work
From: Josh L <taquitos () gmail ! com>
Date: 2006-02-13 23:00:13
Message-ID: ee7267110602131500w69ae9d59n4ab110e4a5fc7067 () mail ! gmail ! com
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From: Stelian Iancu <stelian.iancu@gmx.net>
To: fedora test <fedora-test-list@redhat.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:00:28 +0100
Subject: Problems getting my wireless card to work
Hi all,
I have just installed FC5 Test2 on my laptop (HP Pavilion zt3010us)
which has a Intel Pro wireless card (centrino).
After a lot of reading on the net, I've discovered that, although the
driver (ipw2100) is present in the kernel, I don't have the firmware for
this card. So I have downloaded the firmware rpm
(ipw2100-firmware-1.3-2.noarch
>
> .rpm from freshrpms.net) and installed it.
> Then I've setup manually the IP address of the interface (to
> 192.168.2.10, the wireless router and gateway is 192.168.2.1) and
> rebooted. Now the problem is that Fedora doesn't start anymore. It gets
> stuck trying to start sendmail. I've tried the interactive startup and
> skipped sendmail, but then the whole thing is really slow, it takes ages
> until I get to the login screen. Even then, ifconfig shows me correctly
> eth1 with the correct address, route shows me that 192.168.2.1 is the
> gateway (although it takes quite a while until I see the gateway line)
> and in /etc/resolv.conf I have the correct DNS server. But pinging
> 192.168.2.1 doesn't work, I get Destination host unreachable.
>
> So, any ideas how can I proceed further? FC5 seems very promising, and I
> must say I like a lot what I've seen so far, but this issue is a
> showstopper for me (my router is in another room and I don't want to
> have wires all over the house).
>
> Many thanks!
>
> With regards,
> Stelian Iancu
> <http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>
> <http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>
>
check iwconfig to see if your wireless card really is loaded... if you see
it, (normally eth1 for the intel pro) then try this.
In my experiences, I have had to
$ifconfig eth1 down
$iwconfig eth1 essid "HomeWireless"
$ifconfig eth1 up
$dhclient eth1
if you are using static ips (I am wondering why if its just a standard home
network...)
(dhcp is a wonderful thing....)
skip the dhclient eth1 and just pass the information via ifconfig after
doing the iwconfig.
--
mr. pibb + red vines = crazy delicious
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---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: Stelian Iancu <<a \
href="mailto:stelian.iancu@gmx.net">stelian.iancu@gmx.net</a>><br>To: fedora test \
<<a href="mailto:fedora-test-list@redhat.com">fedora-test-list@redhat.com \
</a>><br>Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:00:28 +0100<br>Subject: Problems getting my \
wireless card to work<br>Hi all,<br><br>I have just installed FC5 Test2 on my laptop \
(HP Pavilion zt3010us)<br>which has a Intel Pro wireless card (centrino). \
<br><br>After a lot of reading on the net, I've discovered that, although \
the<br>driver (ipw2100) is present in the kernel, I don't have the firmware \
for<br>this card. So I have downloaded the firmware \
rpm<br>(ipw2100-firmware-1.3-2.noarch <blockquote class="gmail_quote" \
style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; \
padding-left: 1ex;">.rpm from <a href="http://freshrpms.net">freshrpms.net</a>) and \
installed it.<br>Then I've setup manually the IP address of the interface (to <br><a \
href="http://192.168.2.10">192.168.2.10</a>, the wireless router and gateway is <a \
href="http://192.168.2.1">192.168.2.1</a>) and<br>rebooted. Now the problem is that \
Fedora doesn't start anymore. It gets<br>stuck trying to start sendmail. I've tried \
the interactive startup and <br>skipped sendmail, but then the whole thing is really \
slow, it takes ages<br>until I get to the login screen. Even then, ifconfig shows me \
correctly<br>eth1 with the correct address, route shows me that <a \
href="http://192.168.2.1"> 192.168.2.1</a> is the<br>gateway (although it takes quite \
a while until I see the gateway line)<br>and in /etc/resolv.conf I have the correct \
DNS server. But pinging<br><a href="http://192.168.2.1">192.168.2.1</a> doesn't work, \
I get Destination host unreachable. <br><br>So, any ideas how can I proceed further? \
FC5 seems very promising, and I<br>must say I like a lot what I've seen so far, but \
this issue is a<br>showstopper for me (my router is in another room and I don't want \
to<br> have wires all over the house).<br><br>Many thanks!<br><br>With \
regards,<br>Stelian Iancu<br><<a \
href="http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362">http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362</a>><br><<a \
href="http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362"> \
http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362</a>><br></blockquote><br>check \
iwconfig to see if your wireless card really is loaded... if you see it, (normally \
eth1 for the intel pro) then try this.<br>In my experiences, I have had to \
<br><br>$ifconfig eth1 down<br>$iwconfig eth1 essid \
"HomeWireless"<br>$ifconfig eth1 up<br>$dhclient eth1<br><br>if you are \
using static ips (I am wondering why if its just a standard home network...)<br>(dhcp \
is a wonderful thing....) <br>skip the dhclient eth1 and just pass the information \
via ifconfig after doing the iwconfig.<br>-- <br>mr. pibb + red vines = crazy \
delicious
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