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Subject: Re: Problems getting my wireless card to work
From: John Summerfied <debian () herakles ! homelinux ! org>
Date: 2006-02-13 23:43:17
Message-ID: 43F11995.3090207 () herakles ! homelinux ! org
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Josh L wrote:
> 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
Don't you have the firmware on a CD or somewhere? I'd rather use the
firmware that cam with my wireless.
>>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
>
Interesting...
To get wireless up without configuring it (not FC5, but everything I've
tried), this seems the go:
# Enable interface without configuring it. Sometines, I find a
preliminary modprobe beneficial.
sudo ifconfig eth1 up
# set the station, wep key. "any" finds any handy station. You should
use _at least_ wep.
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid any key s:passw
# Use dhcp to get IP etc. dhclient or dhcpcd, whichever you have.
sudo -b dhcpcd 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.
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>
>
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Cheers
John
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