Wirelss

[stormtrooper13]

I have an Intel Pro Wireless B/G

I had it working in my old Kernal. I did the update using pup now I'm booting between the old kernal and the new one. The new one has sound (could never get that working in the old one) and the wirless quit working in the new one. Any suggestions?

To fix it the last time I had to go through some very lengthy terminal inputs and didn't completely understand them. Now I can't find them again. The card doesn't look like a wireless card in the Network config tool, it looks like a standard hardwired lan card.

[banzaikai]

Okay, I'll make some assumptions to help out others jumping in...

You mentioned "PUP", so I'm assuming you have Fedora Core 5 or 6 (6 should have PIRUT).

You mentioned an Intel B/G, I'll assume you have the ipw2200 series (there's also a 39xx).

It seems that you may have an intergrated sound chipset (SoundMaxII, etc.), which the new kernel took care of.

So...

My guess is that you'll have to re-compile the ipw2200 for your particular kernel version, or just "modprobe ipw2200" to see if the kernel already has it available. Fedora is also very kind in putting all devices in the network setup, wireless or not, for you to configure. I had to compile an RAxxxx module for my usb-wifi, and it popped right up (and it's listed whether the adaptor is plugged in or not).

Would you mind posting the settings you have set for the wlan/ipw2200 in your network config? Also, the make/model of computer, the distro you're using, and the exact model of IPW card you have.

Another note: Is your router set up for security? MAC filtering? DHCP? WEP/WPA? Double-check that to make sure nothing is preventing things from connecting on the other end.

banzai "mod prober" kai

[asarch]

Hey,

I have the same problem, check this file, I hope it can help you:
Setting up wireless on linux - FC5 (http://chandanthewhiz.wordpress.com/2006/05/08/setting-up-wireless-on-linux-fc5/)
Happy hacking!!! :cool:

P.S.
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Lycos: ipw 3945abg for fedora core

[ladoga]

I have an Intel Pro Wireless B/G

I had it working in my old Kernal. I did the update using pup now I'm booting between the old kernal and the new one. The new one has sound (could never get that working in the old one) and the wirless quit working in the new one. Any suggestions?

To fix it the last time I had to go through some very lengthy terminal inputs and didn't completely understand them. Now I can't find them again. The card doesn't look like a wireless card in the Network config tool, it looks like a standard hardwired lan card.
You didn't give exact model of your wi-fi card (check with lspci), but Intel PRO Wireless cards are easy to setup.
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/INSTALL

Get driver and firmware from here:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

Network stack (subsystem) from here:
http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/

It's best if you read install documentation I linked above. IIRC procedure is something like this:
1. extract firmware package to /lib/firmware/

2. extract driver and subsystem packages. as root, run remove-old.sh that comes with both to remove all traces of old drivers. (answer y to all)

3. compile and install both driver and the subsystem (make && make install)