I've found certain networks don't work well with this device. However,
using NetworkManager makes it okay. Have you tried that? You need to turn
on two services for it to work NetworkManager and
NetworkManagerDispatcher.
On Thu, 4 Oct 2007, Frederic Boone wrote:
Hello,
I have a Dell Latitude D620 with SL kernel 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 installed.
Everything works fine except the Wifi:
Error message in system-config-network 1.3.99:
"Définition des informations IP pour eth1. échoué. Aucun lien n'a é
té
trouvé. Vérifier le câble ?"
(sorry this is french, it means "no link found. check cable?")
I have installed all the ipw3945 related packages:
ipw3945
ipw3945-firmware
ipw3945d
kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
The card seems to be dected (I also see the wifi led blinking):
# /sbin/lsmod | grep ipw3945
ipw3945 178856 1
ieee80211 33417 1 ipw3945
but it seems to be unasociated:
# /sbin/iwconfig eth1
eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"lerma10.obspm.fr"
Mode:Managed Frequency=nan kHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
Retry limit:15 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:256 Missed beacon:0
I can however see the mac address in system-config-network. So I tried
forcing this address with "iwconfig ap ..." but the result it the same...
Any clue?
Thanks
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