ipw2200 centrino (again)

[Rick Nicholas]

xray wrote:

> Just another wlan ipw2200 problem again.
>
> I use FC3 and have an Acer Travelmate 4000 with centrino.
> To use the wlan i downloaded all needed files and followed every step 
> (by step) in the INSTALL file.
>
> First, i have to load the driver manually with ./load witch outputs 
> this error ....
> ( if i dont  load them, eth1 is not displayed )
>
> [root at xr-mobile ipw2200-0.13]# ./load
> No modules unloaded.
> FATAL: Module firmware_class not found.
> Loaded: ieee80211_crypt ieee80211 ieee80211_crypt_wep ipw2200
>
> [ *snip* files in /lib/firmware/ ]
>       [root at xr-mobile firmware]# ls ip*
>       ipw2200_boot.fw  ipw2200_bss.fw  ipw2200_ibss.fw  ipw2200_ucode.fw
> [ *snip* ]
>
>
> [root at xr-mobile ipw2200-0.13]# iwconfig
> lo        no wireless extensions.
>
> eth0      no wireless extensions.
>
> sit0      no wireless extensions.
>
> eth1      unassociated  ESSID:"Auto"  Nickname:"xr-mobile"
>          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: 00:00:00:00:00:00   
>          Bit Rate=0kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm            RTS thr:off   
> Fragment thr:off
>          Encryption key:off
>          Power Management:off
>          I´m a linux beginner, so i was very happy that the wireless 
> tools are already available via yum - dont even think about kernel 
> configuration ;-)
>
> Any ideas ?
> Hope i dont spam around with this problem.
>
> Regards
>
> Jens Frieben
>
Might wanna give this a try > 
http://geekspeek.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=40