wireless connection fixed at last. Thanks Otto & ipw2200 folks

[Ed Landaveri]

Otto,
Thanks a lot man. The problem I had was with my laptop
which runs RHELS 2.6.9-5.EL that according to the
folks at that site its the one with the issue. My
RHELS 2.6.9-5.EL laptop for some reason not have the
firmware files on the proper location (I'm not sure if
it had them   anywhere else). So this is what I did:
1. Tarred the firmware files from their site to
/lib/fir
ware folder.
2. I issue the echo 100 >
/etc/sysconfig/hotplug/timeout
3. depmod -a
4. mdprobe ipw2200 and got no errors.
I rebooted to see if it made permanently but not, so I
was thinking to use sysctl to make permanently. When I
returned home I started the laptop to do it to my
surprise dmesg | grep ipw2200 showed:
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network
Driver, 0.13
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network
Connection
I'm emailing you from my laptop now. I don't think
this is an issue on FC4 due to its kernel but it could
help someone else with the old kernel. Thanks Otto &
ipw220 folks.
Once again & forever Linux roooolz!
Eddie


	
		
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