Thnkpad T42 wireless

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 8 Apr 2006, G. Vincent Castellano wrote:

> I have FC5 on an IBM ThinkPad T42.  Packages are updated as of noon today.
>
> The 'neat' network admin utility does not recognize this machine's built-in
> wireless adapter as wireless, but treats it as wired ethernet card, so there is
> no provision for entering wireless params.  The WLan adapter is Intel
> Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG.
>
> Another minor issue is that the ipw2200 module does not load properly at boot
> time, but there is no problem if the modprobe ipw2200 is in S99local.
>
> I start the network configuration GUI with 'sudo neat', with the Devices tab
> selected, hit New.  Select Woreless connection, then hit Forward.  In Select
> Wireless Device, only "Other Wireless Card" is available.  With this selected, I
> hit Forward and get the dialog titled Select Ethernet Adapter.  The Adapter
> dropdown menu appears to contain only wired ethernet devices (including NE2000).
>
> If I back up to the Select Device Type screen and select Ethernet Connection,
> hen go forward, the 2200BG is available in the list of devices to select, but
> the dialog doesn't give me a chance to enter the network params.
>
> It looks like the 2200BG is flagged as a wireD ethernet device and we just need
> to designate it as wireLESS.  I poked around in the
> /usr/share/system-config-network tree but didn't see anything that might help.
>
> What's my next step?

First: http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc5_setup.shtml.
More advanced: http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml
NetworkManager: http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/nm.shtml

Need more?  Ask again here.

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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