New to Fedora, struggling with wireless

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 25 Nov 2006, Cecilia Lunardini wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  yes, I did reboot at that point.
>
>  Cecilia

Cecilia-

Try the following steps now:

(1) rpm -qV kernel
(Verify that all kernel files are correct, in particular that you have 
the stock drivers now.)

(2) system-config-network
(2a) Delete all deivces from the Devices tab and all hardware entries from 
the Hardware tab.  Save the changes.

(3) Remove any references to eth0, eth1, etc. from /etc/modprobe.conf.

(4) Reboot.

This should let your system reconfigure all your network devices.  If you 
have the firmware installed, then the ipw2200 device should be detected.

(5) system-config-network
(5a) Check the Hardware tab and see if the device was found.
(5b) Check the Devices tab and see if you have an interface to the device 
and if its type is Wireless.  If so, edit the device and make sure that 
"Bind to MAC address" is checked.  Click "Probe".
(5c) Save your changes.

If you don't have the hardware entry or there is a device but it is not 
of type wireless, report back.

-- 
 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs