Dear All:
I have a Dell E1705. Lately I tried to make wirless card work in FC5.
In the very beginning, I followed garfield1228's procedure and it works.. GREAT~~~
But I need VPNC and WEP. So I use add/remove software to add networkmanager relative stuff. After rebooting, I also have an icon indicating a wired connection on the top right side. And this is how a sad story begin.
I could not use wireless anymore.
I tried to reactive wireless by system-config-network of my eth1. (eth0 is wired network)
It shows
Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?
By reviewing some articles, it seems something wrong with driver.

So I remove any thing related to ipw1394 (not ieee80211 ). Rebooted and installed everything again. Rebooted again. (The wi-fi light is blinking.) SAME ERROR MESSAGE AGAIN....



typing
#ps -C ipw3945
PID TTY TIME CMD
#/sbin/ipw3945d
ipw3945d - regulatory daemon
Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
version: 1.7.19
2006-08-18 03:07:25: ERROR: ipw3945d already running. If ipw3945d is not running then you
need to remove '/var/run/ipw3945d.pid' and try again.
# system-config-network&
/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/NC_functions.py:30: DeprecationWarning: rhpl.log is deprecated and will be removed; use python's logging instead
import rhpl.log
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...


Can someone help me fix this problem so that I don't have to reinstall FC5 again!!!!

Here is some more inoformation.
# /sbin/iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...

eth1 unassociated ESSID:"Auto" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
Retry limit:15 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Encryption keyff
Power Managementff
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:2602 Missed beacon:0

#/sbin/ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:C5:3D:1F:E3
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fe3d:1fe3/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:865 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:931 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:676460 (660.6 KiB) TX bytes:209301 (204.3 KiB)
Interrupt:177

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:2861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:2861 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5259385 (5.0 MiB) TX bytes:5259385 (5.0 MiB)

More dmesg
ipw3945: Detected geography ABG (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

Thanks...........

Can't fix your problem, but the error message(version 19 vs 20) just means that the developers haven't tested the newer version. For most cards there's no problem, and nothing is broken.

I do notice (from your ifconfig output) that eth1 is not configured, which may be a root cause of yur problem.

Thanks for help..
I type /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up
and then use syetem-config-network
But still same problem, I can not use wireless..


this is /sbin/ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:02:A6:1F:A6
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:78827 errors:0 dropped:3241 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
Interrupt:177 Base address:0xe000 Memory:dcfff000-dcffffff

Fix this by updating the wireless tools:
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...

You can't pull an IP address because you're not associated with the access point:
eth1 unassociated ESSID:"Auto" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated

Is "Auto" really your SSID? If not, did you set the SSID? You mention needing WEP. Is the AP using WEP. If so, you need to set the key - iwconfig eth1 key abcd1234

You mentioned removing and adding network "stuff." Without knowing exactly which packages or files you changed, it's hard to speculate on other potential causes.

Hi,
Auto is not my ESSID..
but how can I scan available network? or I really have to input something by using windows XP to scan available network.

Thanks

iwlist eth1 scan

Or use some GUI thingie. One example: http://wifi-radar.systemimager.org/

Yes...
I can scan...
What do I do next to connect the internet? And what if I need to input WEP key?

Thanks

/sbin/iwlist eth1 scan
Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 20
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 19.
Some things may be broken...

eth1 Scan completed :
Cell 01 - Address: 00:07:85:B3:6E:7C
ESSID:"bumc-wn001"
Protocol:IEEE 802.11b
Mode:Master
Channel:1
Encryption keyff
Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 11 Mb/s
Quality=75/100 Signal level=-59 dBm Noise level=-59 dBm
Extra: Last beacon: 260ms ago

I gave you the command for entering a WEP key above.

Wireless 101:

To get network connectivity via a wireless adapter, irrepective of the O/S, you need to find a WLAN, configure the wireless parameters such as SSID, mode, encryption and then configure the network parameters - gateway, IP address obtained from a DHCP server or static, etc.

Linux wireless 101:
iwlist <your_interface> scan
iwconfig <your_interface> essid <network_name> mode Managed (normally the default setting) key <hexadecimal_WEP_key_value> (if any) + any other params you want to set such as rate or sensitivity
dhcpcd <your_interface> (This command varies by distro and assumes DHCP - alternatives include ifup <your_interface> (typical Fedora or SuSE script), pump (Debian or Knoppix) and dhclient <your_interface> (FC and others, bypassing the ifup script).

Example - Starbucks:

Surf.

More information: man iwconfig

Thanks for your 101.
It works..

Maybe I ask too much.
But how can I use VPNC after setting up my wireless.
I installed NetworkManager-VPNC. But I can not see how to activate it by using iwconfig to connect to the router.

Can someone give me another 101 lesson!!

Many Thanks