Help networking with Intel 2100

Cleeds57 · 11-15-2006, 06:51 AM

I am a bit confused, I just installed Fedora for the first time, dual booting with Windows. It's a bit of a shock from windows, but I know I'll be able to figure it out sooner or later, hopefully. The main and biggest problem I am having is connecting to my Dlink router with an intel 2100 card. I'm a complete Linux newb, so any really simple steps would be more that appreciated. And sorry if this has been asked a number of times before.

odcheck · 11-15-2006, 07:09 AM

Is it recognized if you open system-config-network?
Which type of encryption do you use?
Do you want a qui to configure it or is cli okay?
I fact that you missed which Version of Fedora your running I suppose the latest and that would be
FC6.(zod) so. You just visit rpm.livna.org and add it to your repos.
then you can issue the command yum as root on a console to get the ipw2100 firmware and then your Intel2100 card will be recognized as wireless adapter and not anymore as an ethernet Interface.

Cleeds57 · 11-15-2006, 07:40 AM

No, its not recognized in the network menus as far as I can tell, and the router encryption is WPA-PSK. Everything that was said after that I spaced on totally, but thanks heaps though, I'll google my way through the lingo.

odcheck · 11-15-2006, 07:59 AM

What happens if you're on a console as root
and then

Code:

lspci -v

is it recongized there?
Then tell me (us) which Version of Fedora you use?
If you then use this

Code:

For FedoraCore 6
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
then 
yum install ipw2100*

After you've done that it's fine. And you can configure it.

UhhMaybe · 06-15-2007, 06:52 PM

The posts previous to this one will get YOU in the right direction. Hope YOU'RE online now. If not, try here....http://www.wiki.com for stories about Linux and ndiswrapper. Try here later on after YOU have the syntax comfortable with YOUR local vernacular. http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/HOWTO-INDEX/howtos.html for the tutorial about installing ndiswrapper.