I think mainstream kernels 2.6.17 and up have the ipw2xxx drivers included, they can be found in /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.ko

hmm.

I got the driver.
I got the firmware.

But i can't see any wireless networks when i type "iwlist eth1 scan" and KNetworkManager doesn't show anything.. And i can't seem to activate the wireless card...

??

Maybe the card is no good. Are you dual bootin' with that other type of OS......W..something?........Windows!, does the card work with it?.

I'm not dual bootin' but years in the past, when i used the W.... It worked.

Maybe i should just go back to Ubuntu after all.. it worked fine with Ubuntu..

figured wrong place to post.

Have you run "lsmod|less" to see if the module is loaded?

If the module is not loaded, then try "modprobe (driver name). If that fails, try "insmod (driver name). If both fail try them with an absolute path. Example. modprobe /lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.ko Substitute your appropriate kernel version in the path. By the way, are you using the driver that came with Fedora 7? There is one. You will find it at the above location (path). Are you sure you need the 2100 and not the 2200?

Next. You may have to create your device file using a file editor. kedit, gedit, mcedit. Whatever. See my post at http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...d.php?t=441251 for guidance here.

Good luck.

svarmido

Hmm..

Look at this:

[root@localhost ~]# modprobe ipw2100

WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko': No such file or directory

WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko': No such file or directory

FATAL: Error inserting ipw2100 (/lib/modules/2.6.21-1.3194.fc7/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2100.ko): Unknown symbol in

module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

[root@localhost ~]# insmod ipw2100

insmod: can't read 'ipw2100': No such file or directory

[root@localhost ~]#
-----------------------------------------------------------------

My card is at Intel PRo/Wireless 2100 so i guess i need the ipw2100 driver

The ieee80211.ko module and the ipw2100.ko module come with the 2.6.21 kernel, that is the kernel I use in my Debian. I had to compile my own of each of these to support packet injection. I could only use the ieee80211-1.2.17.tar.gz to avoid errors, and I had to comment out a couple lines in the makefile for the ipw2200 to avoid the "unknown symbol" error you got there. Suggesting you replaced the ipw2100 module that came with the kernel with one you compiled. The ieee80211 modules should be exactly where the system was looking for them, it appears they are not there. During the compiling of the ieee80211 from source is a step asking if you want to remove all existing modules, "Yes" is recommended, and that is what all guides suggest to do.
I think "could be a bad thing", you should replace those modules with the originals you "should" have backed up and try again, or reinstall and just follow the Fedora guides. Because I set my card up easily with just unpacking the firmware in /lib/firmware, but because of my forensics side, I also had to set my system up for packet injection and have seen those exact errors during compiling the patched ipw2200 module. As you already know, you won't get packet injection with ipw2100b.

So..

I reinstalled Fedora, i figured that would be the best since i anyway needed to format my HD..

Now nothing happens when i type modprobe and insmod, it says that it doesn't know the command..

why?

If there is a guide for ipw2100, could u give me the url?

Thx
/Swulff

Probably because you need to use the superuser terminal, I found using a regular terminal in Fedora 6 & 7 limits superuser ability. The superuser terminal can be found via main menu/system/more_applications in KDE, don't know where in Gnome. Also, check to see if it's not already loaded with command: lsmod to list the modules loaded already. As for a guide for ipw2100 in Fedora, I posted a link in post # 10.

just open a regular terminal type 'su -'
for some reason with RH/Fedora this is the way that they do it
one you add the ' -' to the su line it should work fine for you

I just found this out myself when I started running RHEL 4 at work here

Thanks to you all..

It works like a charm.

i the terminal i typed:
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su -
modprobe ipw2100
set eth1 up
iwlist eth1 scan
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And it worked.

Strange, NetworkManager didn't show anything before i typed iwlist eth1 scan