Intel ProWireless 2200BG

johnfg · 11-29-2004, 09:22 PM

I posted within another post and I don't think anyone saw it! I am running Fedora Core 3 on an Asus Z9000. I cannot get the wireless card working correctly. I'm trying ipw2200, it seems to have installed fine, and the card is recognized. But here's what's happening when I try to bring it up:
Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Here's what I have in ifcfg-eth1

DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR=00:0e:35:51:a6:3c
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=192.168.0.5
DOMAIN=
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=no
GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
TYPE=Wireless
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=Motorola
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto

Please help me to get wired!

Thanks! John

jymbo · 11-29-2004, 09:49 PM

I had similar problems with ipw2100 and FC2 (I'm running FC3 now, but haven't had chance to try the ipw2100 drivers yet).

Anyway, first check to see if you have the module installed for your wireless card:

Code:

#lsmod |grep -i ipw2200

If you get no result, then you need to load your module by hand:

Code:

#modprobe ipw2200

If you didn't get any errors, then check again to see if the module is loaded. If all went well, then just use the network settings tool to bring up the settings for your wireless card.

To have the ipw2200 module load at boot up, edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit. Locate the lines in that file that look like this:

Code:

echo -n $"Initializing hardware... "

ide=""
scsi=""
network=""
audio=""
other=""

and add your wireless module like this:

Code:

echo -n $"Initializing hardware... "

ide=""
scsi=""
network="ipw2200"
audio=""
other=""

Hope this works for you.

johnfg · 11-29-2004, 10:50 PM

I did everything you suggested: the module is there, loaded and loading after a reboot. But I'm still getting the same error message that I listed above.

Any other ideas?

And thanks very, very much for your help!

john