Cannot connect to AP with Aironet 352 (PCMCIA) running FC4

djidji · 10-18-2005, 11:25 AM

in the past i was able to use the card if i had it pluged in while installing the OS. this time i just cannot get it to work. the first thing that is odd is the message

Code:

 #iwconfig eth1 essid ntd

Warning: Driver for device eth1 has been compiled with version 18
of Wireless Extension, while this program supports up to version 17.
Some things may be broken...

here is the rest of the output:

Code:

eth1      IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"ntd"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/65535
          Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=-114 dBm  Noise level=-90 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:1356  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:8913   Missed beacon:0

wifi0     IEEE 802.11-DS  ESSID:"ntd"
          Mode:Managed  Frequency:2.442 GHz  Access Point: FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
          Bit Rate=11 Mb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=0/65535
          Retry limit:16   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          Power Management:off
          Link Quality=0/100  Signal level=-114 dBm  Noise level=-90 dBm
          Rx invalid nwid:1356  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
          Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:8913   Missed beacon:0

i guess i am not even connecting to the access point. and what does

Code:

Rx invalid nwid:

mean? any help appreciated

Jedde · 10-19-2005, 08:17 PM

have you tried ifconfig eth1 up?
to be able to connect, your wireless device must be up. otherwise it cannot associate with the ap..

djidji · 10-19-2005, 09:19 PM

since my first post i was able to get the wifi card working after i added a line

Code:

alias eth1 airo_cs

to my /etc/modprobe.conf. if anyone else is having a similar problem with this hardware try looking into what worked for me. however you should probably first look into settings in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1 and make sure that all is good there . for more info on all the settings and parameters check out /usr/share/doc/initscripts-*/sysconfig.txt.