Configuring wireless cards

[mohitanchlia]

I recently installed Red hat 5 with Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 BG wireless card.

dmesg shows this card was detected. At home I have WPA wireless. Now the question is how do I configure it to access Internet. Can you please help?

Also, when I do ifconfig I see bunch of interfaces listed, how can I tell which one is linked to wireless card?

[MikeTbob]

Start in the Wireless section and post your results using the code tags as explained in this link, please.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

[mohitanchlia]

Start in the Wireless section and post your results using the code tags as explained in this link, please.
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wir...tart-here.html

lspci
00:00.0 0600: 8086:2590 (rev 03)
00:02.0 0300: 8086:2592 (rev 03)
00:02.1 0380: 8086:2792 (rev 03)
00:1c.0 0604: 8086:2660 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 0604: 8086:2664 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 0c03: 8086:2658 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 0c03: 8086:2659 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 0c03: 8086:265a (rev 03)
00:1d.3 0c03: 8086:265b (rev 03)
00:1d.7 0c03: 8086:265c (rev 03)
00:1e.0 0604: 8086:2448 (rev d3)
00:1e.2 0401: 8086:266e (rev 03)
00:1e.3 0703: 8086:266d (rev 03)
00:1f.0 0601: 8086:2641 (rev 03)
00:1f.2 0101: 8086:2653 (rev 03)
00:1f.3 0c05: 8086:266a (rev 03)
02:00.0 0200: 14e4:167d (rev 11)
04:00.0 0607: 104c:ac56
04:02.0 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 0000:0000
lsmod
Module Size Used by
i915 24001 2
drm 66901 3 i915
netloop 10945 0
netbk 78273 0 [permanent]
blktap 118373 2 [permanent]
blkbk 22753 0 [permanent]
ipt_MASQUERADE 7617 1
iptable_nat 11077 1
ip_nat 21101 2 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat
bridge 53725 0
autofs4 29253 3
hidp 23105 2
rfcomm 42457 0
l2cap 29505 10 hidp,rfcomm
bluetooth 53925 5 hidp,rfcomm,l2cap
dm_log_clustered 17072 0
lockd 63209 0
sunrpc 145533 2 lockd
ip_conntrack_netbios_ns 6977 0
ipt_REJECT 9665 3
xt_state 6209 3
ip_conntrack 53281 5 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ip_nat,ip_conntrack_net bios_ns,xt_state
nfnetlink 10713 2 ip_nat,ip_conntrack
iptable_filter 7105 1
ip_tables 17029 2 iptable_nat,iptable_filter
ip6t_REJECT 9409 1
xt_tcpudp 7105 14
ip6table_filter 6849 1
ip6_tables 18053 1 ip6table_filter
x_tables 17349 8 ipt_MASQUERADE,iptable_nat,ipt_REJECT,xt_state,ip_ tables,ip6t_REJECT,xt_tcpudp,ip6_tables
ib_iser 37145 0
rdma_cm 35577 1 ib_iser
ib_cm 39853 1 rdma_cm
iw_cm 13125 1 rdma_cm
ib_sa 39349 2 rdma_cm,ib_cm
ib_mad 37717 2 ib_cm,ib_sa
ib_core 63557 6 ib_iser,rdma_cm,ib_cm,iw_cm,ib_sa,ib_mad
ib_addr 11845 1 rdma_cm
iscsi_tcp 19785 0
bnx2i 40413 0
cnic 25933 1 bnx2i
uio 14921 1 cnic
cxgb3i 43657 0
cxgb3 168601 1 cxgb3i
8021q 24649 1 cxgb3
libiscsi_tcp 21957 2 iscsi_tcp,cxgb3i
libiscsi2 42181 5 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,libiscsi_tcp
scsi_transport_iscsi2 37709 7 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,libiscsi2
scsi_transport_iscsi 6085 1 scsi_transport_iscsi2
cpufreq_ondemand 12749 1
acpi_cpufreq 13897 0
dm_multipath 24909 0
scsi_dh 11713 1 dm_multipath
video 21193 0
thinkpad_acpi 56929 0
hwmon 7365 1 thinkpad_acpi
backlight 10049 2 video,thinkpad_acpi
sbs 18533 0
i2c_ec 9025 1 sbs
button 10704 0
battery 13637 0
asus_acpi 19289 0
ac 9157 0
ipv6 267361 16 ip6t_REJECT,cnic
xfrm_nalgo 13381 1 ipv6
crypto_api 12609 1 xfrm_nalgo
lp 15849 0
snd_intel8x0m 20685 0
joydev 13313 0
floppy 54949 0
snd_intel8x0 35549 1
snd_ac97_codec 93153 2 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0
ac97_bus 6337 1 snd_ac97_codec
snd_seq_dummy 7877 0
snd_seq_oss 32577 0
snd_seq_midi_event 11073 1 snd_seq_oss
snd_seq 49713 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi_event
snd_seq_device 11725 3 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq
snd_pcm_oss 43073 0
snd_mixer_oss 19009 1 snd_pcm_oss
sg 36573 0
snd_pcm 72517 4 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_pcm_ oss
pcspkr 7105 0
snd_timer 24773 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm
snd 55877 12 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_ac97_codec,snd_seq_ oss,snd_seq,snd_seq_device,snd_pcm_oss,snd_mixer_o ss,snd_pcm,snd_timer
ipw2200 138153 0
soundcore 11553 1 snd
snd_page_alloc 14281 3 snd_intel8x0m,snd_intel8x0,snd_pcm
ieee80211 34312 1 ipw2200
serio_raw 10693 0
ieee80211_crypt 10049 1 ieee80211
tg3 116293 0
i2c_i801 11725 0
i2c_core 23745 2 i2c_ec,i2c_i801
parport_pc 29157 1
parport 37641 2 lp,parport_pc
serial_core 24641 0
ide_cd 40161 0
cdrom 36577 1 ide_cd
dm_raid45 67273 0
dm_message 6977 1 dm_raid45
dm_region_hash 15809 1 dm_raid45
dm_mem_cache 9921 1 dm_raid45
dm_snapshot 23013 0
dm_zero 6209 0
dm_mirror 24521 0
dm_log 14657 4 dm_log_clustered,dm_raid45,dm_region_hash,dm_mirro r
dm_mod 63225 12 dm_log_clustered,dm_multipath,dm_raid45,dm_snapsho t,dm_zero,dm_mirror,dm_log
ata_piix 23621 2
ahci 35017 0
libata 157957 2 ata_piix,ahci
sd_mod 25281 3
scsi_mod 141973 10 ib_iser,iscsi_tcp,bnx2i,cxgb3i,libiscsi2,scsi_tran sport_iscsi2,scsi_dh,sg,libata,sd_mod
ext3 125001 2
jbd 57065 1 ext3
uhci_hcd 25676 0
ohci_hcd 24937 0
ehci_hcd 34253 0
dmesg
IBM TrackPoint firmware: 0x0e, buttons: 3/3
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
SELinux: Registering netfilter hooks
Initializing IPsec netlink socket
Initalizing network drop monitor service
SELinux: Unregistering netfilter hooks
eth0: Tigon3 [partno(BCM95751M) rev 4101 PHY(5750)] (PCI Express) 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 00:10:c6:e1:c0:47
ipw2200: failed to register network device
thinkpad_acpi: ibm-acpi - IBM ThinkPad ACPI Extras Driver
uname - OEL
2.6.18-164.el5xen
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:10:C6:E1:C0:47
inet addr:192.168.1.102 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::210:c6ff:fee1:c047/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5301 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:5620021 (5.3 MiB) TX bytes:1055081 (1.0 MiB)

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:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1927 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:2982797 (2.8 MiB) TX bytes:2982797 (2.8 MiB)

peth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:6116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5305 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5644485 (5.3 MiB) TX bytes:1078299 (1.0 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Memory:90100000-90110000

vif0.0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
inet6 addr: fe80::fcff:ffff:feff:ffff/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:5301 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1055081 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:5620021 (5.3 MiB)

virbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.122.1 Bcast:192.168.122.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:41 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:9636 (9.4 KiB)

xenbr0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr FE:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF
UP BROADCAST RUNNING NOARP MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:99 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:33465 (32.6 KiB) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

peth0 no wireless extensions.
sit0 no wireless extensions.

virbr0 no wireless extensions.

vif0.0 no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

vif0.1 no wireless extensions.

veth1 no wireless extensions.

vif0.2 no wireless extensions.

veth2 no wireless extensions.

vif0.3 no wireless extensions.

veth3 no wireless extensions.

xenbr0 no wireless extensions.

[mohitanchlia]

Can someone please help? Do I need to install ipw2200 formware for 32 bit? I am unable to find one.

[MikeTbob]

Are you running this in a Virtual machine? I don't have much experience with that yet. Your PCIID's look at little out of whack. Try updating them.

update-pciids