Fedora Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG connection failed

04-01-2007	#1 (permalink)
Lemint Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 2	Fedora Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG connection failed Ey there. I'm using Fedora 6 kernel v. 2.6.20-1.2933. I have some problems brining up my wireless connection (eth1). From pmesg: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection cs: IO port probe 0x820-0x8ff:<6>ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels) ieee1394: Initialized config rom entry `ip1394' ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL' ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13 ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com> ieee1394: Host added: ID:BUS[0-00:1023] GUID[00030d49255ace06] If I do service network restart, then I get this output: SIOCGIFFLAGS: No such device Bringing up loopback interface: [ OK ] Bringing up interface eth0: Determining IP information for eth0... done. Bringing up interface eth1: Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable First of all, SIOCGIFFLAGS - Last time my eth1 was up running, it wasent there. From lsmod: ipw2200 142633 0 ieee80211 35209 1 ipw2200 From iwconfig: eth1 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"Lemint" Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate=0 kb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0 Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key: off Power Management: off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 from iwlist scan I find my network: eth1 Scan completed : Cell 01 - Address: 00:13:49:E7:62:65 ESSID:"ZyXEL" Protocol:IEEE 802.11bg Mode:Master Channel:6 Encryption key:off Bit Rates:1 Mb/s; 2 Mb/s; 5.5 Mb/s; 6 Mb/s; 9 Mb/s 11 Mb/s; 12 Mb/s; 18 Mb/s; 22 Mb/s; 24 Mb/s 36 Mb/s; 48 Mb/s; 54 Mb/s Quality=51/100 Signal level=-70 dBm Extra: Last beacon: 125ms ago From ifcfg-eth1: TYPE=Wireless DEVICE=eth1 HWADDR=00:12:f0:14:45:64 BOOTPROTO=dhcp NETMASK= DHCP_HOSTNAME= IPADDR= DOMAIN= ONBOOT=yes USERCTL=yes IPV6INIT=no PEERDNS=yes ESSID= CHANNEL=1 MODE=Managed RATE='54 Mb/s' Can anyone help me getting back at the wireless internet?

04-01-2007	#2 (permalink)
Lemint Just Joined! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 2	Problem solved.

04-01-2007	#3 (permalink)
Juan Pablo Linux Guru Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: /home/south_america/ecuador/quito Posts: 2,060	It's usually good to post the solution, somebody may have the same problem __________________ Put your hand in an oven for a minute and it will be like an hour, sit beside a beautiful woman for an hour and it will be like a minute, that is relativity. --Albert Einstein Linux User #425940 Don't PM me with questions, instead post in the forums