FC6 wireless IPW2200

[Cyart]

I have been running fc5 wirelessly no probs on a T42 with ipw2200. However did a fresh install of fc6 last night and can't get the wireless to work coppied the firmware over to lib/firmware and downloaded the ipw2200 driver and ieee80211 driver but still no joy

When I try and extract the contents of ieee80211 and try to make the file I get the error /lib/modules/2.------fc6/build does not exist

can anyone suggest what is happening here or point me in the right direction

[Iron_Mike]

You don't need the driver and ieee80211, they are included. What version of firmware are you using?? You need 3.0 firmware

[Cyart]

Yes version 3 just going to look at it now as I am home.

[Cyart]

Is there a series of steps i need to follow to get FC6 to use the wireless network how can I test whats happening?

[Cyart]

ok I now have it running and scanning but it never connects but when I try and activate the eth1 device I get the following error

ipw2200 device eth1 does not seem to be present

[Iron_Mike]

Open a terminal window and type su - That is SU dash, type system-config-network. Is your wireless listed??? Is it listed as wireless or ethernet??? If it is not listed, click the "new" tab and select wireless, is your card listed, if not it is not seeing the firmware. Are you using NetworkManager?? If not try starting the NM services and try connecting that way....

[Stevenjd]

I have the same problem

I have downloaded the firmware from livna

But it is listed as an ethernet card not a wirless card

I deleted the eth1 (the 2200 card) but can not add a wireless card just like cyart i get

ipw2200 device eth1 does not seem to be present

Any advise

I think you are right that Network Manger will set it up correctly, but I do need to use network manger as I have one wireless network that need to have a manual IP address - networkmanger does not support manual configuration.

Steven

[Iron_Mike]

Post the contents of your /lib/firmware directory

[mmattax]

I'm running FC6 on a dell 600m running IPW2100 wireless, getting the 2200 wireless to work is similar:

1. for 2200: http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php and download the appropriate firmware
If you have 2100 intel wireless drivers go to http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

2. untar the files to the desktop

3. Copy files to the lib/firmware folder mv *.fw /lib/firmware

4. remove any modules (sub 2100 if using 2100 drivers) /sbin/modprobe -r ipw2200

5. install ipw modules /sbin/modprobe ipw2200

6. reboot

once booted, go to the network manager and select new wireless settings, your card should now be displayed, if not try to download and use another version of the firmware (I'm running on the 1.3 version for the 2100)

That should do it!

[wshawn]

I'm running FC6 on a dell 600m running IPW2100 wireless, getting the 2200 wireless to work is similar:


I'm using the latest 3.0 firmware without any issues. Still working out WPA tho...

[wshawn]

The how to I posted on my site couple days ago...

1 Description

Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection miniPCI adapters open source wireless driver.

2 Installing Drivers

The Drivers are already included with FC6 without any additional effort on the end users part.

3 Obtaining Firmware

For legal issues the firmware is not included with the default FC6 installation. First obtain version 3 of the firmware here after scrolling all the way to the bottom of the page and click on the "I Agree" text link.

Extract the file to your Desktop. You will see an ipw2200-fw-3.0 folder get created.

4 Installing the Firmware

Open a terminal session and switch to the root user and then copy the files to the firmware diredtory:

su -
cd /lib/firmware/
cp /home/shawn/Desktop/ipw2200-fw-3.0/* ./

5 Restarting the Kernal Module

Next, while still working as the root user retart the module by entering the folowing lines:

rmmod ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

6 Adding a Wireless device

Still working as root, you can run the 'neat' command to add the wireless device. Typically we did not find this necessary as the default install of Fedora Core 6 has already detected the card (it just lacked the necesary firmware)

7 Activating the device

We recommend your using NetworkManager. Reboot is not necessary.

[mmattax]

I'm using the latest 3.0 firmware without any issues. Still working out WPA tho...

are you using wifi-radar to handle your wireless connections?

If not, install it from the add/delete software option ( you may have to search fro wifi-radar). I find that wifi-radar is the best wifi manager for linux and handles WEP / WPA well.

[FatMutha]

I'm having problems too.. I have the ipw2200, it worked find in FC5, now with FC6 it doesn't.. I installed the latest firmware through yum 3.0-9 and followed the steps that mmattax posted as well what was posted by snoze at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=126662&highlight=ipw2200. When I did what snoze said it worked my ipw2200 showed up under wireless and was active, when after I rebooted it no longer activates the device, I tried both steps again no luck, even through network manager it doesn't work. I get the following error

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?

Any idea why? Please help

[poblano]

I was inspired by this article (http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/ChrisWeyl/DellInspironB130?highlight=%28bcm43xx%29#head-8066af8d66332d68d8d9e77b7f51ea43e35ae504) to replace my BCM4318 wireless card with an IPW2200, but am running into similar issues. An lspci | grep -i wireless shows that the device is detected correctly:

02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG (rev 05)

An lsmod | grep ipw shows that the kernel modules are installed as well:

ipw2200 108197 0
ieee80211 31113 1 ipw2200

Still, NetworkManager fails to detect the wireless connection. An edited /var/log/messages follows:

Oct 27 04:54:26 localhost syslogd 1.4.1: restart.
Oct 27 04:54:27 localhost kernel: klogd 1.4.1, log source = /proc/kmsg started.
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: b44.c:v1.01 (Jun 16, 2006)
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:00.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 209
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: eth0: Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT Ethernet 00:14:22:95:19:f8
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:03.0[A] -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 217
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1b.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: Kill switch must be turned off for wireless networking to work.
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
Oct 27 04:54:45 localhost kernel: ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1d.0[A] -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 169
Oct 27 04:54:50 localhost NetworkManager: <information> starting...
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> eth0: Device is fully-supported using driver 'b44'.
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing.
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Now managing wired Ethernet (802.3) device 'eth0'.
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth0.
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> eth1: Device is fully-supported using driver 'ipw2200'.
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): waiting for device's worker thread to start
Oct 27 04:54:51 localhost NetworkManager: <information> nm_device_init(): device's worker thread started, continuing.
Oct 27 04:54:52 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Now managing wireless (802.11) device 'eth1'.
Oct 27 04:54:52 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / NETGEAR
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Device eth1 activation scheduled...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) started...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point 'NETGEAR' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 2'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was '0'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 4e455447454152'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 scan_ssid 1'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Oct 27 04:56:16 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation.
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failure scheduled...
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed for access point (NETGEAR)
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed.
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): Global control interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant-global'
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): RX global ctrl_iface - hexdump_ascii(len=49):
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): 49 4e 54 45 52 46 41 43 45 5f 41 44 44 20 65 74 INTERFACE_ADD et
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): 68 31 09 09 77 65 78 74 09 2f 76 61 72 2f 72 75 h1__wext_/var/ru
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): 6e 2f 77 70 61 5f 73 75 70 70 6c 69 63 61 6e 74 n/wpa_supplicant
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): 09 _
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): CTRL_IFACE GLOBAL INTERFACE_ADD 'eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): Initializing interface 'eth1' conf 'N/A' driver 'wext' ctrl_interface '/var/run/wpa_supplicant'
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): Initializing interface (2) 'eth1'
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): EAPOL: SUPP_PAE entering state DISCONNECTED
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(2151): EAPOL: KEY_RX entering state NO_KEY_RECEIVE
Oct 27 04:56:36 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): EAPOL: SUPP_BE entering state INITIALIZE
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): EAP: EAP entering state DISABLED
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): EAPOL: External notification - portEnabled=0
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): EAPOL: External notification - portValid=0
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): SIOCGIWRANGE: WE(compiled)=20 WE(source)=18 enc_capa=0xf
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): capabilities: key_mgmt 0xf enc 0xf
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): Own MAC address: 00:16:6f:b0:4f:2a
Oct 27 04:56:37 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(-1): wpa_driver_wext_set_wpa
Oct 27 04:56:47 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

Lastly, the output of an iwconfig eth1:

eth1 radio off ESSID:"NETGEAR"
Mode:Managed Channel:0 Access Point: Not-Associated
Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power=off 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

Thanks in advance to anyone who can help. I'll stop at nothing to avoid installing Windows instead of Fedora... :confused:

[FatMutha]

OK so I decided to upgrade to latest driver for the ipw2200 via yum it installed

ipw2200 1.2.0-45.fc6.i386
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686

and now i get the following error when I try to activate the device

Device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

what gives??
again any help is appriciated



I'm having problems too.. I have the ipw2200, it worked find in FC5, now with FC6 it doesn't.. I installed the latest firmware through yum 3.0-9 and followed the steps that mmattax posted as well what was posted by snoze at http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=126662&highlight=ipw2200. When I did what snoze said it worked my ipw2200 showed up under wireless and was active, when after I rebooted it no longer activates the device, I tried both steps again no luck, even through network manager it doesn't work. I get the following error

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?

Any idea why? Please help

[rik_cross]

hi guys,
should ndiswrapper work ok with fc6? running iwconfig causes kernel to crash. it worked fine in fc5!

[jim]

the ipw2200 device only needs the firmware installed thats it nothing more.

remove all rpms you have installed

go here
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7
agree at the botttom download the firmware
extract to /lib/firmware

rmmod ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

set the wireless device to not be activated on boot
reboot
run networkmanager and connect

[poblano]

Mystery solved. I was wondering why the device kept complaining that the "radio kill switch was on", so I went to the ipw2200 SourceForge site and found that my laptop (a Dell Inspiron B130) toggles the wireless connection on and off via the Fn+F2 key combination. And to think I've been racking my brain about this for over two months!

[Sedmic]

Thank you! This solved my problem as well. I have a Dell Inspiron 6000. I used the stock ipw2200 installed on the 2.6.18 kernel and added the 3.0 firmware and followed the instructions in this thread to make it work.

[murkman]

I do not have the wireless device turned on at boot and yet I have to manually rmmod the ipw2200 module and restart the network and NetworkManager services everytime:. Here's the error I get in /var/log/dmesg:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
ipw2200: failed to register network device
ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:02.0 failed with error -5

Again, this device is not turned on at boot. I've also tried this with modprobing ipw2200 and without, same result. This same error shows up in /var/log/messages. Where else can I look to solve this? This worked fine in FC-6 Test 3.

[Iron_Mike]

When you say you don't have the hardware turned at boot, do you mean "activate on boot" option from the configuration menu, or do you mean you have the hardware/software swtich turned off??

How did you upgrade from FC6T3, did a yum/cd upgrade or did you do a fresh install? Double check that you have the 3.0 firmware installed in /lib/firmware directory. Remove the firmware and reinstall it. If it still doesn't work, try using the rmmod ipw2200 and modprobe ipw2200

[murkman]

When you say you don't have the hardware turned at boot, do you mean "activate on boot" option from the configuration menu, or do you mean you have the hardware/software swtich turned off??

I mean, "activate on boot". So it should try to load, correct? I did a fresh install with the official release last week and this is the current problem. Once logged into Gnome, NetworkManager does not find a wireless connect (wired is fine). I open a root terminal and "rmmod ipw2200", then I "service network restart" and "service NetworkManager" (I wish there was a restart NetworkManager option on the icon but there isn't).

I am using the latest firmware from soureforge. It works when I do the above. Selinux is off, btw. And I'm on a network with no encryption. The one thing I haven't tried is turning off compiz. Let try that an I'll report back.

[Iron_Mike]

Open a terminal window su - to root and type system-config-network, or if you want to do from the menus, goto system -->administration -->network, type in the root password. How many devices are listed ?? If only your wired is listed, select the "new" tab, select wireless, is your wireless listed under this tab??

[FatMutha]

OK well I removed the drivers I installed through yum ipw2200 1.2.0-45.fc6.i386 and then all of a sudden I was able to get my card to work and connect at home. However I can't make any wireless connections using WEP it always fails when trying to get an IP address, at home its ok I can disable my WEP encryption, but in the office this is not an option.

FatMutha

OK so I decided to upgrade to latest driver for the ipw2200 via yum it installed

ipw2200 1.2.0-45.fc6.i386
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686

and now i get the following error when I try to activate the device

Device eth1 does not seem to be present, delaying initialization.

what gives??
again any help is appriciated

[ukmunkyman]

alrite, I tried removing everything related to my ipw2200 card then followed the steps to install the v3 software

everything works until i modprobe ipw2200 where I get

[root@localhost ipw2200-fw-3.0]# /sbin/modprobe ipw2200
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/updates/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/updates/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

cant find anyone else having the same problem, any1 know whats going on?

[FatMutha]

I get the same errors if I install the Ieee80211 module through yum, and as a result I can't connect at all or get the device working. I I remove the package, I'm able to get the device working and connect, but only to no encrypted networks. When I try to connect to my office network which is WEP encrypted it fails all the time, even though I put in my WEP key. I can't use network manager as I have no menu icon for it and don;t know the terminal command for it, however through yum it does say its installed (would like the icon for this). I tried connecting through system/administration/network and I tried wifi-radar and Wireless Assistance, again they all work but not when trying to connect to a WEP network.

FatMutha

alrite, I tried removing everything related to my ipw2200 card then followed the steps to install the v3 software

everything works until i modprobe ipw2200 where I get

[root@localhost ipw2200-fw-3.0]# /sbin/modprobe ipw2200
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211_crypt (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/updates/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko): Invalid module format
WARNING: Error inserting ieee80211 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/updates/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko): Invalid module format
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

cant find anyone else having the same problem, any1 know whats going on?

[Malachai]

I'm running FC6 on a dell 600m running IPW2100 wireless, getting the 2200 wireless to work is similar:

1. for 2200: http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php and download the appropriate firmware
If you have 2100 intel wireless drivers go to http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

2. untar the files to the desktop

3. Copy files to the lib/firmware folder mv *.fw /lib/firmware

4. remove any modules (sub 2100 if using 2100 drivers) /sbin/modprobe -r ipw2200

5. install ipw modules /sbin/modprobe ipw2200

6. reboot

once booted, go to the network manager and select new wireless settings, your card should now be displayed, if not try to download and use another version of the firmware (I'm running on the 1.3 version for the 2100)

That should do it!



Okay I just found this regarding the ipw2200 ....The 2 users that are using Dell laptops maybe you might be able to help me.

I have a Dell XPS M120... I'm getting an error message

Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?


I read that our laptop uses the FN+F2 keys... But how do I make it work in Linux?

Every time I press that... I look in my var/log/message and get this error message

localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Unknown key pressed (translated set 2, code 0x88 on isa0060/serio0).
localhost kernel: atkbd.c: Use setkeycodes e008 <keycode>' to make it known.

What am I doing wrong? Let me know when you have a chance okay.

[FatMutha]

Malachi.... i have a dell inspiron 6000, i had the bit rate error too, I fixed it by removing drivers i had installed in an attempt to get my wireless card to show up under wireless instead of ethernet. below are the 3 packages I installed which caused the bit rate error for me and when removed got rid of the error. I then did the modprobe stuff mention and voila my card was setup as a wireless and i was able to make connections. However I can't making any WEP connections. As for using the fn -f2 option in linux, never bothered trying to get it to work, you could try doing a key map under System/Preferences/Keyboard Shortcuts, i myself I just went it the bios, disable the fn-f2 option and made the wireless always on. Also make sure to install the latest firmware... i believe its 3.0-9 though yum.

ipw2200 1.2.0-45.fc6.i386
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686
ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6.i686

[Malachai]

Hey FatMutha,

I tried a rpm -qa for all the 3 items you posted and i dont have any of those.... The only thing I did was install the firmware that's it.... Is there other way of finding these items or something?

[Iron_Mike]

Hey FatMutha,

I tried a rpm -qa for all the 3 items you posted and i dont have any of those.... The only thing I did was install the firmware that's it.... Is there other way of finding these items or something?

That's just it, you don't need those 3 rpms mentioned above. You have the 3.0 firmware installed in your /lib/firmware correct? Now all you have to do is setup the network connection. Go to system -->administration -->network, select "new", "add", "wireless" and select you ipw2200 from the list. Configure it according to your setup. Now if you want to use network manager, go to system -->administration -->services and put checkmarks in the top 2 services, NetworkManager, and NetworkManagerDispatcher, save it and reboot. It will show a new icon in your notification area, left click it and it should show a lists of available AP

[jim]

Mike, Time for the script?
http://fedorajim.googlepages.com/ipw2200

[Malachai]

I understand everything you're tell me about not needing anything... I could see my wireless card in the network set. The only thing is that Im' getting this error message.


Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Invalid argument.

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?

Can you tell me why the BIt Rate is causing this error message. I know my buddy next door has an open router... On FC5 I was able to connect but now I can't even see his router on my NetworkManager icon.

I really need to figure out why I'm getting this error message on the bit rate.

thanks for all the help.

[Iron_Mike]

The "bit rate" error is benign, it will not prevent any connection to a AP. If you want to remove the bit rate error, in FC5 goto /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, and with a editor open the file ifcfg-eth1 or what ever your wireless network card is named, could be eth1, eth0, wlan0 etc. Add or Edit this line:

RATE=Auto

For FC6 it is:

RATE='0 kb/s'


I would be more interested in why it is still looking for a IP?? Maybe your "buddy" turned off broadcasting his SSID or started using MAC Filtering, or STATIC IPs and Encryption. From the looks of it you're not getting a IP address, need to check if your "buddy" changed any settings on his router.

[Stevenjd]

For me the problem is solved.

Like every one said just add the firmware to the firmware dir.

But i still needed to do the following (from another thread sorry can find again other wise I would link)

Disable firewall
Restart the computer
Enable firewall

Still had some problems but now it works 99% of the time

So my recomendation to install the firmware

1. Disable the firewall in fc
2. Install from Package updater using a repo
3. Restart the computer
4. Reenable the firewall

[Malachai]

I fricken give up ... I tried everything you guys told me to do... Right now I'm doing a fresh install ... Let see how it goes this time around...

--Malachai--

[Malachai]

Okay I got it working NOWWWWWWWWWWW Here's what I did just incase some one else is having trouble...

1. After I did a fresh install I download the firmware
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7

2. I extracted the file ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz
3.
moved the files to the firmware folder
mv * /lib/firmware

Unload the wireless module
rmmod ipw2200

Reload the wireless module
modprobe ipw2200

4. Since I'm using NetworkManager I used this command to start up the network scan

su -
service NetworkManager on; service NetworkManager start

At this point I was able to see my the wifi routers... I didn't have to add a network connection under the Network settings. I did check the boot to load it a boot up. The other thing I did was go into the service and check the box to start NetworkManager and NetworkDisplay at boot.

Now I"m happy that I figured it out.... Now I have to update on my Drives and make it all pretty... Thank you all for you help and the wonderful links on here...

I read that there is a website that has all the steps on setting up real, adobe reader, plus other stuff. Does anyone know that website...?

[apropos86]

Hi, i have installed for the first time fedora core 6 and i have the same problem with the wireless card. In the net administration it's put under ethernet devices and when i try to activate it the system says "it seems not to be present delay the inizialization" i hope that someone will find the solution! ;-) bye

[Malachai]

You have to update the firmware. Try doing what I did and let use know if its working.

[apropos86]

[QUOTE=Malachai]You have to update the firmware. Try doing what I did and let use know if its working.oh yes i have made it and i moved the files in the dir /lib/firmware but the fedora continues to put my pro wireless under ethernet devices! :(

[Malachai]

okay do this ... delete eth1 save it and restart the computer...

[gabork]

Hi,

I have the new firmwire and tried prettz much everzhing posted here, but I just don't get the wireless to work. When booting it said the '... not present...' thing and in the network manager it appeared as ethernet not wireless.

Going for rmmod and modprobe I get the following:

# rmmod ipw2200
ERROR: Module ipw2200 does not exist in /proc/modules

# modprobe ipw2200
WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211_crypt.ko': No such file or directory
WARNING: Could not open '/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/net/ieee80211/ieee80211.ko': No such file or directory
FATAL: Error inserting ipw2200 (/lib/modules/2.6.18-1.2798.fc6/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko): Unknown symbol in module, or unknown parameter (see dmesg)

any clues on how to proceed?

[wshawn]

For those of you going insane on this, sometimes the simple things are right under your nose.

If you have followed the firmware directions, removed any other RPM you installed, rmmod ipw2200,modprobe ipw2200, and it still doesn't work, then take a look at this:

As root run iwconfg
If the first entry for the wireless is RADIO OFF guess what? Hit your FN F2 (on dell laptop's anyway) to turn your radio on.

run iwconfig again to see it reflect a local SSID instead of RADIO OFF

Once it gets on Network Manager will take a few seconds to recognize the available APs. It does not show you its doing anything, so click it's icon and you should see SSIDs listed. Just give it a few seconds...

[Malachai]

Hello all,

Well a couple days ago my wireless card was working fine. I was able to connect to a router, I was able to see my network connection under the network Gui. Now it's all screwed up... Here's what's going on .

Today I started up my laptop. I got this funky error message. I didn't write it down sorry.. So I deleted my entry in the network setting, then created a new eth1. it won't connect so I deleted once again, and left eth0 only. I restarted my laptop but once I click on the networkManager icon i could see the network. I was able to connect then I did ifconfig and seen my eth1. when i went into my network settings I couldn't see it. When I do create the eth1 I get this in my log file... can someone explain to me what this is. It's pissing me off...

Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> User Switch: /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / 05B406889082
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Device eth1 activation scheduled...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) started...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): access point '05B406889082' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1 wext /var/run/wpa_supplicant '
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'AP_SCAN 1'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ADD_NETWORK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was '0'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 303542343036383839303832'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was 'OK'
Nov 20 20:54:40 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): Trying to associate with 00:e0:98:f4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost last message repeated 12 times
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): 4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): Trying to associate with 00:e0:98:f4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost last message repeated 11 times
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): Trying to associate with 00:e0:98:f4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost last message repeated 12 times
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): 0:98:f4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost NetworkManager: <information> wpa_supplicant(4489): Trying to associate with 00:e0:98:f4:85:fd (SSID='05B406889082' freq=0 MHz)
Nov 20 20:54:59 localhost last message repeated 11 times
Nov 20 20:55:00 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation.
Nov 20 20:55:00 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failure scheduled...
Nov 20 20:55:00 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed for access point (05B406889082)
Nov 20 20:55:00 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1) failed.
Nov 20 20:55:00 localhost NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating device eth1.
Nov 20 20:55:10 localhost kernel: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready

it would be helpfull if someone can tell me why it doesnt work when I have the device in the my network configuration.

Thanks.

[Malachai]

Now that I removed eth1 from the network configuration list... Netmanager start looking for a wireless connection... once it finds a connection... it connects to it...

Why is it doing this and why is that when I do iwconfig I see it in my list but not in the network configuration Gui

[jbelstner]

I'm running an IBM T42 and just installed FC6. While trying to get the Intel 2200BG wireless card working (with v3.0 firmware) I read the INSTALL directions on the sourceforge website and found I had the same issues as many of you here. I ended up starting over and following the directions described here.

http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=87454

I noticed a bug in the ieee80211-1.2.15 Makefile (or the filename). It was trying to copy "Modules.symvers" but the filename in the directory was really "Module.symvers". Not knowing which was really required I made sure both names appeared in the destination directory.

After a reboot, eth1 was recognized and redhat-config-network shows an ethernet eth1.bak and a wireless eth1.

[dcal357]

Iron_Mike and Jim,

Looking through several posts I see you two have things ironed out. I hope I can get your assistance. I have downloaded the firmware and it is extracted in the correct directory, the directory has permissions for users/others/root to read, read, read & write. I also used rmmod ipw2200, and modprobe ipw2200, and neat to open the GUI. My Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG is listed at Ethernet, I click new while in the devices tab, click wireless, but only "other wireless card" is listed.

I cannot get the Intel Wireless to appear when adding wireless. I finally deleted both devices (Ethernet, and Intel Pro Wireless 2200) from the devices and hardware tabs, now I have only the Intel Pro Wireless under hardware tab and still as an Ethernet type. Still cannot add wireless (list other only). Now I cannot run iwconfig, system-config-network, etc.

What could you suggest?

Thank you!

[maxm]

Hi. I just installed FC6 on my Dell Latitude C600 and am trying to get my 2915ABG card working. I went through this thread and downloaded and put the firmware modules into /lib/firmware, but when I issue the /sbin/modprob ipw2200, I get a fatal error that says "Unknown parameter `irq' and does not load. Any suggestions?

TIA,

Max

[maxm]

Also, forgot to add that when the system first came up after install, it found the wireless card but added the hardware as ethernet, not wireless.
After adding the firmware and rebooting, I tried deleting the erroneous device but when adding it back, the Intel Wireless card is not in the list.

[Iron_Mike]

Iron_Mike and Jim,

Looking through several posts I see you two have things ironed out. I hope I can get your assistance. I have downloaded the firmware and it is extracted in the correct directory, the directory has permissions for users/others/root to read, read, read & write. I also used rmmod ipw2200, and modprobe ipw2200, and neat to open the GUI. My Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG is listed at Ethernet, I click new while in the devices tab, click wireless, but only "other wireless card" is listed.

I cannot get the Intel Wireless to appear when adding wireless. I finally deleted both devices (Ethernet, and Intel Pro Wireless 2200) from the devices and hardware tabs, now I have only the Intel Pro Wireless under hardware tab and still as an Ethernet type. Still cannot add wireless (list other only). Now I cannot run iwconfig, system-config-network, etc.

What could you suggest?

Thank you!

Is this for FC6 ??, you need to install version 3.0 of the firmware. It is is some other version, you might need the 2.4 or even the 2.3 version. Once placed in the /lib/firmware directory, reboot the computer and use the gui to "New" "add" "wireless" and see if the card shows up.

[Iron_Mike]

Hi. I just installed FC6 on my Dell Latitude C600 and am trying to get my 2915ABG card working. I went through this thread and downloaded and put the firmware modules into /lib/firmware, but when I issue the /sbin/modprob ipw2200, I get a fatal error that says "Unknown parameter `irq' and does not load. Any suggestions?

TIA,

Max

Which version of the firmware did you install???

[maxm]

Hi Iron_Mike, thanks for responding. Yes, this is FC6. I just did a fresh install. I downloaded firmware 3.0...ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz

I unzipped/untarred the files and put them into /lib/firmware.

When the system comes up, it recognizes the 2915 card but as type Ethernet???

So when I go to Network Configuration, I cannot activate the eth1 wireless device because the eth1 device (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection) is set to Type Ethernet and will not activate. and when I do a dmesg | grep ipw, I get about 10-11 lines of :
ipw2200: Unknown parameter `irq'

[Iron_Mike]

Hi Iron_Mike, thanks for responding. Yes, this is FC6. I just did a fresh install. I downloaded firmware 3.0...ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz

I unzipped/untarred the files and put them into /lib/firmware.

When the system comes up, it recognizes the 2915 card but as type Ethernet???

So when I go to Network Configuration, I cannot activate the eth1 wireless device because the eth1 device (Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection) is set to Type Ethernet and will not activate. and when I do a dmesg | grep ipw, I get about 10-11 lines of :
ipw2200: Unknown parameter `irq'

What happens in the Network Configuration GUI, when you select "New", then "Wireless"?? Is the 2915 listed?? If so, go ahead and select it, then configure it.

[maxm]

No, the only Intel adapters that show are:

Intel EtherExpress Pro 100B
Intel EtherExpress/100 driver
Intel EtherExpress/1000 gigabit

[Iron_Mike]

Double check to make sure the firmware files are actually installed in the /lib/firmware directory. Also open a terminal window and su - to root and type: lspci and post the results, it should look like this or so:

02:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection (rev 05)

If everything looks ok, I would be looking at that IRQ error you are getting

[maxm]

[root@localhost ~]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:03.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:03.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1420
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corporation 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03)
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1983S Maestro-3i PCI Audio Accelerator (rev 10)
00:10.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection (rev 05)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M3 AGP 2x (rev 02)
06:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)


It sees the hardware....but won't load the module. I "installed" the firmware by just copying the 3 files that were in the tar file to /lib/firmware. So now when I do an ls on /lib/firmware, I see:

ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw

Is that an acceptable way to install them?

[Iron_Mike]

Yes, that's an acceptable way. Did you happen to compile a newer version of the ipw2200 drivers and or the ieee80211????. Take a look at your /var/log/dmesg file and scroll through it to look for any errors relating to the ipw2200

[maxm]

I haven't manually compiled anything....unless yum updates did it for me, but in looking at the yum log I don't see anything pertaining to ipw2200 or ieee80211. Looking at dmesg, all I see concerning ipw2200 are the irq errors....almost looks like a syntax problem someplace?

dmesg shows:
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>
ipw2200: Unknown parameter `irq'

Then it moves on to the other network controller....

[Iron_Mike]

There's the problem, it is not loading the driver because of the "irq" argument that it is getting from somewhere and is preventing the driver from loading, so you are not seeing it as a wireless device. Boot the computer, when it gets to the bootloader screen, tap the spacebar, then scroll down to the kernel and press the letter "e" are there any arguments after the "rhgb quiet" option?

[maxm]

Okay...I re-installed everything and am now actually getting a different error. The driver is still not loading but when I go into dmesg, I see the following sequence:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
hdc: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.27
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZA (11 802.11bg channels, 13 802.11a channels)
piix4_smbus 0000:00:07.3: Found 0000:00:07.3 device
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 5
PCI: setting IRQ 5 as level-triggered
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:08.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 5 (level, low) -> IRQ 5
architecture does not support 28bit PCI busmaster DMA
ACPI: PCI interrupt for device 0000:00:08.0 disabled
PCI: Enabling device 0000:06:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:06:00.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:06:00.0 to 64
eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xcf896000, 00:40:f4:c3:f3:19, IRQ 11

It's odd because eth0 is my RealTek device, and eth1 should be the wireless device ????

[jim]

Iron_Mike and Jim,

Looking through several posts I see you two have things ironed out. I hope I can get your assistance. I have downloaded the firmware and it is extracted in the correct directory, the directory has permissions for users/others/root to read, read, read & write. I also used rmmod ipw2200, and modprobe ipw2200, and neat to open the GUI. My Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG is listed at Ethernet, I click new while in the devices tab, click wireless, but only "other wireless card" is listed.

I cannot get the Intel Wireless to appear when adding wireless. I finally deleted both devices (Ethernet, and Intel Pro Wireless 2200) from the devices and hardware tabs, now I have only the Intel Pro Wireless under hardware tab and still as an Ethernet type. Still cannot add wireless (list other only). Now I cannot run iwconfig, system-config-network, etc.

What could you suggest?

Thank you!

open a terminal
su -
chkconfig NetworkManager on; service NetworkManager start

you should get a sweeping radar in the notification area ( top right )
left click and chose connect to new Wireless Network
Enter your SSID
select the security level WEP WPA etc
if your router is WEP and you create a passphrase to generate the WEP key then type the passphrase in you used to generate the key with

[jim]

Okay...I re-installed everything and am now actually getting a different error. The driver is still not loading but when I go into dmesg, I see the following sequence:

ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:10.0[A] -> Link [LNKD] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
...

It's odd because eth0 is my RealTek device, and eth1 should be the wireless device ????

is it a 2915ABG device or ipw2200 device ?

[Iron_Mike]

That's not a error in the dmesg file, that is exactly how it should look. The reason it is not assigned as eth1 is because you remove your ethernet connection profile from the network configuration gui. Open up system -->administration -->network.. For the profiles listed remove them ALL. Now start with "New -->Ethernet" setup your ethernet connection and assign it as eth0, next do the wireless and it should assign it as eth1, if you have another ethernet card, assign it eth3. Next look at your /etc/modprobe.conf file. Make sure you have entries for your ethernet and wireless, they will look like this:

alias eth0 r8169
alias eth1 ipw2200

Reboot the computer and like Jim mentioned make sure the NetworkManager is started and use that for your wireless connection management.

[maxm]

Well, after trying everything about 10 times, I finally got things sort of working. Thanks much for your help.

[dcal357]

Jim,

When I do the NetworkManager it only sees an ethernet device, no wireless so it does not sweep. Looking at dmesg I get
ipw2200: Intel Pro/Wireless 2200 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmprq
ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: reason -2
unable to load firmware: -2
failed to register network device
probe of 0000:02:04.0 failed with error -5

When I try to add wireless it does not list the device, only other. I have installed 3.0 and now 2.4. I deleted the hardware and device entries for the intel wireless pro listed as ethernet type.

I have the .fw files in /lib/firmware, and I have ran rmmod and modprobe. I'm running FC6.

[dcal357]

Could I be doing these steps in the wrong order? I am going to reinstall FC6. When I do I will see two entries in devices and hardware my Ethernet port and my Intel Pro Wireless both listed as Ethernet, both profiles will be inactive. I will need to activate my ethernet 10/100 to download firmare from sourceforge. I will download and extract to the desktop and move the files to /lib/firmware. I will run rmmod and modprobe, go in and see the devices and try to add wireless, which both will be listed but as ethernet, try to add the wireless only to find other and not the Intel Pro. In the past I would delete the Intel Pro out of devices and hardware, but this does not seam to help.

Thank you for your help!

[dcal357]

I can now see my wireless network :) but can only connect without WEP/WPA enabled. It asks for the passphrase but never accepts :confused: , (only single green light). It just tries and prompts again to enter. I turn off wep (26 hex), and I can connect. How can I enable wep?

Thank you!

[Iron_Mike]

You will need to configure the wpa_supplicant.conf file. It is located in the /etc/wpa_supplicant/ directory. There are examples contained in the file itself to give you ideas depending on what type of security you want.....

[dcal357]

Thanks Iron_Mike! Have a great weekend.

[raku05]

I'm running FC6 on a dell 600m running IPW2100 wireless, getting the 2200 wireless to work is similar:

1. for 2200: http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php and download the appropriate firmware
If you have 2100 intel wireless drivers go to http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

2. untar the files to the desktop

3. Copy files to the lib/firmware folder mv *.fw /lib/firmware

4. remove any modules (sub 2100 if using 2100 drivers) /sbin/modprobe -r ipw2200

5. install ipw modules /sbin/modprobe ipw2200

6. reboot

once booted, go to the network manager and select new wireless settings, your card should now be displayed, if not try to download and use another version of the firmware (I'm running on the 1.3 version for the 2100)

That should do it!

Thanks very much buddy. I was trying hard to configure that, your article was quite simple to help that. Thanks once again

[poor_student]

Hello all,

It seems as though every time I reboot my machine, I must do a

modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

in order for the card to work. This is not a big deal, just somewhat annoying. Any ideas as to get the driver properly loaded during boot? When I lsmod, before I reload the drivers, ipw2200 is there, but it does not work. . .

thanks,

[dhlstrlm]

I just found this thread, but actually started another one:

http://www.fedoraforum.org/forum/showthread.php?t=146224

I seem to have the same problem as numerous other ones... I've read through the whole thread, and tried everything, but to no avail.. Anyone able to help me?

[elrohir]

well, the post by wshawn (http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showpost.php?p=658573&postcount=11) solved my issues - checked that the driver module was indeed in there (/sbin/modprobe -l ipw220), then downloaded the ipw2200 firmware (http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7), and followed the next instructions...

As root:
cd /lib/firmware/
cp /home/<USER NAME>/Desktop/ipw2200-fw-3.0/* ./
rmmod ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

run neat > add interface > wireless
and the card magically appeared correctly in the list. I was able to connect first try. I guess the next step is making fonts in firefox look decent.... THANKS ALL!

-E

[BadgerKid]

I've installed FC6. With the kernel 2.6.19-1.2895, the wireless "just worked". After upgrading to the 2911 kernel, the wireless did not "just work". wifi-radar was not detecting any networks. lsmod lists the ipw2200 and ieee modules, so that appears ok. Did others find the same?

[elrohir]

Nope. I'm on 2911, and it's fine. Check my post above, and see if you have the firmware corerctly insterted.

[BadgerKid]

The firmware was fine since everything was working under 2895. After rebooting into 2895, getting back on wireless, and then (accidentally) rebooting back into 2911, the problem had solved itself. :)

[beetlebailey79]

Open a terminal window and type su - That is SU dash, type system-config-network. Is your wireless listed??? Is it listed as wireless or ethernet??? If it is not listed, click the "new" tab and select wireless, is your card listed, if not it is not seeing the firmware. Are you using NetworkManager?? If not try starting the NM services and try connecting that way....
Mike--

I followed a thread with you and fedorajim to try and get my ipw2915abg to be recognized and use it. The problem was that I started from the beginning and that was quite a while ago and I didn't realize until later that I needed the 3.0 firmware instead of 2.4. I read a part of the post where you had someone clear out their /lib/firmware but I lost that thread! Can you help me clear it out so I can start over with the new one please? I don't want to clear anything out of there that I shouldn't. Thanks for any help.

[Iron_Mike]

Sure, just download the 3.0 firmware. Open a terminal window and type:

su -
cd /lib/firmware
ls -la

This will give you root privileges, and change to the /lib/firmware directory, and then list the files in that directory. By default there isn't any files stored here, it is empty. The files should be only firmware files. After listing the files just to verify firmware files are the only ones there, type:


rm *

This will remove the contents of your /lib/firmware directory. Please make sure that you are in the /lib/firmware directory BEFORE issuing the "rm" command" Next using the file browser, open the 3.0 firmware archive and extract the files to your home directory, next using the same terminal window with the root privileges, change directory to the location where you unarchived the firmware files and type:

cp ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw /lib/firmware

That should do, just reboot and it should be good to go.

[beetlebailey79]

Thanks for replying...I know this topic is all over the place and I have followed just about every one of them! I still don't have any luck. The last one I attempted was to follow the instructions at the clemson site. I don't know if maybe that changed something but when I try to move the 3.0 file from the desktop to the tmp file before untarring it, it seems to go fine until I change to that directory (which should be empty before) and then ls the file isn't there! so I can't unzip it to move it to the /lib/firmware directory. Instead these files are there :anaconda-ks.cfg install.log install.log.syslog scsrun.log. Any idea what I have done wrong?? Thanks you in advance!

[Iron_Mike]

OK, just log on as root, double click the tar file enter the archive, go 1 level past the folder, highlight the 3 files ans select extract, then enter the location, in this case /lib/firmware

[beetlebailey79]

Well, I think I've blown it pretty good here! I was in the wrong place when I did the rm * and now I don't even have a trash bin on my desktop. Also, when I tried to unzip it to /lib/firmware it said files already exist but weren't there when I did an ls. Should I just reinstall fedora? :confused:

[Iron_Mike]

Yep...........

[beetlebailey79]

ok Mike... I reinstalled Fedora and will forever be in your debt if you can help me! I have tried all of these things and nothing is working three days and counting!! I'm new to linux but my outputs were matching the printed outputs in the forum where you and jim helped someone step by step...only mine doesn't work at the end! Thanks if you can help!

[Iron_Mike]

For the ipw2200 to work, d/l and untar/unarchive the firmware files into /lib/firmware directory. Reboot the computer. Then go System ->Administration ->Network Select "New" ->"Wireless Connection" Now your Intel Pro Wireless should be listed, if it is, select it and continue with the configuration for your network. If it is not listed, make sure the 3 firmware files are actually installed in the /lib/firmware directory

[beetlebailey79]

I believe I have already done that and it still doesn't work. The card is in the list when I set up the new connection. Here is my /lib/firmware output:
[loren@localhost ~]$ cd /lib/firmware
[loren@localhost firmware]$ ls
ipw2200-3.0-LICENSE ipw2200-fw-3.0 ipw2200-sniffer.fw
ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw
[loren@localhost firmware]$

when I try to connect I get Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?

Am I missing something?

[beetlebailey79]

ok...now the network is being recognized. It shows the signal and strength but won't connect to it. Any suggestions?

[Iron_Mike]

Now that you have created an entry using the NEAT gui, open up neat again, system ->administration ->network, there should be 2 listings, 1 for your wired, 1 for the wireless. They should be listed as eth0 and eth1.

Highlight the wireless and click the "edit" tab. When the window opens, "uncheck the box that allows activate on boot" and then add checkmark "allow users to enable/disable device" Also double check the other settings, DHCP, DNS etc...Make sure you save the setting and restart the network.

Next go to system ->administration ->services, and select the NetWorkManager services, they are the top 2 entries, make sure you save your selection.

Next open a terminal window and change to root (su -) and using the text editor gedit open up the /etc/modprobe.conf file and make sure these 2 entries are there:

alias eth0 r8169 <- This one will probable be different.
alias eth1 ipw2200

Now the last thing using gedit create this file /etc/iftab
and add these 2 entries:

eth0 mac 00:0D:60:B2:19:9D
eth1 mac 00:0E:35:14:60:D0

NOTE these mac addresses will be your mac addresses for you hardware not the one listed above. After all said and done reboot the computer.....

[beetlebailey79]

I'm online wirelessly!!! I did all of these things and some other things. I installed ndiswrapper too...either one or a combination of all of these made it magically work! Thank you for your help!

[Iron_Mike]

You're welcome!, One thing though every time you update the kernel, you will need to re-install ndiswrapper. You should need it with the ipw2200 drivers since they are supported natively by Fedora. Glad you got it working.....

[jaylill]

I am trting to get my wireless adapter in my notebook to work. I have fedora 6 installed. I have followed all of the directions that apply to geting the adapter to work. I have installed the ipw2200 version 3.0 firmware. I get the following error when I try to activate the adapter. Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable? I am assuming that this error is coming from the fact that I canot turn the adapter on via the buttion on the machine. I know that the adapter wortks fine because I have this machine set up for dual boot and it works ok in in windows.

Thanks in advance

-J

[beetlebailey79]

Hi,

What I did that finally got mine up and running was to download and install ndiswrapper. Just google that and follow the directions. It's been a while so I don't really remember the details...sorry. That was what finally worked for me though. After that, I ran neat and it worked. Hope this helps!

[Iron_Mike]

I am trting to get my wireless adapter in my notebook to work. I have fedora 6 installed. I have followed all of the directions that apply to geting the adapter to work. I have installed the ipw2200 version 3.0 firmware. I get the following error when I try to activate the adapter. Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable? I am assuming that this error is coming from the fact that I canot turn the adapter on via the buttion on the machine. I know that the adapter wortks fine because I have this machine set up for dual boot and it works ok in in windows.

Thanks in advance

-J

Go to system ->administration ->network, highlight the wireless device and select "edit" uncheck the block for "activate on boot" and put a check mark in the box "allow users enable/disable device" Then check the rest of the setting if your running dhcp or static. Lat go to system ->administration ->services and put check marks in the Network Manager services, save it and reboot. You will have a new icon in the top panel, let click the icon and select your SSID....

[poor_student]

Are you trying to get on an encrypted network? That could cause some issues. If you can, turn off any encryption on the network and then try to access it. Also do as the last poster suggested and use neat to make sure that it is not activated at boot time. All you really should have to do is install the firmware in the proper location.

Good luck,
joe

[lanevoiiv]

Thanks.
Finally it is working.
I am using IBM T43
i followed the instruction download the firmware
and cp to the /lib/firmware with just the three file ipw2200-bss.fw ipw2200-ibss.fw ipw2200-sniffer.fw
and /sbin/modprobe -r ipw2200, /sbin/modprobe ipw2200
also rmmod ipw2200, modprobe ipw2200
i tried everything. and restart it.
and it work fine, thanks.
beware of this, just copy the three *.fw file. to the lib/firmware. if this step is not done, after you restart you won't see the eth1 showing the wireless connection.
remember to remove the eth1 which detect as network instead of wireless before you doing the above step, thanks.

[mickfe]

Go to system ->administration ->network, highlight the wireless device and select "edit" uncheck the block for "activate on boot" and put a check mark in the box "allow users enable/disable device" Then check the rest of the setting if your running dhcp or static. Lat go to system ->administration ->services and put check marks in the Network Manager services, save it and reboot. You will have a new icon in the top panel, let click the icon and select your SSID....

I have read all 7 pages 3 times over and still could not get my DELL inspiron 630M with 2200BG wireless to work at all. I did the following:-

- downloaded the latest 2200 firmware drivers
- extracted to /lib/firmware
- also created symbolic links in /usr/..../hotplug/firmware to the /lib/firmware/ipw2200...
- modprobe -r ipw2200
- modprobe ipw2200
- admin -> network -> disable start on boot, allow all users ...
- reboot
Still does not work. Using network manager to activate wireless gives: "Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?" This is strange since the network manager has correctly detemined the DELL 2200 wireless card in the dialog. But I just cannot activate it at all.

Question? Why activating HW causes determination of IP? The message seems inappropriate? I would think that only during connecting will the s/w be allocated an IP (DHCP) or in case of static, the IP would already be present in the config. Very confusing.

BTW, I did not get an extra icon that you mentioned. Do you only get the extra icon only when there is a wireless network present, or does it just appears in your setup after successful installation? So if I do not see an extra icon, can I assume my setup had failed? Thanks.

BTW, I am using Fedora 7 (build 27-May-2007) downloaded last week. I am also a new Linux user. I have been using windows all this while.

[Iron_Mike]

Goto system ->administration ->services, and verify the 2 NetworkManager services are enabled and saved.. Also verfity that you have a "notification" area in the top panel. Lastly, goto system ->administration ->network, highlight your wirleless device and click edit, uncheck the "activate on boot" and check the box "allow users to enable/disable device" reboot the computer.....

[poor_student]

Make sure you got the correct firmware, I can't remember what version it is at the moment, but I'm thinking 2.2? To get the Network Manager icons on your toolbar, you may need to create a new notification area, not using gnome anymore, but I think you just have to right click on the toolbar to add crap to it. As root issue these. . .

modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200
service NetworkManager restart

see if that'll work. All you should have to do is copy the firmware into /lib/firmare/, install the network card, and you should be good to go

good luck

[mickfe]

Goto system ->administration ->services, and verify the 2 NetworkManager services are enabled and saved.. Also verfity that you have a "notification" area in the top panel. .....

I love you Iron_Mike! It works. Starting the services was the key. Thanks a lot mate.

[kappa546]

ok guys... i'm new to linux and i've tried everything you have said in the thread and can seem to get anything to work. i've erased the eth0 and eth1 devices... can anyone tell me what to do step by step to diagnose the problem? i have the ipw2100 by the way

[johantc]

I've had the same problem with my IBM t43 and IPW2200 for months until today, where I, while reading this thread, turned on NetworkManager and tried restarting it. After I restarted NetworkManager it actually worked..... It found my network, and I could access it even though its WAP2 and encrypted.