Hi folks,
I have installed Fedora 12 on my laptop and subsequently spent most of the day trying to get the wireless connection to work. Looks like I am not alone with Wireless issues
Through searching and reading today I think the problem lies with the fact that the wireless on/off switch is not working. Under Windows, when I press the wifi toggle switch it starts flashing orange. I haven't managed to get it to do anything under Fedora.
Here is some info that may help anyone who is kindly able to help:
# lspci | grep Wireless
06:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection (rev 05)
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth1 unassociated 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
eth0 no wireless extensions.
I tried to load acpi-wmi:
acer-wmi: Acer Laptop ACPI-WMI Extras
acer-wmi: No or unsupported WMI interface, unable to load
ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth1: link is not ready
ipw2200: Failed to send SCAN_ABORT: Command timed out.
# dmesg | grep -i ipw
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.2kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200 0000:06:03.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
ipw2200 0000:06:03.0: firmware: requesting ipw2200-bss.fw
ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZE (13 802.11bg channels, 19 802.11a channels)
ipw2200: Failed to send SCAN_ABORT: Command timed out.
ipw2200: Failed to send CARD_DISABLE: Command timed out.
As much as I am learning through this process, I would like to simply get on and start using this installation so any assistance would be very much appreciated.
Thanks
Andy
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