Help W/WIFI using Fedora 6

[sddmack]

Hardware: Toshiba M55 Satellite
Intel Pentium 1.73
Intel pro/Wireless 2200BG
Marvell 88E8036 10/100

I have a LAN connection and it is working but when I unplug and try to activate the wireless it doesn't work. I followed the instructions here IPW2200 and then I get:

# dmesg | grep ipw2200
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 0000:06:02.0 failed with error -5

Does anyone know what the specific errors are and how to fix them? thanks

If possible please explain in newbie terms. This is my second day of using Fedora.

[netjrc]

Did you installed the firmware?:

Assuming you have Livna. If not, please install its gpg, using:
# rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm

Then install teh firmware for the ipw220

# yum install ipw2200-firmware

and, report back.

Good luck.

[sddmack]

Thankyou for the quick response. Here's what I get:

# rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
Retrieving http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
package livna-release-6-1 is already installed

# yum install ipw-firmware
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
No Match for argument: ipw-firmware
Nothing to do

Do you think I need ndiswrapper and then just download the driver? Or are the fireware files maybe in the wrong folder?

[netjrc]

Originally Posted by sddmack

# yum install ipw-firmware

I think the right command is
#yum install ipw2200-firmware

[sddmack]

I still get:

# yum install ipw2200-firmware
Loading "installonlyn" plugin
Setting up Install Process
Setting up repositories
Reading repository metadata in from local files
Parsing package install arguments
Nothing to do

[netjrc]

That output means you have the firmware installed.
So, maybe the module was not loaded.

Try this (to load the module):
# modprobe ipw2200
# iwconfig

If this doesn't work, you have a problem that I cannot help you with, sorry.
It would help, though, if you report the output of (or at least the relevant part of)

# lspci

[sddmack]

Here is what I get for both:

# modprobe ipw2200
# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

sit0 no wireless extensions.

# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/PM/GMS/910GML Express Processor to DRAM Controller (rev 03)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB UHCI #4 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev d3)
00:1e.2 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1e.3 Modem: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 03)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801FBM (ICH6M) SATA Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8036 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
06:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection (rev 05)
06:04.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCIxx21/x515 Cardbus Controller
06:04.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Texas Instruments OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
06:04.3 Mass storage controller: Texas Instruments PCIxx21 Integrated FlashMedia Controller
06:04.4 Class 0805: Texas Instruments PCI6411/6421/6611/6621/7411/7421/7611/7621 Secure Digital Controller

Does it matter that F6 is the only OS on the machine and that the Toshiba sofware was also removed from the drive? I have been reading that ndiswrapper works for some folks but I have also read that it is not needed for the F6 kernel.

Thanks for all the help

[sddmack]

ALso, does it matter that my wireless router has a name, shannel & password associated with it?

[netjrc]

yes, it does matter!
If it has a password, that migh be the problem.

Try:
System->Administration->Network
Select eth1 (wireless)
Press Edit.
Configure your wireless to match your network defaults.

Should work after that.

[sddmack]

I updated the info but all I get is:

# dmesg | grep ipw2200
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.1
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Detected geography ZZM (11 802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.
ipw2200: Firmware error detected. Restarting.

Here is what I get with iwconfig:

# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"fogtre" Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:14:BF:84:8F:52
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:6130-3337-6336-3230-6539-6462-34 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=5/100 Signal level=-50 dBm Noise level=-92 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:16 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:38 Missed beacon:80

However, the ESSID does not match the one on my router. But if I go to etc/sysconfig/network-scripts the info matchs my network.

Any ideas?

thanks