CentOS - Aug 2007 - Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop

I've installed ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMForge using yum OK.
I've loaded the ipw modules with /sbin/modprobe ipw2200 and then
/sbin/lsmod | grep ipw which gives:

ipw2200               136873  0 
ieee80211              33417  1 ipw2200

However, when I run system-config-network I don't see Intel Coporation
PRO/Wireless 2200BG (eth1) in the list of adapters.
Also, when I type the following command # dmesg | grep ipw
I get this message:
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
usbcore: registered new driver ipwtty
drivers/usb/serial/ipw.c: IPWireless tty driver v0.3

I've had loads of help so far from the CentOS list, for which I'm really
grateful, but don't seem to be much nearer to getting wireless networking
on my Dell Inspiron laptop - any more help much appreciated.

Andy

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On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:29 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> I've installed ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMForge using yum
OK.
> I've loaded the ipw modules with /sbin/modprobe ipw2200 and then
> /sbin/lsmod | grep ipw which gives:
> 
> ipw2200               136873  0 
> ieee80211              33417  1 ipw2200
> 
> However, when I run system-config-network I don't see Intel Coporation
> PRO/Wireless 2200BG (eth1) in the list of adapters.
> Also, when I type the following command # dmesg | grep ipw
> I get this message:
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> usbcore: registered new driver ipwtty
> drivers/usb/serial/ipw.c: IPWireless tty driver v0.3
> 
> I've had loads of help so far from the CentOS list, for which I'm
really
> grateful, but don't seem to be much nearer to getting wireless
networking
> on my Dell Inspiron laptop - any more help much appreciated.
Now that you mention it, IIRC I had to add "alias eth1 ipw2200"
to /etc/modprobe.conf to get eth1 to show up on my laptop.

Phil

Thanks again Phil,
I've added alias eth1 ipw2200 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but I still can't
get
it to a) recognize eth1 and/or b) to list the Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless
2200BG adapter, so I can't confiure eth1. I'm obviously missing
something,
but with the help of people on the CentOS list, I think I'm creeping nearer
to the eventual solution, so any more help is much appreciated!

Andy

Original Message:
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From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 13:23:40 -0400
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop


On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 10:29 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> I've installed ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMForge using yum
OK.
> I've loaded the ipw modules with /sbin/modprobe ipw2200 and then
> /sbin/lsmod | grep ipw which gives:
> 
> ipw2200               136873  0 
> ieee80211              33417  1 ipw2200
> 
> However, when I run system-config-network I don't see Intel Coporation
> PRO/Wireless 2200BG (eth1) in the list of adapters.
> Also, when I type the following command # dmesg | grep ipw
> I get this message:
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.2.0kmprq
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> usbcore: registered new driver ipwtty
> drivers/usb/serial/ipw.c: IPWireless tty driver v0.3
> 
> I've had loads of help so far from the CentOS list, for which I'm
really
> grateful, but don't seem to be much nearer to getting wireless
networking
> on my Dell Inspiron laptop - any more help much appreciated.
Now that you mention it, IIRC I had to add "alias eth1 ipw2200"
to /etc/modprobe.conf to get eth1 to show up on my laptop.

Phil



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Thanks again Phil for all your help,
It's now on the hardware tab OK and says ipw2200 eth1 ethernet configured!
However, what I just don't understand (and sorry if I'm being dumb!) is
why
the "new" adapter just doesn't show up in the list of adapters on
the
devices tab as Intel Coporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG or some such. So the
problem is when I try to set up eth1 with all the necessary wireless info
(WEP key etc), I can't do it because I can't select the right adapter!
I'm sure I'm nearly there, but this last "small step for man"
is proving to
be a bit of "a giant leap...."!

Andy

Original Message:
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From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2007 16:45:13 -0400
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop


On Fri, 2007-08-10 at 14:35 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> Thanks again Phil,
> I've added alias eth1 ipw2200 to /etc/modprobe.conf, but I still
can't get
> it to a) recognize eth1 and/or b) to list the Intel Coporation
PRO/Wireless
> 2200BG adapter, so I can't confiure eth1. I'm obviously missing
something,
> but with the help of people on the CentOS list, I think I'm creeping
nearer
> to the eventual solution, so any more help is much appreciated!
Sorry if I'm stating the obvious, but you do need to reboot after adding
the line to /etc/modprobe.conf.  Memory is hazy as I have not done this
for quite a while, but I believe you also need to add the adapter in
system-config-network with "New" on the "Devices" tab.  It
does have to
show up on the "Hardware" tab for this to work.

Assuming you get that far, it is good to create separate profiles to use
when you move from wired to wireless.  These can be selected at boot
time by adding "netprofile="MyProfileName" (in my case
MyProfileName can
be "Wired", "WiFi", or a few other location-dependent
values) to the
kernel line in /boot/grub/grub.conf - otherwise defaults to the last
used profile.  Can either manually edit at boot time (requires you to
remember the legal profile names) or maintain separate grub stanzas for
different profiles.

Phil


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Original Message:
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From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:10:05 -0400
> > you also need to add the adapter in
> > system-config-network with "New" on the "Devices"
tab.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Did you do this?

When I try to do this, I get these error messages on the command line:

(system-config-network:3061): libglade-WARNING **: Error loading image:
Failed to open file
'/usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/network.xpm': No such
file
or directory

(system-config-network:3061): libglade-WARNING **: could not convert string
to type `GdkPixbuf' for property `logo'

I don't know how to add the right adapter because it won't allow me to
select the right one or add a new one of the form Intel Coporation
PRO/Wireless 2200BG. Also, it seems to have configured eth1 as an ethernet
device whereas I want it to be a wireless device. So I'm absolutely baffled
and don't know where to go from here - I may just have to stick with
Windows XP for my wireless connection.

Andy


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Original Message:
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From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 16:34:28 -0400
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] Can't get ipw2200 to work in CentOS 5 on Dell laptop

On Mon, 2007-08-13 at 15:14 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
> Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 10:10:05 -0400
> 
> > > you also need to add the adapter in
> > > system-config-network with "New" on the
"Devices" tab.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You seem to have some problems beyond just configuring the IPW2200.  I
just had occasion to do a fresh install of CentOS 5 on my IBM/Lenovo
T42p laptop today (had been upgraded from C4 to C5beta to C5 for
testing/QA purposes and was a bit of a mess), so I just went through
configuring the IPW2200 from scratch.

There is no /usr/share/system-config-network/netconfpkg/gui/network.xpm
on my system, but I do not see any errors starting system-config-network
from the command line.

[root at hazard2 ~]# rpm -ql system-config-network | fgrep network.xpm
/usr/share/system-config-network/pixmaps/network.xpm
> I don't know how to add the right adapter because it won't allow me
to
> select the right one or add a new one of the form Intel Coporation
> PRO/Wireless 2200BG. Also, it seems to have configured eth1 as an ethernet
> device whereas I want it to be a wireless device. So I'm absolutely
baffled
> and don't know where to go from here - I may just have to stick with
> Windows XP for my wireless connection.
I simply loaded ipw2200-firmware-3.0-3.nodist.rf from RPMforge, added
"alias eth1 ipw2200" to /etc/modprobe.conf, rebooted, and the device
showed up as eth1/Wireless in system-config-network (both the Devices
and Hardware tabs).  Listed as "Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG
Network Connection" on the Hardware tab.  (Comments about needing dkms
in an earlier reply were off-base.  That was apparently cobwebs from C4
days.)

If the IPW2200 is showing up as Ethernet rather than Wireless it is
incorrect.  You may have leftovers from earlier attempts to install from
tarballs.  Given that and the other system-level problems noted above,
I'd try a fresh install before going to the Redmond OS.  Only took about
2 hours here from booting for a network install through a fully-updated
and configured Workstation/Development install with additional 3rd-party
packages (including Octave from EPEL, octave-forge, Acrobat Reader, Sun
Java, Adobe Flash, VMware, and WiFi - cheating a bit - I had other
working systems to draw configs from and pre-built local packages for
acroread, octave-forge, and Java).

Thanks Phil, I might just do a complete re-install of CentOS 5 when I
return home from holiday in Spain tomorrow! This attempt to get wifi
working has kept me occupied for the last 2 weeks or so (among other
things). The problem is, I have to remember exactly what are the correct
steps along the way so that I don't end up with the same problem(s)!

Andy

Sorry you're having such problems.

Phil
Thanks again!

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