On Sat December 31 2005 12:21 pm, Bruce Ferrell wrote:
make sure the card is turned on in the bios. it was off on mine (inspiron 5100).
my XPS wireless was turned on in bios, windowsXP worked wirelessly.
that interface uses the ipw2200 kernel module. make sure you have that on your system.
2 things I was missing: 1-ipw-firmware rpm was NOT installed, so I used YOU to install ipw-firmware-5-6.rpm after that, iwconfig showed my wireless connection as eth1, and it came up. 2.I still couldn't connect, so I ...kicked the tires a bit, played with it, rebooted a few times, and now I notice that kinternet is in the tray, showing the wireless connection! and I have web!!! so, what's the best way for me to do email with the laptop and desktop, and about 5 email addresses-ISP , yahoo, and a domain that is hosted by gate.com??? I'm not sure I can run my own domain/mail server with Bellsouth.net.. -- Paul Cartwright Registered Linux user # 367800