munky Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Greetings, all! I'm new here, and seeking help with my wireless card (Intel Wireless 2915 adapter) on my notebook. As you can tell, I am a newb, so please go slow. :D Well, let me jump into it. I installed Mandriva LE 2005, downloaded and untared the firmware for the card and put it into /lib/hotplug/firmware/ Then, I ran modprobe ipw2200 and it returned the next line. After that, I ran iwconfig and it came up with the following: [root@dhezir dhezir]# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth1 no wireless extensions. eth2 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"CaseGuest" Nickname:"dhezir" Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:0F:34:64:EA:E0 Bit Rate=54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality=71/100 Signal level=-58 dBm Noise level=-85 dBm Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:19 Missed beacon:1 sit0 no wireless extensions. So, it saw my access point. I ran ifconfig eth2 up which just jumped to the next line. However, I still can't connect to the Internet! I have pinged and pinged Google, but still no luck! Is there something I forgot? Please help. Thank you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scarecrow Posted October 16, 2005 Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Which kernel? Up to 2.6.12 usage of ndiswrapper was required, but with 2.6.13 this sin't necessary anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munky Posted October 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2005 Thanks scarecrow, and to all who looked, but I fixed the problem. I'm actually using it now! :D Here's how to fix it, if you are running into problems with it: Untar ipw2200-fw-2.2.tgz and place all of the files in /lib/hotplug/firmware/ Run modprobe ipw2200 Restart (at least I had to, you might not) Under MCC, head to Hardware, click on the 2915 adapter, and set it up as a wireless connection. Good as gold! I think my problem was that I had both my ethernet and my wireless card starting at boot. PM me with any issues! Cheers! B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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