Fedora 7 wireless connection woes with Intel Pro/set wireless 3945abg

[Karl Larsen]

Ian Malone wrote:
> On 09/07/07, Karl Larsen <k5di at zianet.com> wrote:
>> peedee wrote:
>
>> >
>> > i just installed fedora and i like it so far, but i'm having
>> > trouble with connecting wirelessly.
>> >
>> > fedora apparently recognizes the card because the device is listed as
>> > intel pro/wireless or something like that.
>> >
>> > when i try to "activate" it with the network configuration tool i get
>> > this:
>> >
>> > Error for wireless request "Set Mode" (8B06) :
>> >     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Invalid argument.
>> > Error for wireless request "Set Bit Rate" (8B20) :
>> >     SET failed on device wlan0 ; Operation not supported.
>> >
>> > Determining IP information for wlan0... failed.
>> > i have tried plugging in my settings for one of my home wireless
>> > routers, but it does not help
>> >
>
>> > also as another note, when i installed i told fedora to set up the
>> > firewall and the selinux, though i wasnt completely sure as to what
>> > it was.
>> > everytime i attempted to connect it would pop up and say it blocked
>> > something and the connection attempt would fail. i disabled a bunch
>> > of settings for the firewall and selinux and now it doesnt pop up
>> > anymore but i dont know if this may have something to do with it
>> > either
>
>> >
>>     The problems your having with Selinux are typical. It would be best
>> to turn it off until you get it set up.
>>
>
> This might be worthwhile, the OP should check that their SE Linux
> settings in security are set to disabled.  This requires a reboot.  The
> firewall is very unlikely to have any bearing on their problems
> (certainly no default setting would affect this).
>
>>     Please do a #lspci and find your wireless hardware in the list. Let
>> us know what it is. If it is a Intel device your kernel should have the
>> proper drivers.
>>
>
> The OP does not mention their chipset in the email, but it is in the
> subject line: IntelPro 3945abg.  Of course one possible cause for
> their problem is that they're not using the chipset they think they
> are.
>
>>     Please try #modprobe ipw2200 and see if it loads.
>>
>
> This is the wrong driver for that chipset.  The correct drivers
> are iwl3945 or ipw3945.
> http://intellinuxwireless.org/?p=iwlwifi
> http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net/
> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
>
I hope your right Ian. Those are new files for sure. They are not in 
kernel 7 updated.

Karl