Problems getting my wireless card to work

[John Summerfied]

Josh L wrote:

> After a lot of reading on the net, I've discovered that, although the
> driver (ipw2100) is present in the kernel, I don't have the firmware for
> this card. So I have downloaded the firmware rpm
> (ipw2100-firmware-1.3-2.noarch

Don't you have the firmware on a CD or somewhere? I'd rather use the 
firmware that cam with my wireless.

>>With regards,
>>Stelian Iancu
>><http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>
>><http://heidelberg.freshrpms.net/rpm.html?id=1362>
>>
> 
> check iwconfig to see if your wireless card really is loaded... if you see
> it, (normally eth1 for the intel pro) then try this.
> In my experiences, I have had to
> 
> $ifconfig eth1 down
> $iwconfig eth1 essid "HomeWireless"
> $ifconfig eth1 up
> $dhclient eth1
> 

Interesting...
To get wireless up without configuring it (not FC5, but everything I've 
tried), this seems the go:
# Enable interface without configuring it. Sometines, I find a 
preliminary modprobe beneficial.

sudo ifconfig eth1 up
# set the station, wep key. "any" finds any handy station. You should 
use _at least_ wep.
sudo iwconfig eth1 essid any key s:passw
# Use dhcp to get IP etc. dhclient or dhcpcd, whichever you have.
sudo -b dhcpcd eth1
> if you are using static ips (I am wondering why if its just a standard home
> network...)
> (dhcp is a wonderful thing....)
> skip the dhclient eth1 and just pass the information via ifconfig after
> doing the iwconfig.
> --
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> 
> 


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