Wireless - Intel 2200BG

[Johannes Erdfelt]

On Mon, Nov 28, 2005, Rodd Clarkson <rodd at clarkson.id.au> wrote:
> On Mon, 2005-11-28 at 09:07 +0000, Matt Carter wrote:
> > It appears that with Kernel 2.6.14 I have to use ipw2200 firmware v2.4
> > to make use of the wirelss, as soon as I got NetworkManager running (I
> > used to use NetworkManagerInfo &) the wireless was detected and worked
> > sucessfully!
> 
> Hmmm, I'm finding the the connection dies if you leave the computer
> alone for a while (time unknown, but overnight should do it).
> 
> Stopping NetworkManager (pausing) and then starting it seems to bring
> the connection back up.  Restarting doesn't work (nm-applet does weird
> things).
> 
> Are you seeing this?  If so, can you comment here:
> 
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/process_bug.cgi

Do you have a particular bug number? I didn't see any obvious ones
searching on ipw2200.

I also see the same problem. I have a little script which downs the
interface, removes the kernel module and ups the interface again which
fixes it for me.

Strangely enough, it seems to vary for me. Sometimes the wireless will
work fine for a week or so, and sometimes it'll die after a few minutes.

One of the bugs mentions that the rawhide kernel (2.6.15-rc based I
guess) fixes some firmware problems for them. I may try FC5test1 myself
soon but I don't know if this is the same problem I'm having.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=172254

JE