[ltp] WiFi on T42 (ifup eth1 no go)

[linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org]

Hello,

I'm a happy new owner of T42 running Fedora Core 3, but I'm having
trouble bringing up the WiFi interface.  I have the Intel Corp.
PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini wireless card, and I got the drivers from

http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/:

  # lsmod | egrep 'ipw|802'
  ieee80211_crypt_wep     5120  1
  ipw2100               125124  0
  ieee80211              28228  1 ipw2100
  ieee80211_crypt         7044  2 ieee80211_crypt_wep,ieee80211


However, I can't activate/bring up this WiFi interface:

# ifup eth1
Error for wireless request "Set Frequency" (8B04) :
SET failed on device eth1 ; Operation not supported.

Determining IP information for eth1...PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1)
56(84) bytes of data.

--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time
2999ms
, pipe 4
failed.

I am not sure why '192.168.1.1' is being pinged - this is not an IP I
use here. It's also not my router's IP address (it's 192.168.0.1).

Here is my network script for this WiFi interface:

# cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
DEVICE=eth1
ONBOOT=yes
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
TYPE=Wireless
NETMASK=
DHCP_HOSTNAME=
IPADDR=
DOMAIN=
HWADDR=
USERCTL=no
PEERDNS=yes
GATEWAY=
IPV6INIT=no
ESSID=WirelessFoo
CHANNEL=1
MODE=Auto
RATE=Auto

# /sbin/iwconfig eth1
eth1   IEEE 802.11b  ESSID:"WirelessFoo"
Nickname:"localhost.localdomain"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412GHz Access Point:
00:09:5B:29:41:3F
Bit Rate=11Mb/s   Tx-Power:off
Retry:on   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:1234-6789-4243-4331-3142-0000-00   Security
mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=99/100 Signal level=-52 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:91   Missed beacon:2

The above tells me that the WiFi card DOES see my Access Point, because
AP's Mac address is correct. On the other hand, my wireless router does
not show WiFi interface's Mac address in the list of attached devices -
it only shows the Mac address of the regular ethernet NIC.


Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get my WiFi interface up
fully?  Any help, tips, links, etc. would be very much appreciated.

Thank you.

Otis