[ltp] ipw2200 sometimes fails at boot on X40

[Jean-Luc Fontaine]

Sometimes I have to reboot thrice before the network starts working...

$ uname -a
Linux localhost.localdomain 2.6.17-1.2145_FC5 #1 Sat Jul 1 13:03:45 EDT
2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux
$ fgrep ipw2200 /var/log/messages
...
Jul  8 11:40:07 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless
2200/2915 Network Driver, git-1.1.1
Jul  8 11:40:08 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel
Corporation
Jul  8 11:40:08 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless
2200BG Network Connection
Jul  8 11:40:09 localhost kernel: ipw2200: Detected geography ZZR (14
802.11bg channels, 0 802.11a channels)
$ rpm -qi ipw2200-firmware-3.0-2
Name        : ipw2200-firmware             Relocations: (not relocatable)
Version     : 3.0                               Vendor: Freshrpms.net
Release     : 2                             Build Date: Sun 25 Jun 2006
11:49:51 AM CEST
Install Date: Sun 25 Jun 2006 07:37:58 PM CEST      Build Host:
devil.freshrpms.net
Group       : System Environment/Kernel     Source RPM:
ipw2200-firmware-3.0-2.src.rpm
Size        : 2048216                          License: Distributable
Signature   : DSA/SHA1, Sun 25 Jun 2006 11:50:35 AM CEST, Key ID
692ac459e42d547b
Packager    : Matthias Saou <matthias@rpmforge.net>
URL         : http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
Summary     : Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 network adaptors
Description :
This package contains the firmware files required by the ipw2200 driver for
Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms contained in :
/usr/share/doc/ipw2200-firmware-3.0/LICENSE. Please read it carefully.


I could see nothing wrong in the above so I need some help on how to
start debugging the problem.
Many thanks in advance,

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