[ltp] Wireless problems with FC6 and X41

[Joakim Lagerqvist]

Dear all,

I recently installed fedora core 6 on my x41 with some problems with my
wireless card and I wonder if anyone here has a cure. Previously I had
fedora core 5 installed with no problem.

My current setup:
kernel = 2.6.18-1.2798_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2 (rpm installed)
Drivers and firmware for my ipw2200 card (all RPMS):
ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2-1.2.0-45.fc6.at
ipw2200-firmware-3.0-9.at
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2798_1.fc6.cubbi_suspend2-1.2.15-14.fc6.at
I am also running NetworkManager.

Symptom:
When I am at work where we are using both cheap dlink access points and
some more pricey HP access points everything works fine. At home however,
I can't connect to my older cheap netgear access point, I have tried to
turn off and on encryption and changing other settings (channels, SSID
etc) but without result. It do works with Windows and previously with FC5
so I assume that the AP is working. See below for an output in
/var/log/messages

Have anyone experienced similar problems or know how I can get my wlan
working?

Thanks in advance!

Cheers,
Joakim Lagerqvist

# tail -f /var/log/messages
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> User Switch:
/org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/Devices/eth1 / MrKim
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating
device eth1.
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 dhcdbd: message_handler: message handler not
found under /com/redhat/dhcp/eth1 for sub-path eth1.dbus.get.reason
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Device eth1
activation scheduled...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
started...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) scheduled...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) started...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) scheduled...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 1 of 5 (Device Prepare) complete.
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) starting...
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation
(eth1/wireless): access point 'MrKim' is unencrypted, no key needed.
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'INTERFACE_ADD eth1                wext    /var/run/wpa_supplicant
'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was
'OK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'AP_SCAN 1'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was
'OK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'ADD_NETWORK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was '0'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'SET_NETWORK 0 ssid 4d724b696d'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was
'OK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'SET_NETWORK 0 key_mgmt NONE'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was
'OK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: sending
command 'ENABLE_NETWORK 0'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> SUP: response was
'OK'
Nov 10 22:52:57 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
Stage 2 of 5 (Device Configure) complete.
Nov 10 22:53:17 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation
(eth1/wireless): association took too long (>20s), failing activation.
Nov 10 22:53:17 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
failure scheduled...
Nov 10 22:53:17 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
failed for access point (MrKim)
Nov 10 22:53:17 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Activation (eth1)
failed.
Nov 10 22:53:17 linux-x41 NetworkManager: <information> Deactivating
device eth1.