[ltp] Wireless problems with FC6 and X41

[Brad Langhorst]

On Fri, 2006-11-10 at 23:08 +0700, Joakim Lagerqvist wrote:
> 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?
I see similar problems with my ipw3945 card talking to an apple Airport.
I've reported the bug to the ipw folks
http://bughost.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=1152

There has been a new release since my test (1.1.0) so maybe that's been
fixed (though it's not yet marked as fixed).

I recommend doing manual association etc. when debugging instead of
trying to use another layer (network manager, wpasupplicant etc.). Just
keeps things simpler.


Brad