Re: Issues configuring wireless card- laptop

[Appeet]

--- Appeet <appeet(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
>  Summary : I see good signal strength in KWifiManager
>  but unable to browse intranet / internet.
>  
>  I have a dell inspiron 700m. I downloaded the
>  firmware
>  and driver for my laptop and installed. I could see
>  the signal strength (noise/signal ratio) and all
>  other
>  networks when I access via KWifiManager.
>  
>  The driver and firmware details are as follows :
>  
>  ipw2200-1.0.0.tgz
>  ipw2200-fw-2.2.tgz
>  
>  
>  
>  My wireless card (internal)details are as follows :
>  
>  Network controller : Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless
>  
>  But I am unable to browse my wireless network (even
>  though wifi manager says good strength)
>  
>  When I try to do system-config-network I get the
>  following error / warning. What am I possibly doing
>  wrong ?
>  
>  Warning: Device eth1 has been comiled with version
>  17
>  of wireless extension, while we are using version
>  16.
>  Some things may be broken...
>  
>  
>  I configured my wep key on the network configuration
>  manager by selecting the profile and editing it and
>  going into wireless settings (of wireless device
>  configuration)
>  
>  
>  Appreciate any help to resolve this issue.
>  
>  
>  		 




I tried to update to 1.0.1 but still keep getting the
same warning  
 Warning: Device eth1 has been comiled with version
 17 of wireless extension, while we are using version
 16. Some things may be broken...
When i do the config.

I followed the direction provided in one suggestion
and tried setting it up as infra / adhoc. Both face
the same problem, I can see the network, signal
strength is excellent, but cannot see computers on
inter/intranet.

Any ideas will greatly help. I can give some
diagnostics if you tell what to run and provide.


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Issues configuring wireless card- laptop

[jim lawrence]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:38:43 -0800 (PST), Appeet <appeet(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
>  
>  --- Appeet <appeet(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote:
>  > Summary : I see good signal strength in KWifiManager
>  > but unable to browse intranet / internet.
>  >
>  > I have a dell inspiron 700m. I downloaded the
>  > firmware
>  > and driver for my laptop and installed. I could see
>  > the signal strength (noise/signal ratio) and all
>  > other
>  > networks when I access via KWifiManager.
>  >
>  > The driver and firmware details are as follows :
>  >
>  > ipw2200-1.0.0.tgz
>  > ipw2200-fw-2.2.tgz
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  > My wireless card (internal)details are as follows :
>  >
>  > Network controller : Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless
>  >
>  > But I am unable to browse my wireless network (even
>  > though wifi manager says good strength)
>  >
>  > When I try to do system-config-network I get the
>  > following error / warning. What am I possibly doing
>  > wrong ?
>  >
>  > Warning: Device eth1 has been comiled with version
>  > 17
>  > of wireless extension, while we are using version
>  > 16.
>  > Some things may be broken...
>  >
>  >
>  > I configured my wep key on the network configuration
>  > manager by selecting the profile and editing it and
>  > going into wireless settings (of wireless device
>  > configuration)
>  >
>  >
>  > Appreciate any help to resolve this issue.
>  >
>  >
>  >
>  
>  I tried to update to 1.0.1 but still keep getting the
>  same warning
>   Warning: Device eth1 has been comiled with version
>   17 of wireless extension, while we are using version
>   16. Some things may be broken...
>  When i do the config.
>  
>  I followed the direction provided in one suggestion
>  and tried setting it up as infra / adhoc. Both face
>  the same problem, I can see the network, signal
>  strength is excellent, but cannot see computers on
>  inter/intranet.
>  
>  Any ideas will greatly help. I can give some
>  diagnostics if you tell what to run and provide.
>  
>  regards, 
  
you know there are  rpms out there for this wireless device.  Atrpms,
freshrpms has the ones you'll need.
second, do you have a keyboard key-combo to activate the wireless?  
do a su - 
iwlist scan  will show any AP's availible to you 
iwconfig  will show if you are associated with any access point 

since  kwifimanager shows a connection i'll assume that your rfswitch
is correct.

try a ping -c4 your routerip address 

if you use gnome, type in NetworkManagerInfo 
you'll then get a sweeping radar  searching for a ap.  
see http://www.fedoranews.org/contributors/jim_lawrence/network_manager/
 about NM

see bugzilla to search 
http://www.bughost.org/bugzilla/query.cgi
 
-- 

Jim Lawrence
Registered Linux User: #376813
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