Was it a case of missing firmware?  Anyway, glad to hear you've got it working.

Akemi

On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 11:10 AM, Cui, Yonggang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Akemi,
>
> We got the wireless working in that computer.  We followed your suggestions to check the driver and also went through the bug report at https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=484406.  Thanks.
>
> Yonggang
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Akemi Yagi [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 4:56 PM
> To: Piazza, August
> Cc: Cui, Yonggang; Mailling list for Scientific Linux users worldwide
> Subject: Re: Intel 3945 WiFi with SL 5.9
>
> On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 1:08 PM, Piazza, August <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> Below is the output of modinfo....not sure what you mean by NetworkManager correctly. Please explain.
>>
>> [root@130-199-131-253 ~]# modinfo iwl3945
>> filename:       /lib/modules/2.6.18-348.el5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl3945.ko
>> firmware:       iwlwifi-3945-2.ucode
>
> From what you have shown, it looks as if the correct module has been loaded. Please confirm that the firmware is there:
>
> ls -l /lib/firmware/

> Akemi