Frederic Boone wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a Dell Latitude D620 with SL kernel 2.6.18-8.1.14.el5 installed.
> Everything works fine except the Wifi:
> 
> Error message in system-config-network 1.3.99:
> "Définition des informations IP pour eth1. échoué. Aucun lien n'a é
> té
> trouvé. Vérifier le câble ?"
> (sorry this is french, it means "no link found. check cable?")
> 
> I have installed all the ipw3945 related packages:
> ipw3945
> ipw3945-firmware
> ipw3945d
> kernel-module-ipw3945-2.6.18-8.1.14.el5
> 
> 
> The card seems to be dected (I also see the wifi led blinking):
> # /sbin/lsmod | grep ipw3945
> ipw3945               178856  1 
> ieee80211              33417  1 ipw3945
> 
> but it seems to be unasociated:
> 
> # /sbin/iwconfig eth1
> eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any  Nickname:"lerma10.obspm.fr"
>           Mode:Managed  Frequency=nan kHz  Access Point: Not-Associated
>    
>           Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power:16 dBm   
>           Retry limit:15   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
>           Encryption key:off
>           Power Management:off
>           Link Quality:0  Signal level:0  Noise level:0
>           Rx invalid nwid:0  Rx invalid crypt:0  Rx invalid frag:0
>           Tx excessive retries:0  Invalid misc:256   Missed beacon:0
> 
> 
> I can however see the mac address in system-config-network. So I tried
> forcing this address with "iwconfig ap ..." but the result it the same...
> 
> 
> Any clue?


Do you see your access point, if you do a scan?

# iwlist eth1 scan

If yes, for example use "system-config-network" to configure your wireless settings.

Please see also the documentation:

# yum install Deployment_Guide-fr-FR Deployment_Guide-en-US
# yelp ghelp:Deployment_Guide


Urs






> Thanks