Dear Troy, I was following your instructions on installation of ipw3945 and everything worked great except for the last part: as root I did: [root@resnet-172 software]# /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 NetworkManager on [root@resnet-172 software]# /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start Setting network parameters: [ OK ] Starting NetworkManager daemon: [ OK ] following it by: [hits@resnet-172 ~]$ /usr/bin/NetworkManagerInfo [hits@resnet-172 ~]$ ** (NetworkManagerInfo:2560): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer ** (NetworkManagerInfo:2560): WARNING **: Failed to send buffer Do you know why it does not work. thank you very much for your help, Dmitry Hits. >(Please note that as far as I know, we're the only RHEL based >distribution that has Intel's 3945 working. Much thanks go to Jarek for >getting this working.) > >The following yum command will get you the right kernel module, >firmware, and wireless deamon. > >yum --enablerepo=sl-contrib install ipw3945d ipw3945-firmware >kernel-module-ipw3945-`uname -r` > >After that, there is much discussion about how to get it working, >because you have to have the ipw3945 deamon running before you can use >it. Here were my instructions, others can feel free to chime in with >better ideas. > >You need to get your computer to recognize the card. I have found that > > /etc/init.d/kudzu start > >works pretty good. But then you need to get it so that the driver and >the deamon start during startup. I don't see a startup script yet, so >what I did on the laptop's I worked on was edited /etc/rc.sysinit > >And put in the lines > > modprobe ipw3945 > sleep 1 > /sbin/ipw3945d > >right before the line that says ># Now that we have all of our basic modules loaded and the kernel going, > >At this point, your machine will see the card and load the module. >Setting up your network connection is up to you. >For this laptop, the NetworkManager worked, so I used it. >As root: > /sbin/chkconfig --level 2345 NetworkManager on > /etc/init.d/NetworkManager start >As a user (whether in Gnome or KDE): > /usr/bin/NetworkManagerInfo > >You will then get a radar on your system tray. Click on it, and it will >show you what networks are visable. You might have to initially click >on it, then click on it again. Then select whichever network you want >to connect to. If that network needs a password, it will ask you for it. > >Troy >-- >__________________________________________________ >Troy Dawson [log in to unmask] (630)840-6468 >Fermilab ComputingDivision/CSS CSI Group >__________________________________________________ >=========================================================================