2007-11-11, 11:00 AM
Hey all. What's the general consensus here at Linux Noob regarding the IPW3945 wireless adapter? What's the correct way to enable this and have it working reliably? I've had this working since Fedora Core 6 but it's not very dependable. It seems that as Fedora matures wireless gets worse. It will work for a while and then disconnect. When that happens there's no way that it will re-connect. I run into an endless loop of entering passkey(s) and waiting for it to connect only to be asked for a passkey again. If I reboot it will connect. Who uses the IPW3945, how do you get it to work and how reliable is it for you? I'd like to be able to fix this headache once and for all. Here's some relevant system info:
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[glenn@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lspci | grep Wireless
03:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)
[glenn@localhost ~]$ /sbin/lsmod | grep iwl
iwl3945 159541 0
mac80211 112461 1 iwl3945It's been mentioned over at the Fedora Forum that my problem this time around may be related to the fact that I'm using WPA2 encryption and that support for this is missing in Fedora 8. If this is true, do I need to go into my router and change to WEP?. That's like locking the door and leaving the key in the lock.
And what about this keyring thing? That's annoying too. Keeps coming up asking for passkeys. When will it be saisfied and stop bothering me? Can I disable it?
There are more questions I'm sure. Can't think too clearly right now so I'll end this here. Thanks for reading.