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Well, this is my 1st post and this deals with configuring intel pro 3945abg card on FC5 on my laptop…

Fedora Core 5 comes with a default kernel v2.6.16-1.2054 but it seems that this kernel version has a bug. Its better if you use the test 3 release of FC5 or update your kernel version to 2.6.16-1.2080.
To install and configure wireless on FC5 follow the following steps :

install the following rpms and reboot ur system
kernel-smp-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.i686.rpm
kernel-smp-devel-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.i686.rpm
kernel-kdump-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5.i686.rpm

Once done with it, install the following rpms-
ieee80211-1.1.13-10.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
ieee80211-kernheaders-1.1.13-10.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp-1.1.13-10.rhfc5.at.i686.rpm
ipw3945-0.0.74-4.rhfc5.at.i386.rpm
ipw3945d-1.7.18-1.at.i386.rpm
ipw3945-firmware-1.13-1.noarch.rpm
ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.16-1.2080_FC5smp-0.0.74-4.rhfc5.at.i686.rpm
ipw3945-ucode-1.13-1.at.noarch.rpm
now reboot ur system ….

Now, once you have installed all rpms successfully, ur done…do this
#depmod -a
#modprobe ipw3945 <- this loads the module.

to chk if its done do …
#dmesg | grep ipw <- this should list the driver detected.
#lsmod <- this should list the driver detected. look for ipw3945
#lspci -v should list ur driver info…

OK now finally…
#ps -C ipw3945 <- this should list the ipw3945d deamon running …
this means its running successfully and got loaded.

else try,
#/sbin/ipw3945d to start it …
thats it,now
#system-config-network &

select FILE>NEW>WIRELESS>FORWARD>SELECT UR DRIVER NOW LISTED> FORWARD> COMPLETE THE CONFIGURATION
i.e. add ur essid, key etc and ok
U R DONE …
its up and running , do #ifconfig it should show it running….displays its address and other details….

or to configure manually – do the following -
#depmod -a
#modprobe ipw3945
#/sbin/ipw3945d
#ifconfig eth1 up
#iwconfig essid
#iwconfig key
#dhclient eth1
#ifconfig eth1 displays the details …

Yup, its up and running …
You can use this method for most of intel drivers …

here are a few useful links -
http://www.utexas.edu/its/wireless/i…fig_linux.html
http://www.roseindia.net/linux/tutor…OWTO.html#toc5
http://www.linuxquestions.org/linux/…Fedora_Core_5&
http://tuxmobil.org/centrino.html

http://ipw3945.sourceforge.net
http://dl.atrpms.net/fc5-i386/atrpms/RPMS.stable/
http://atrpms.net/dist/fc5/
http://people.redhat.com/davej/kerne…5/RPMS.kernel/
http://rpmforge.net/user/packages/