Intel Wireless 3945ABG (ipw3945) - Check Cable?

[dazed]

I'm trying to get my Intel 3945ABG wifi card working on my Asus W3J.

This is what I got so far:
[root@blah ~]# rpm -ivh ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6-1.2.15-14.fc6.at.i686.rpm ipw3945-ucode-1.13-2.at.noarch.rpm ipw3945d-1.7.22-4.at.i386.rpm ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6-1.1.0-15.fc6.at.i686.rpm ipw3945-1.1.0-15.fc6.at.i386.rpm
warning: ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2868.fc6-1.2.15-14.fc6.at.i686.rpm: Header V3 DSA signature: NOKEY, key ID 66534c2b
Preparing... ########################################### [100%]
1:ipw3945d ########################################### [ 20%]
2:ipw3945-ucode ########################################### [ 40%]
3:ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1########################################### [ 60%]
4:ipw3945-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2########################################### [ 80%]
5:ipw3945 ########################################### [100%]
[root@blah ~]# modprobe ipw3945; ipw3945d
ipw3945d - regulatory daemon
Copyright (C) 2005-2006 Intel Corporation. All rights reserved.
version: 1.7.22
Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection found at:
/sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw3945/0000:03:00.0
Daemon launched as pid 3451. Exiting.
[root@blah ~]# lsmod | grep ipw
ipw3945 187688 1
ieee80211 46956 1 ipw3945
[root@blah ~]# iwconfig eth1 essid wifizona
[root@blah ~]# iwconfig eth1 key 560AF29C29
[root@blah ~]# iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"wifizona" Nickname:"blah.tkw"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.437 GHz Access Point: 00:18:39:41:9E:C6
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power:15 dBm
Retry limit:15 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:560A-F29C-29 Security mode:open
Power Management:off
Link Quality=86/100 Signal level=-46 dBm Noise level=-47 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:334 Missed beacon:0
[root@blah ~]#

This is where I am having problems:
[root@blah ~]# ifup eth1

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?
[root@blah ~]#

I'm totally clueless on what to do next. I don't get the check cable error since its wireless.....

Thanks in advanced for the help!

[dazed]

Okay, just some info:

[root@gangsta Desktop]# uname -a
Linux blah.tkw 2.6.18-1.2869.fc6 #1 SMP Wed Dec 20 14:51:19 EST 2006 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux

I've even turned off the security and its still doing it:

[root@gangsta Desktop]# iwconfig eth1 essid wifizona
[root@gangsta Desktop]# iwconfig eth1 key off
[root@gangsta Desktop]# iwconfig eth1 rate auto
[root@gangsta Desktop]# ifup eth1

Determining IP information for eth1... failed; no link present. Check cable?



[root@gangsta Desktop]# iwconfig eth1
eth1 unassociated ESSID:"wifizona" Nickname:"blah.tkw"
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:3536-3041-4632-3943-3239-0000-00 Security mode:open
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:44 Missed beacon:0

[root@gangsta Desktop]#


Anyone have a clue?

[dazed]

It just started working, no clue why.

Mods please close thread. Thanks