Mark T. Kennedy wrote:

> i've got a thinkpad t23 with a built-in wi-fi device (prism2).
> i've got an old mandrake 8.2 install running on it with the
> absolutevalue systems wlan driver. it works.
>
> i've got a 2nd disk for the thinkpad with a fresh fedora core 2
> test 1 install on it (also tried core 1). both the core 1 and
> the core 2 test 1 installs were flawless and fast. both
> detected the built-in wi-fi device (PCI, not PCMCIA) and
> let me configure them (IP address, WEP key) via a nice,
> simple GUI panel.
>
> but even though it detected and let me configure the prism2
> wi-fi device, it does not work. you can ping the wi-fi interface
> itself from the laptop but you can't ping anything
> on the associated subnet (and beyond). the direct-to-subnet
> route and the default route are there so it is not a
> routing issue.
>
> anyone else see this problem?

Any clues from lsmod, ifconfig, route, dmesg?
-jeff

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Mark T. Kennedy wrote:
>i've got a thinkpad t23 with a built-in wi-fi device (prism2).
>i've got an old mandrake 8.2 install running on it with the
>absolutevalue systems wlan driver. it works.
>
>i've got a 2nd disk for the thinkpad with a fresh fedora core 2
>test 1 install on it (also tried core 1). both the core 1 and
>the core 2 test 1 installs were flawless and fast. both
>detected the built-in wi-fi device (PCI, not PCMCIA) and
>let me configure them (IP address, WEP key) via a nice,
>simple GUI panel.
>
>but even though it detected and let me configure the prism2
>wi-fi device, it does not work. you can ping the wi-fi interface
>itself from the laptop but you can't ping anything
>on the associated subnet (and beyond). the direct-to-subnet
>route and the default route are there so it is not a
>routing issue.
>
>anyone else see this problem? i tried to report it
>via redhat's bugzilla interface which is simply too
>clever for its own good. it captured a bunch of info
>and asked me to push a button it said would pop up
>a new window (in mozilla) with a filled-in bug
>report page. but that didn't work. is there a
>better way to report it?
>
>/mark

Mark,

I've got the same system, and found that even when they worked, the 2.4
Linux Prism2 drivers were unreliable (problem with the firmware locking
up when using WEP). The Linux WLAN-ng project has better drivers,
which I used until their fixes made their way into the 2.6 kernel,
which I'm now using. Take a browse over to the Linux on Laptops
website for how others have gotten everything working on the X23...

http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ibm.html

Vince