No wireless networks

[Biomed154]

Hello All,

My wired internet connection in Wicd works great except I cannot detect wireless networks. The thing I notice is that the led indicator for my wireless card does not light up when I try the "Fn" key. My bluetooth works fine. I am using a Dell Inspiron 9300 with an Intel Pro-Wireless 2915 ABG card. I tried installing the ipw2200 drivers but am unsure where to go from here. Any suggestions? Thanks!

An iwconfig command shows the following:

root@Audio:/home/jhenne# modprobe -r ipw2200
root@Audio:/home/jhenne# modprobe ipw2200
root@Audio:/home/jhenne# iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pan0      no wireless extensions.

eth1      unassociated  ESSID:off/any 
          Mode:Managed  Channel=0  Access Point: Not-Associated   
          Bit Rate:0 kb/s   Tx-Power=20 dBm   Sensitivity=8/0 
          Retry limit:7   RTS thr:off   Fragment thr:off
          Encryption key:off
          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:0   Missed beacon:0

[trulan]

In WICD, in the 'preferences' tab, what does it say for 'wireless interface'?  By default it is set to wlan0, you need to change that to eth1.

[Biomed154]

Wow, that worked! didnt think it would be that simple!

Thanks a bunch Trulan!

[canezila]

Yes, you will learn fast that trulan ROCKS!  He has saved my hide several times with A+ directions.