[ILUG] Wireless card question

[Hanafin, Jenny]

Hi guys,

Now that I've got my linux boot up and running again (many thanks for suggestions, in the end I reinstalled, will be much more careful about watching online updates in future) I'm trying to finally get my wireless card working. I'm using Opensuse 10.3 on a dual-boot Dell machine with an Intel Pro 3945ABG wireless card. I'm a noobie to linux admin, so finding this networking stuff a bit of a black box at the moment. Please bear with me!

So, the following IPW3945 software (according to YAST) is installed:

ipw-firmware (card firmware)
ipw3945-kmp-bigsmp (kernel module)
ipw3945d (regulatory daemon)
iwlwifi-kmp-bigsmp (intel wifi drivers)

So I'm guessing that the software is there and ready to go.

lsmod gives a 'ipw3945 208676 1' entry
lspci also has an 'Intel corporation PRO/wireless 3945abg' entry

So the system is seeing the card, and recognising it. But it's still not working.

I've done a modprobe ipw3945, didn't seem to help.

I can't see an ipw3945 in the /lib/modules/2.6.22.17-0.1-bigsmp/source/drivers/net/wireless directory, is that where I should be looking? Is that where modprobe looks? Can someone explain how modprobe works a little bit and maybe I can figure it out?

Cheers,

Jen