Re: ipw2200 on Gateway 4522 running etch
Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
> Wayne Topa wrote:
>
> >Jim Moore(j9916moore@bellsouth.net) is reported to have said:
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> Have you done a successful installation of the intel on an etch laptop?
Only on the T40 which had the ipw2100 built in. I installed it on
Etch/Testing prior to Etch going stable, so it should work on Etch.
> I did a locate and it appears that wireless tools and the ieee files
> came with the install, so I've not bothered to download and install
> them. My firmware files are in place yet when I try to do the make on
> the ipw2200_110 file nothing executes. Am stumped at this point. Maybe
> bad files in firmware or ipw downloads, so shall start by re-downloaded
> those and putting them in clean.
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Not sure if I understand the problem. Let me try to remember the
steps I took.
I installed the ipw2200-source package and went to the sourceforge
site for the firmware. I put the firmware in /lib/firmware. I then
used module-assistant to compile the source (m-a prepare : m-a a-i
ipw2100 in my case). m-a does it all for you, extracts the source,
compiles it, and installs the modules. See man module-assistant.
After that it's just a matter of finding out what the card can do and
how to tell it to do it. :-)
I hope that is the answer you were after.
Regards
Wayne
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