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Re: ipw2100 WEP with Debian Unstable



On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:40:11 +1100
Paul Dwerryhouse <paul@dwerryhouse.com.au> wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:20:23PM -0800, Bill Thompson wrote:
> > I have tried the built-in kernel modules and the source packages for
> > ieee80211-modules v.1.1.6-2 and ipw2100-modules v.1.1.3A.
> > Has anyone been able to get WEP working with the Debian packaged
> > ipw2100 driver?
> 
> Yep, it works fine for me; it accepts the exact command that you
> specific without any errors:

For the archives, I found where my problem was. An earlier version of
the 2.6.15 kernel package had a problem with the ieee80211-module that
prevented WEP use. As newer versions of the linux-image package were
installed I forgot to move the module directory. Although I was running
linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 v.2.6.15-8, the module directory I was using 
was from linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 v.2.6.15-2. Once I moved the module directory and reinstalled the kernal package WEP began working fine.

The moral of the story is to ALWAYS move your module directory before upgrading the kernel.

-- 
Bill Thompson
BillT@Mahagonny.com

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