Re: ipw2100 WEP with Debian Unstable
I had a similar experience with the ipw2200. It works well (in
testing) as long as you are willing to compile a custom kernel and
move (or delete if you like to live dangerously) the module directory
when you recompile.
MS
On 3/16/06, Bill Thompson <Billt@mahagonny.com> wrote:
> 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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