Re: ipw2100 WEP with Debian Unstable
On Sunday 19 March 2006 08:24, Manaen Schlabach wrote:
> 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
I am trying to get an Inspiron 6000's WIFI to work under Debian and am trying
to compile the ieee and ipw2200 modules. Make complains of missing kernel
files in /lib/modules.../build. I have an Ubuntu install. The install does
not include the kernel sources or headers, 2.6.12-10, but when I try to do
apt-get, apt-get returns packages not found. I cannot find 2.6.12-10 in
debian or Ubuntu mirrors. I am new to debian installs, from Mandriva, and
was somewhat surprised at what was not included in the basic install.
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