Re: ipw2100 WEP with Debian Unstable
I had to use the newest kernel out there to make a go of it 2.6.15.
something or other. Also don't forget to download and install the
firmware from sourceforge. Mandriva's stance towards certain things
is different the Debian's. Debian is militarily free while Mandriva
is much more liberal about what gets included in its distro.
Mandriva's packages are usually newer than Debian's although Mandriva
has an older version of Gnome than Debian testing does now (I never
thought I'd see that). Debian's thorough testing and porting results
in packages getting released more slowly than Mandriva or FCx but than
again if you want stability Debian is very nice. IPW2200 is still
very new I never could get it working in Fedora Core either and they
have fairly new packages. You can get the kernel 2.6.15.x from
kernel.org
On 3/19/06, Jesus Arocho <jesus_arocho@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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