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Re: etch no wifi with ipw2200



Joey Hess ha scritto:
> Mirto Silvio Busico wrote:
>   
>> The wifi network card is an intle pro and the ipw2200 module is
>> installed correctly (I can see it in lsmod)
>>
>> I've added in interfaces all the possible iface (eth0 eth1 eth2 ath0 wlan0)
>>
>> No one worked.
>>
>>
>> On the same machine, if I boot with a Kubuntu live, the wifi card works
>> perfectly.
>> The module loaded is ipw2200
>> The card shown in ifconfig is eth1 (in Etch eth1 is the standard lan card)
>>
>>
>> What can I do to activate wifi?
>>     
>
> ipw2200 needs firmware, which is available from
> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
>
> (As a general rule any time a network or especially wireless device
> doesn't work, go looking for the firmware).
>
>   
This worked.
Downloaded the firmware in the directory /lib/firmware and all went ok

Thanks for the help

Mirto

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