Re: Get Dell D810 to See Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG -- Etch
On Mon, 2007-04-02 at 14:02 -0500, Bruffey, Mark wrote:
> I need instructions to get an Intel Pro Wireless set up in Etch on a
> Dell D810. System sees wired ethernet connection just fine. I have
> located and tried to follow a couple of installation routines for the
> wireless without success. Is it possible to point me to a
> step-by-step, comprehensive, command line only, instruction for
> getting this card up and working? I'm not running any X interfaces.
> Thanks much, Mark
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
That give a tremendous amount of info. Though, I haven't actually used
one of these cards yet. But based on what I have read, you will need to
get the v3.0 firmware.
From:
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7
One thing you will probably need is the linux kernel headers and so on
Personally I use module-assistant. (aptitude install module-assistant)
Once you get that... make sure you do the following:
m-a update
m-a prepare
m-a a-i ipw2200
m-a a-i ieee80211
Answer any questions asked with a yes.
Once the two packages are installed you will still need to follow the
steps on putting the firmware into place and autoloading. For that, I
bow to others using the Intel Pro Wireless 2200.
I assume extracting the firmware and putting it into /lib/firmware/ will
work. In other words, putting ipw2200-*.fw (from the v3 firmware file
you had to agree to licensing) in there.
But, I should be corrected, if I am wrong.
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