Re: Get Dell D810 to See Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG -- Etch
Greg Folkert(greg@gregfolkert.net) is reported to have said:
> 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.
That is correct for the ipw2100 I recently installed. I assume it
would be the same for the 2200 as well.
Wayne
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