Re: Get wirless working
On Wed, May 16, 2007 at 06:31:32AM +0100, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> On Tue, 15 May 2007 17:56:56 -0400
> Michael Pobega <pobega@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 12:43:32PM -0700, DavidDutch1964 wrote:
> > > I love debian. I guess we all do here.
> > >
> > > Recently, thoguh, I had to switch to Kubuntu =only= because wireless
> > > on my laptop JUST WORKED.
> > >
> > > I have an HP zt3000 with one of those Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG
> > > wireless cards built in. It has been horrible to try to get working
> > > despite any instructions found on the Internet. The instruction on
> > > the site for this (http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/) was tricky as
> > > it only focused on getting that one piece working and not
> > > networking as a whole.
>
> [...]
>
> > http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=2200&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
>
> Whats' more, those modules are included in the standard kernel image
> these days. The difference however is that Ubuntu packages the
> firmware, whereas Debian does not. That is likely to confound the
> uninitiated.
>
Oh right, I'm so used to ipw3945. Couldn't he just get the firmware from
Intel's website though?
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