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Re: wlan in etch



On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 12:44 +0000, Jose Rodriguez wrote:
> >After running "dmesg |grep 2200"
> > 
> > I got the following output:
> > 
> > marcelo@tango:~$ dmesg |grep 2200
> > ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.1.2kmq
> > ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
> > ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
> > ipw2200: ipw2200-bss.fw request_firmware failed: Reason -2
> > ipw2200: Unable to load firmware: -2
> > ipw2200: failed to register network device
> > ipw2200: probe of 0000:02:0b.0 failed with error -5
> > 
> > so, the problem seems to be with the "firmware". I will go after
> > it and try again...
> 
> Ciao, Marcelo
> 
> You need the driver firmware, which is not included in Debian due
> to licensing issues, I believe. Download it from
> 
> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
> 
> Uncompress and put the *.fw files in /lib/firmware
> 
> Everything should be fine now.
> 

Ciao Jose,

I got the firmware v3.0. I uncompressed it in /lib/firmware. Now the
card is recognized by the system! Thanks a lot.

Many thanks to Michael and Louis by the advices too.

Regards

Marcelo


-- 
Marcelo Chiapparini
chiappa@oi.com.br


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