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Re: "iwlist wlan0 scan" problem with iwl4965



On Tue,16.Jun.09, 23:24:36, Suno Ano wrote:
> 
>  Frank> you need to unload and reload the module (rmmod iwl4965;
>  Frank> modprobe iwl4965), in order to use the new firmware. (But that
>  Frank> should not be needed, if you use Debian stable [Lenny]).
> 
> This gets even easier if ones hardware is supported by the stuff that
> ships with one of the available .debs
> 
> ,----[ apt-cache search --names-only firmware | grep wireless ]
> | atmel-firmware - Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips.
> | firmware-ralink - Binary firmware for Ralink RT2561, RT2571, RT2661 and RT2671 wireless cards
> | libertas-firmware - Firmware for Marvell's 8388 (libertas) wireless chips
> | zd1211-firmware - Firmware images for the zd1211 and zd1211rw wireless drivers
> `----

The correct package in this case being

firmware-iwlwifi

Regards,
Andrei
-- 
If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.
(Albert Einstein)

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