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Re: Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation





On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Mark <mamarcac@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello,

I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just not the firmware).  According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 (note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian installer should be able to read the tarball file during the installation; I tried last night but the installer needs the .fw file not the tar.gz file.  Every link I've tried, including this one http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is either a tar.gz or .deb file.  I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any ideas or help out there?  I suppose I can install the firmware after getting Lenny installed by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since the installer prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd like to get it installed at that time.

Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Mark

Actually, I've experienced problems with setting up wifi connnections after installing the firmware during the installation phase. You're much better off installing the firmware via aptitude after installing.

Arthur


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