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On 4/24/07, Brian Pitts <bpitts at learnlink.emory.edu> wrote:
>
> Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts wrote:
> > Jim Moore wrote:
> >> >
> >>  Thanks for your reply Preston.  Do any of your laptops have intel
> >>  wireless.  Mine is a Gateway with Intel Centrino with the IPW2200
> series
> >>  wireless.  It uses the Intel 2915 ABG dirver set and the IPW3.0Firmware.
> >>  Am attempting to determine if it is problematical with "Etch".  With
> fc6
> >>  my wireless disappears everytime the kernel upgrades.  Was working
> last
> >>  week under 2.6.20-1.2933.  Saturday it upgraded to 2.6.20-1.2944 and
> >>  it's gwtw
>
> This should work out-of-the-box in Ubuntu. In Debian Etch, you'll need
> to install ipw2200-modules-2.6-686 (assuming you're using the 686
> kernel), then  download the firmware from
> http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php and extract it to
> /lib/firmware.
>
> > not a problem.  both of mine use the Atheros chipset.  they were not
> > handled by the version of Madwifi at the time, so i used the svn
> > version.  i have not had any problems in doing so... the current version
> of madwifi would probably fix my having to re-run my
> little routine with each kernel upgrade
>
> Yeah. In Etch, you could install the madwifi package and use
> module-assistant.
>
> -Brian
>
>
I know this is stating the obvious, but there is the SourceForge page for
ipw2200 at http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/

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