Ipw2200
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Intel PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Driver for WiFi
Linux driver for the 802.11bg and 802.11abg NICs - miniPCI cards - found in Centrino laptops. This driver only works on 2.6.x kernels (2.6.4 or newer).
The following adapters sold by IBM use these chips:
Project Homepage / Availability
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/
Packages
- Fedora Core Packages: http://www.atrpms.net/name/ipw2200/
- Mandrake 10.1 The ipw2200 driver modules are included in the stock kernel package.
- Gentoo The driver is in the portage tree: emerge net-wireless/ipw2200 and net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware
Status
in development, usable, WEP 128bit encryption works, WPA does also work with drivers >= 1.0.2 (beta at the moment, use wpa_supplicant for WPA-functionality), Monitor/RFMon is supported as of 1.0.4 and firmware 2.3!
Current Version: 1.0.4
Firmware Version : 2.3
Works fine!
Additional Comments
make sure you grab the newest version and new loadable firmware as required by the driver
