Ipw2100

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Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Driver for WiFi

Linux driver for the 802.11b NIC - miniPCI cards - found in Centrino laptops.

The following adapter sold by IBM uses this chipset:

Project Homepage / Availability

http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/

Packages

Status

  • In development but usable. Version 1.0.5 works quite well with kernel 2.6.10.
  • Works very well with kernel 2.6.16-9. Only firmware needs to be copied to the appropriate directory and everything works out-of-box.

Additional Comments

Make sure to try the newest version. You will need to install the loadable binary firmware provided on http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php as required by the driver.

To install the firmware, decompress the .tgz in /lib/firmware

To turn off the radio on boot-up load ipw2100 with option disable=1, i.e. # modprobe ipw2100 disable=1.

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