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*{{Mandrake}} 10.1: The ipw2200 driver modules are included in the stock kernel package. | *{{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 | *{{Gentoo}}: The driver is in the portage tree: emerge net-wireless/ipw2200 and net-wireless/ipw2200-firmware | ||
Revision as of 20:45, 2 October 2005
Contents
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 Packages(1): Fedora Core includes the ipw2200-drivers in FC3 (with updates) and FC4. You still need to grab the firmware from http://rpm.livna.org/
- Fedora Packages(2): 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
- Debian Packages: http://packages.debian.org/ipw2200-source
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 1.0.6 and firmware 2.3!
Current Version: 1.0.6
Firmware Version : 2.3
Works fine!
NOTE!
Select developer-patched 2.6.12 Kernels (notably, -mm) and all Kernel 2.6.13 release candidates do not work with the current version of the driver.
As a solution, the dedicated IEEE 802.11 subsystem can be used. Its homepage is on SourceForge: http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/
Additional Comments
make sure you grab the newest version and new loadable firmware as required by the driver
