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make sure you grab the newest version and new loadable firmware as required by the driver
 
make sure you grab the newest version and new loadable firmware as required by the driver
  
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The driver doesnt appear to support MII interface, so any tools like automatic network configuration managers ( whereami ) that rely on mii-tool do not work.
  
 
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Revision as of 14:29, 18 October 2005

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

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

The driver doesnt appear to support MII interface, so any tools like automatic network configuration managers ( whereami ) that rely on mii-tool do not work.