Thnkpad T42 wireless
Matthew Saltzman
mjs at ces.clemson.edu
Sun Apr 9 17:01:11 UTC 2006
On Sun, 9 Apr 2006, G. Vincent Castellano wrote:
> Quoting Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu>:
>
>> The key to getting it set up initially was to get the firmware RPM from
>> Livna, then delete all network devices in system-config-network, then
>> reboot. Then you can recreate the wireless interface as wireless. (If
>> you run the 1.1.2 driver, you need firmware version 3.0. I have an RPM
>> that contains it that I can send on request.)
>
> Help me out with a bit of brainlock here: how do I determine the driver
> version? And where is the source for ipw2200?
strings \
/lib/modules/2.6.16-1.2080_FC5/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko \
| grep version=
The stock FC5 update kernel comes with 1.0.8. The full set of
installation instructions for the latest driver is at the top of
http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml (although I think you
need the 3.0 firmware for the 1.1.2 driver).
> --gvc
>
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Matthew Saltzman
Clemson University Math Sciences
mjs AT clemson DOT edu
http://www.math.clemson.edu/~mjs
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