Intel PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 firmware on FC5

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Gregory P. Ennis wrote:

> On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 15:00 -0400, Lucas Brasilino wrote:
>> Hi Dave:
>>
>>> > I know theres actually two threads about wireless support
>>> > on FC5, but I didn't start reading it from beginning.
>>> >
>>> > Why not IntelPRO 2200BG/2915ABG firmware was packaged into kernel rpm,
>>> > or something like it? Due licensing issues?
>>>
>>> Yes. There's a problem with redistribution rights.
>>
>> Ok, but a note at 'Release Notes' about it should be nice but not
>> just `Support for wireless cards Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 and
>> 2200 has been added.'.
>> Another thing, I think 'ipw2200' module should not be loaded if firmware
>> is not present...
>>
>>
> I just put FC5 on an HP laptop with an IntelPRO 2200BG and can not get
> it to work either.  Does the firmware have to be obtained from Intel?
> Is there a way to make the wireless network active?

Install ipw2200-firmware-3.0-1.lvn5 from rpm.livna.org.

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