ipw2200 how-to

[Justin Conover]

On 12/6/05, Pabo R. Canto <pcanto at 4m.com.ar> wrote:
>
> Szabo Akos wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Justin Conover wrote:
> >
> >> I did this, wrote it up and thought I would share if anyone can't get
> >> wireless going with ipw2200.
> >
> >
> > It's work for me the stock kernel driver too (I compile my own kernel):
> >
> > [fonya at cella ~]$ lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > ipw2200                70440  0
> >
> > [fonya at cella ~]$ modinfo ipw2200
> > filename:
> > /lib/modules/2.6.14-cella/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw2200.ko
> > description:    Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver
> > version:        1.0.0
> >
> The diference betwen the kernel stock driver and the explanation form
> Justin is the functionality of the driver the new version for example
> add compatibility with wpa_supplicant and wext compatibility to support
> WPA ans WPA2 and many others.
>
> So, I add some ideas for the clean and fast instalation of ipw2200 /
> ipw2100 in Fedora!
>
> #IPW fast-do
>
> #First login as root
>     su -
>     (put the root password on prompt)
>
> #Make clean space:
>     mkdir -p /tmp/ipw
>     cd /tmp/ipw
>
> #Get the files sources in /tmp/ipw
>
> # http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
> <http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php>
>     wget -c
> http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ieee80211/ieee80211-1.1.6.tgz
> # http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
> <http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/downloads.php>
>     wget -c
> http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ipw2200/ipw2200-1.0.8.tgz
> # http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
> <http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php> grab the 2.4 firmware
>
> #Expand the file in /tmp/ipw
>     tar xvfz ipw2200-1.0.8.tgz
>     tar xvfz ieee80211-1.1.6.tgz
>     tar xvfz /home/justin/downloads/ipw2200/ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz/lib/firmware
>
> #Clean the old staff (files from the fedora kernel modules)
>     rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ipw*
>     rm -rf /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/net/ieee80211
>
> #Make the binary in /tmp/ipw
>     cd ieee80211-1.1.6
>     make
>     # On question reponse "y" to all
>     Above files found. Remove? [y],n y
>     Above definitions found. Comment out? [y], n y
>     make install
>
>     cd ../
>     cd ipw2200-1.0.8
>     make
>     # On question reponse "y" to all
>     Above definitions found. Comment out? [y], n y
>     make install
>
>
> #Final load the module and be happy
>     /tmp/ipw/ipw2200-1.0.8/load
>
> #clean the room
> rm -rf /tmp/ipw
>
>
> This is my first how to :)
>
> Byte^2,
> Pablo.-
>
> PD: in the 2.6.14.2 the defoult ipw2200 module is the
> PD: sorry mi english I am spanish speker (Santa Fe, Argentina)
>
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I wouldn't say that was much different than I already had ;-)

Plus I wouldn't store it in /tmp or rm -fr it, rawhide kernels change like
the days in the week.  You will want to keep the sources around, you know
what I mean.
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