Which distro works (intel 2200BG)?
Does anyone know if any distro will allow the Intel Pro 2200BG wireless (Centrino) networking to work out-of-the box? (without having to configure anything, just selecting a secure network from a list). I tried Ubuntu 6.06 and 6.10, and it doesn't work there.
Thanks! Regards, Rasmus, Copenhagen |
Most will if you have the firmware files installed;
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ They go in the /lib/firmware directory in many cases. |
so that means most distros with the exception of ubuntu?
thanks |
ndiswrapper works with those pain-in-the-ass wifi card chipsets.
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No, check and see if you need to download/install the firmware files.
Some distro's include them, some do not. $ ls -hal /lib/firmware/ipw22* -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 187K Mar 7 2006 /lib/firmware/ipw2200-bss.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 182K Mar 7 2006 /lib/firmware/ipw2200-ibss.fw -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 184K Mar 7 2006 /lib/firmware/ipw2200-sniffer.fw Ubuntu may just need the newer ipw2200 firmware files. |
There is definetly no need of ndiswrapper for this card, it is well supported and there is a kernel driver inside directly in the newer kernels.
The problem that could happen is: -> You haven't put the firmwares at the good place. -> They are not compatible with the driver, you have a wrong version -> Rf-kill switch (the little button to activate or not the wireless) -> There is a problem with udev (the firmware is not loaded..) It should work on any distro. On debian etch/sid and suse10.2 I tried and it works. Quote:
Open a shell and type these commands: Code:
sudo rmmod ipw2200 |
Thanks for helping guys! I'm very new at this, so I don't understand much regarding the firmware etc. I have the output of those commands, though, maybe that can help?? thanks very much!!
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redo all (without the modinfo) but correct my mistake
sudo tail /var/log/messages sorry :) As Lenard said, have you put the firmwares? ls -hal /lib/firmware/ipw22* |
No, it is a clean ubuntu 6.06 install, i didn't install anything. so, i found the firmware drivers online (ver3.0), unzipped them and copied the three files to /lib/firmware/
and I ran the commands again, here are the outputs: thanks again!! Quote:
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Then it makes 1 more distribution that works
:) iwconfig show your card right? |
Sounds good! Though I still can't get online or see the networks in the area?!
The output of iwconfig is this: Quote:
Another funny thing about the output is that all interfaces seem to be configured as wireless connections!?! I only have 1 wlan! And 1 LAN. Any ideas? Thanks again! |
Have you tried something like; dhclient eth1
You might want to bookmark; http://easylinux.info/wiki/Ubuntu_dapper See section 13 from the link above. |
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Eth1 is your wlan. Iwconfig tells you that wireless is only found on eth1. Btw, you are connected at 11Mb/s only. |
Ok. Do you have any idea why the wireless connection doesn't work?
Rasmus. |
Yep, you didn't finish the commands. I have the exact same card in my Thinkpad T42. If you want to connect to that Victor network, then do this as root or with sudo:
Code:
iwconfig eth1 essid Victor Peace, JimBass |
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