Intel wireless card drivers?

FatherGod · 12-29-2003, 06:16 AM

I intended to install wireless drivers in linux for my Intel network card ... but apparently there are none.

Does anyone know where i could find "freeware" drivers for it, somewhere else?

If someone could get me a key generator for the linux ant driver loader ... that would be great.

Brian1 · 12-29-2003, 04:14 PM

Have not had any time with this option or know much about it, but go here http://www.linuxant.com and check out their way of using Winblows NDIS drivers under Linux. I don't know how it works or if it is any good. Maybe some others can check it out and see what they think and comment about it.

mesmith · 01-02-2004, 09:47 AM

I have tried the linuxant driver on my gateway 450x and intel wireless and it works great. So great that I might be willing to pay the $20 US after the free trial.

I had to take care to use the 'w70n51' .sys and .inf Winblows NDIS drivers but after I got them together things worked great. Use 'unzip' to grab the .sys and .inf files from the .exe driver.

There is a free NDIS loader out there (I forget where; use google) but I couldn't get it to work.

oulevon · 01-02-2004, 07:19 PM

I downloaded the linuxant wrapper too. I tried the ndiswrapper first, but it kept locking up. The linuxant wrapper works great too and I'd consider paying for it too.

Jose Muñiz · 01-04-2004, 11:23 AM

Yep. I messaged Intel technical support and I received the usual :

Quote:

Hello José,

Thank you for contacting Intel(R) Technical Support.

A Linux driver for the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 wireless network connection is
currently under development.

Unfortunately, at this time there is no official release date scheduled for the
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 LAN MiniPCI Adapter Linux* drivers.

You can check back at the following link for the latest information on Linux
driver support for the Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 network connection.

http://support.intel.com/support/net...6059-prd38.htm

Sincerely,
Roberto G.

Current attempts of drivers are scarce and have no funcionality yet. So the only option is Linuxant (at this moment, at least)

fooo · 01-29-2004, 05:48 PM

try this! it works!!!

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net

fooo · 01-29-2004, 05:51 PM

PS:

try to use the sys and inf files provided here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/s..._chipsets.html

just using the original windows driver didnt work for me...

gio_schenk · 03-07-2004, 01:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by fooo
PS:

try to use the sys and inf files provided here:

http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/s..._chipsets.html

just using the original windows driver didnt work for me...

sorry for bumping this old thread... /me hides

just wanted to say: thank you, this was exactly what I was looking for!

(completely missed the link on the project page...)

@all: hi, great forum you got here!

kvikki · 03-13-2004, 03:57 PM

You can try these http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/ and please tell me if it works!

gio_schenk · 03-14-2004, 04:41 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by kvikki
You can try these http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/ and please tell me if it works!

I'm quite happy with the linuxant wrapper now, thanks

(ndis wrapper would have needed a kernel update...)

From what I've heard these drivers are still in a very early stage...
But then again they're opensource, if that's important to you.