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I am a novice in Radhat, I have installed Redhat 9.0 on my dell 600m. Now i wana configure wireless card on it. I dont know where to start, even not the driver to be used for it, or where can i find the driver info for it.
What kind of wireless card is it? Can you post the results of 'lspci' and 'lspci -n' ? This will output information about your hardware, including your wireless card. You'll probably need to su in order to use the command.
[root@localhost root]# lspci -n
00:00.0 Class 0600: 8086:3340 (rev 03)
00:01.0 Class 0604: 8086:3341 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 Class 0c03: 8086:24c2 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 Class 0c03: 8086:24c4 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 Class 0c03: 8086:24c7 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 Class 0c03: 8086:24cd (rev 01)
00:1e.0 Class 0604: 8086:2448 (rev 81)
00:1f.0 Class 0601: 8086:24cc (rev 01)
00:1f.1 Class 0101: 8086:24ca (rev 01)
00:1f.5 Class 0401: 8086:24c5 (rev 01)
00:1f.6 Class 0703: 8086:24c6 (rev 01)
01:00.0 Class 0300: 1002:4c66 (rev 02)
02:00.0 Class 0200: 14e4:170c (rev 02)
02:01.0 Class 0607: 1217:7113 (rev 20)
02:01.1 Class 0607: 1217:7113 (rev 20)
02:03.0 Class 0280: 8086:4220 (rev 05)
[root@localhost root]#
I have Intel® PRO_Wireless 2200BG driver installed in my win 2000 OS.
My Linux kernel version is "2.4.20-6"
I search about this issue and came across to know that I should have atleast 2.6 or higher version Kernel to install this wireless driver. Pls confirm me am I right or suggest me the other way to install this driver.
Yes, you will need a kernel 2.6.8 or higher. Once you've upgraded your kernel, you can find the drivers and firmware at http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/ or by searching the Intel site for the card. In my experience, Intel provides very good email support for installation issues related to this driver -- but only for the stable 1.0 version.
Bear in mind that Fedora and Red Hat use modified kernels and that you might want to use their kernel sources instead of the vanilla sources that come from kernel.org. I don't use Fedora or Red Hat, so I can't help you there. I think it is a simple proccess with Red Hat and this link might help you.
I really recommend that you look in the Red Hat forums for help on upgrading your kernel.
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