IPW2200 Help
I just got a Dell Inspiron 8600 with a Intel Wireless 2200 B/G internal card. I installed Slackware 10.1 (kernel 2.4.29) and am trying to get it to work with the drivers at ipw2200.sourceforge.net
When I extract them (ipw2200-1.0.0.tgz), and try to do a make, I get this: Code:
make -C /lib/modules/2.4.29/build SUBDIRS=/usr/local/ipw2200-1.0.0 BUILD_DIR=/usr/local/ipw2200-1.0.0 modules |
You must have the kernel source, and it must be configured. I suspect you're missing the source, or "make config/menuconfig/oldconfig" hasn't yet been run on it.
Check in /usr/src/<kernel version> You can run make oldconfig in that directory, and the stock kernel should be configured with pat's settings. Should be fine to allow ipw2200 to compile. --Shade |
I hadn't touched the kernel. Is the source included on a default slackware install?
I ran "make oldconfig" and got the same error with ip2200. |
Ok. I upgrade to kernel 2.6. Now I can make and make install.
After I did that, I extracted the firmware to /lib/firmware Now what do I do? How do I start using the wireless? |
It's in the README...
but do Code:
modprobe ipw2200 Then do Code:
dhcpcd <whatever the interface was> --Shade |
Thanks.
It's eth0 How do I alternate between my wired/wireless connection? |
You rmmod ipw2200 and modprobe whatever driver is for the real ethernet. Then you give your ethernet device an IP and DNS servers to resolve names to.
dhcpcd eth0 again should do it, as long as eth0 has become your ethernet card. --Shade |
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