hi

I have doenloaded and compiled ipw2100 modules, i have configured the kernel following the installations intructions, but when i type

#modprobe ipw2100

it seems works and there aren't errors, but if i take a look at dmesg output i can see:

hostap_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, 0.40
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
Detected ipw2100 PCI device at 0000:02:04.0, dev: eth1, mem: 0xD0206000-0xD0206FFF -> e08b9000, irq: 10
eth1: Using hotplug firmware load.
eth1: Firmware not available or load failed
eth1: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
eth1: Failed to power on the adapter.
eth1: Failed to start the firmware.
eth0: no IPv6 routers present
ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:04.0 failed with error -5


can you help me?

thank's a lot...

nik

I have had similar problems.

You will need to check to ensure you have the right firmware for the driver you are using which is hot plugged on driver initialisation. Versions 0.44 and 0.45 require new firmware - http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php. Also check on the build of your driver it is looking in the right place for the firmware. It looks from your error messages that the driver is looking in the wrong place.

I have a dual boot system, one using the older drivers and one using the newer drivers and I have noticed that sometimes I need to do a cold boot to change drivers despite the firmware being hot plugged. I can't be bothered to work out why.

ok thanks!