ipw2200 problems

Ryuga Akikawa · 08-20-2006, 10:35 PM

I can't seem to get my ipw2200bg wireless card working on my laptop. I have followed the directions on slackersbible.org but cannot seem to get it working at all, is there anyone who could help me get this to work? Any help will be greatly appreciated

slackhack · 08-20-2006, 11:04 PM

is there an INSTALL file in the driver directory? that's what i used for ipw2100 and it worked perfectly. actually, i didn't even install any intel drivers, i just followed the instructions in INSTALL for setting up the right kernel options, and then i built and used the linux ipw2100 kernel modules and supporting drivers (ieee80211, etc.). firmware location for slack 10.2 appears to be /lib/firmware, as noted on the slackerbible site, not /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware. this is kernel 2.6.16.18, so i don't know if later versions have ipw2200 support yet. if not, just follow the instructions all the way through to install the intel drivers and you should be good to go.

Ryuga Akikawa · 08-21-2006, 01:44 AM

I have tried that but now when I try to install ieee80211 no matter where I put the header files ipw2200 make includes the same error that the ieee80211 header files are not in a certain directory and I have tried everything I know to get it there and nothing is helping

Alien Bob · 08-21-2006, 02:18 AM

Any recent 2.6 kernel includes the ipw2200 module already.
Yesterday I installed Slackware-current with it's included 2.6.16.27 kernel (in the /extra directory) and all I had to do was download the ipw2200 firmware and dump it into /lib/firmware to make my wireless card work.

Trying this with a 2.4 kernel is not really worth the trouble IMO.

Eric

Ryuga Akikawa · 08-21-2006, 03:09 AM

Hmm, now that I think about it the ipw2200 pages and other sites say that those modules are outdated and there is no support for it

aspartat · 08-22-2006, 01:11 PM

I use the driver which is comming with the kernel-sources (linux-2.6.17.8) configure ipw2200 and eee-stack whatever the name was as module and download the newest firmware from the ipw2200/side. I think it was 3.0. I then use wpa to get all this working.
I am currently at work, but later I can post here my config/files for that (if you need them)

regards aspartat

Tino27 · 08-22-2006, 11:37 PM

You only need the wpa_supplicant if you need to connect to an access point that requires WPA or one of the newer authentication technologies (such as a RADIUS server). I had little success using the drivers from the IPW2200 site, but I got everything to work correctly by building the drivers for the IPW2200 (2915) driver and the IEEE802.11 stack into my kernel (not as modules). Then install the firmware into /lib/firmware. I do use the wpa_supplicant at work because the access point authenticates clients by using a RADIUS server. At home, I don't have to use it.

aspartat · 08-23-2006, 07:45 AM

Did you use the wireless.conf for the configuration?
I wrote the whole config-stuff in my rc.local, but I find this a bit ugly. So maybe you can post your config-file(s). Another thing I am interested in is how you manage your different wireless-accounts under slackware!?

regards aspartat

Tino27 · 08-23-2006, 10:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by aspartat

Did you use the wireless.conf for the configuration?
I wrote the whole config-stuff in my rc.local, but I find this a bit ugly. So maybe you can post your config-file(s). Another thing I am interested in is how you manage your different wireless-accounts under slackware!?

regards aspartat

I didn't use rc.local because on any given day I might be connecting to 2 or 3 different wireless access points. What I did do is create a folder in my home directory that holds various executable bash scripts that I can call when I first boot up the laptop.

For instance, I have one to connect to my local Panera bread shop called panera_eth0_up and it's contents look like this:

Code:

#!/bin/sh

# Log onto the AP
rm /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.pid
iwconfig eth0 mode Managed
iwconfig eth0 essid panera
iwconfig eth0 channel 11
dhcpcd eth0

I just create one of these "profiles" for every connection point I come across.

Ryuga Akikawa · 08-23-2006, 04:54 PM

Thanks everyone I finally got wireless to work you have all been a great help