On Thu, Jul 20, 2006 at 08:30:21AM -0700, David Rieger
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I've been humbled by tying to config my wireless
(Intel Centrino Chip:
> PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter) - on a linux
distro (FC5) . So
> far I've d-loaded Intel IPW drivers yet am confused by
the Fedora
> documentation when compared to the Intel documentation.
>
> The Fedora documentation says to copy firmware files to
/lib/firmware and
> reboot. The Intel documentation involves make - install
etc. (something my
> current distro doesn't support - although I could
easily d-load gcc etc.).
> My question. Has someone on campus happen to have
experience with
> activating Centrino Chips on Linux distros?
>
> If they have tips, tricks or kludges - I'd be pretty
happy to hear about
> them. A summary will follow.
Without links to the documents to which you refer, it's
hard to say which one
is more right. It looks like Fedora (I don't know -- I
don't use fedora
or have access to a FC5 machine at the moment) ships the
driver, without the
firmware, and that all you need is to reboot. (At least
according to
ht
tp://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml, under
the June 12th entry)
The Intel documentation tells you how to install the
firmware and build the
driver and install it.
That being said, I've got an ipw2200 on my debian machine
(thinkpad x32).
I installed the driver from sourceforge, following those
directions , and
dropped in the firmware.
- Derek
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