[ltp] wireless with ipw2100

[Dmitry S. Makovey]

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On December 29, 2004 10:12 pm, Allen Knutson wrote:
> > I've got a problem trying to bring up wireless on my x31 using
> > ipw2100 driver.  I followed every step from
> > http://dev.gentoo.org/~brix/papers/X31/X31.html and in the end
> > iwconfig shows no wireless card.
>
> I know this sounds like tech support 101, but are you sure you have
> such a card at all?=20

Actually, as embarassing as it sounds it turned out that I had no ipw2100 c=
ard=20
in my laptop instead I've got:

Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5212 802.11abg NIC (rev 01)

which I figured out after trying all imaginary ways to make it work as=20
ipw2100. Now as I figured out the culprit everything is fine and I'm sendin=
g=20
this email wirelessly :) even though madwifi is on it's early stages=20
everything went smoothly so I'm happy now and sorry for the "dummy noise".=
=20
Hope it'll help somebody else in the future :)=20

=2D-=20
Dmitry Makovey
Web Systems Administrator
Athabasca University
http://www.makovey.net

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