[ltp] t43 ipw2200 wireless
Alejandro Bonilla
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 3 Oct 2005 11:16:19 -0400
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On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:04:52 +0200, 20100 p wrote
> Hello,
>
> On 9/27/05, Domas Monkus <domas.m@gmail.com> wrote:
Hi,
> I've installed Arch linux (www.archlinux.org) on my T43. Now I'm
> strugling to get wireless working. Under Windows XP it works fine. But
> when I load the driver under linux, it does not, even though I get no
> errors in the logs. Running iwconfig after loading the module returns
> that no wireless interfaces are found. What is more, the wireless led is
> off and it seems the adapter could just be turned off, however I've been
> unable to find a way to turn it on. I have downloaded the latest
> firmware (2.4) and, as I have already mentioned, it returns no errors.
>
> As for my case, which looks like yours, I managed to have the ipw2200 module and the wifi card working, by doing a :
> suro rmmod ipw2200 && sudo modprobe ipw2200
> And then everything is alright.
> I now have to find why the module is loaded at boot time but not working...
> Hope this helps,
> Vincent
Firmware 2.4 is for IPW2200-1.0.7 which is not the version you have. ( I bet) Please download firmware 2.3 with ieee80211 1.0.3 and ipw2200-1.0.6.
modprobe -r ipw2200 ; dmesg -c > /dev/null ; modprobe ipw2200 ; dmesg
it most likely show an -2 error right now.
.Alejandro
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<font size=3D"2"><b>On Mon, 3 Oct 2005 10:04:52 +0200, 20100 p wrote</b>
<br />> Hello,
<br />>=20
<br />> <span class=3D"gmail_quote">On 9/27/05, <b class=3D"gmail_sender=
name">Domas Monkus</b> <<a href=3D"mailto:domas.m@gmail.com">domas.m@gma=
il.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"PADD=
ING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px=
solid">
<p>Hi,
<br />> I've installed Arch linux (<a href=3D"http://www.archlinux.org/"=
>www.archlinux.org</a>) on my T43. Now I'm
<br />> strugling to get wireless working. Under Windows XP it works fin=
e. But
<br />> when I load the driver under linux, it does not, even though I g=
et no=20
<br />> errors in the logs. Running iwconfig after loading the module re=
turns
<br />> that no wireless interfaces are found. What is more, the wireles=
s led is
<br />> off and it seems the adapter could just be turned off, however I=
've been=20
<br />> unable to find a way to turn it on. I have downloaded the latest
<br />> firmware (2.4) and, as I have already mentioned, it returns no e=
rrors.
<br />> </p>
</blockquote>
<p>
<br />> As for my case, which looks like yours, I managed to have the ip=
w2200 module and the wifi card working, by doing a :
<br />> suro rmmod ipw2200 && sudo modprobe ipw2200
<br />> And then everything is alright.
<br />> I now have to find why the module is loaded at boot time but not=
working...
<br />> Hope this helps,
<br />> Vincent
<br />
<br />
<br />Firmware 2.4 is for IPW2200-1.0.7 which is not the version you have. =
( I bet) Please download firmware 2.3 with ieee80211 1.0.3 and ipw2200-1.0.=
6.</p>
<p>modprobe -r ipw2200 ; dmesg -c > /dev/null ; modprobe ipw2200 ; dmesg=
</p>
<p>it most likely show an -2 error right now.</p>
<p />
<p>.Alejandro</p>
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