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Intel PRO/Wireless 2100, 2200 and 2915 devices

This page describes how to enable support for WiFi devices based on Intel 2100, 2200 and 2915 chipsets on Debian systems.

Drivers

• ipw2100 (supported devices)

  • Supports the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b chipset.
  • Introduced in Linux 2.6.14.

• ipw2200 (supported devices)

  • Supports Intel PRO/Wireless 2200 802.11bg and 2915 802.11a/bg chipsets.
  • Introduced in Linux 2.6.15.

Non-free firmware is required for both drivers, which can be provided by installing the firmware-ipw2x00 package.

Installation via Debian Installer

Both drivers are included for use by the Debian installation program (Debian Installer) and are also within the installed kernel image.

Debian Installer may prompt for the required firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw or ipw2200-bss.fw). You will have to download, extract and provide the firmware, as explained in section 6.4 of the Installation Guide.

This is also available in the nonfree-firmware tarball which is built regularly on cdimage.debian.org. Supply this blob on a CD/floppy/USB drive etc. and Debian Installer will do the right thing. -- SteveMcIntyre

Installation on Established Systems

The ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers are included in the Linux kernel since version 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 respectively. They are included as modules in Debian kernel images.

Firmware is required for device operation.

1. Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list for your Debian version, for example:

   # Debian 11 "Bullseye"
   deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bullseye main contrib non-free

2. Update the list of available packages and install the firmware-ipw2x00 package:

   # apt-get update
   # apt-get install firmware-ipw2x00 

   You are required to accept the license agreement before the firmware is installed to your system.

3. As the driver may already be loaded, reinsert the relevant driver module to access installed firmware:

   # modprobe -r ipw2100 ; modprobe ipw2100

   or

   # modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200

4. Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.

Troubleshooting

• Examine the kernel ring buffer (dmesg(1)) to verify required firmware files are being loaded by the driver. If requested firmware is not available, no wireless interface will be created.

  • Ensure the firmware-ipw2x00 package is installed, then reinsert the relevant driver module as described above.

  • ipw2200: If you receive a "Failed to send TX_POWER: Command timed out." message, add irqpoll to your kernel command line.

• LED control (ipw2200): If the LED does not switch on automatically:

  • echo options ipw2200 led=1 >> /etc/modprobe.d/ipw2200.conf && modprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200

Supported Devices

The page HowToIdentifyADevice/PCI explains how to identify a PCI device.

ipw2100

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo ipw2100 in Debian 3.16 (3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1) kernel images.

• PCI: 8086:1043 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter

ipw2200

The following list is based on the alias fields of modinfo ipw2200 in Debian 3.16 (3.16.7-ckt9-3~deb8u1) kernel images.

• PCI: 8086:1043 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter
  PCI: 8086:104F Intel Corporation (Device name unknown)
  PCI: 8086:4220 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection
  PCI: 8086:4221 Intel Corporation (Device name unknown)
  PCI: 8086:4223 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection
  PCI: 8086:4224 Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG [Calexico2] Network Connection

See Also

• iwlegacy - Intel PRO/Wireless 3945 and WiFi Link 4965 devices

• iwlwifi - Intel Wireless WiFi Link, Wireless-N, Advanced-N, Ultimate-N devices

• How to use a WiFi interface

External Links

• http://ipw2100.sf.net/ - ipw2100 driver homepage

• http://ipw2200.sf.net/ - ipw2200 driver homepage

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