ipw2200 - Debian Wiki

This page explains how to configure and use Intel's ipw2200 and ipw2915 (despite the module name) wireless Network adapter.

Installation

Installation takes three steps : install the ipw2200-module, then get the firmware from Intel, finally load the module.

Installing ipw2200 module

But first, let's make sure you have "contrib" in your /etc/apt/sources.conf : locate the line which looks like

#
#  /etc/apt/sources.list
#
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/     etch main
#
#  Security updates
#
deb http://security.eu.debian.org/ stable/updates  main contrib non-free

and add "contrib" on each line, after "etch main" (you can do it for deb-src lines too, if you want).

deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian/     etch main contrib

Now you can install the module.

 apt-get install ipw2200-modules-$(uname -r)

Getting the firmware

Next, you have to download the proprietary firmware from Intel (get the firmware v3.0) :

http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

mkdir /tmp/ipw
cd /tmp/ipw
wget -O ipw2200.tgz http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?i_agree_to_the_license=yes&f=ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz 
tar -xvf ipw2200.tgz
mv /tmp/ipw/ipw2200-fw-3.*/*ipw2200* /lib/firmware/

Load ipw2200 module

rmmod ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

then "ipconfig -a" should list your card (wlan0).

Using the wireless

You should install network-manager-gnome or network-manager-kde, which are convenient tools.

Device identification

Intel ipw2200

lspci -nn | grep "Wireless"
02:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection [8086:4220] (rev 05)

Intel ipw2915

lspci -nnv | awk '/.*Wireless.*/,/^$/'
0b:02.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection [8086:4224] (rev 05)
        Subsystem: Intel Corporation Unknown device 1011
        Control: I/O- Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Stepping- SERR+ FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 64 (750ns min, 6000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 66
        Region 0: Memory at b4001000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
        Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
                Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0+,D1-,D2-,D3hot+,D3cold+)
                Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=1 PME-