ipw2200 - Debian Wiki

This page explains how to configure and use Intel's ipw2200 and ipw2915 wireless Network adapter.

Following instructions were tested and are working

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 ipw2200 wireless card

We need to download firmware from: http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=7

wget http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?i_agree_to_the_license=yes&f=ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz

Untar it

tar xzvf ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz -C /lib/firmware
mv /lib/firware/ipw2200-fw-3.0/* /lib/firmware
rmdir /lib/firmware/ipw2200-fw-3.0

The firmware will be loaded when the system detects the card again.
Now lets install the kernel module for ipw2200.
Reboot, and your wireless card will show up.

Load ipw2200 module

Note: The relevant drivers are shipped with the linux image package in Etch and Lenny. As they are up to date there is no need of external ipw2200 module usage.

rmmod ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

then "ip a" should list your card (wlan0).

Using the wireless

Gnome: Right Click on Gnome Panel -> Add to panel -> Select Network Monitor -> Click Add. You will see a network status icon. Right click on it and configure your wireless Device. (network-manager-gnome)

KDE: Install network-manager-kde if its not installed already.

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-