Intel Pro Wireless 2200 - Internet configurationForum: Networking Topic: Intel Pro Wireless 2200 - Internet configuration started by: trash1_1970 Posted by trash1_1970 on Feb. 18 2007,17:59
Hi,I'm trying to set up my internet connection on my vaio TX1XP. I have got a ipw2200 wireless card but I can't figure out how to make it work under DSL 3.2. I've been trying to use Prism2 to set it up but it doesn't work. It says "connection failed". Could you tell me what I'm doing wrong? I've spent my day going through the forum but I have not found my answer yet... Thank you for your help, I'm really looking forward to get rif of windows!! Eric Posted by WDef on Feb. 22 2007,22:07
You can't make it work with dsl3.2 at present, except perhaps theoretically with ndiswrapper though I've had no luck with that. Use dsl-2.1b (from the archives) instead which uses a 2.4.31 kernel and install the ipw2200 extension in the repo. Check the info file for instructions. Posted by sml on Mar. 02 2007,04:23
www.damnsmalllinux.org/dsl-n/f/viewtopic.php?t=150&highlight=ipw2200Not resolved after 6 months or more therefore try another distro. Posted by JPsDad on Jan. 10 2008,04:00
I have downloaded loaded v.2.1, with kernel 2.4.31. burned to cd and booted from it. I found instructions that walked me thru(about 5 steps) installing the ipw2200 mydsl and connecting to my wep router. It worked. After a reboot, modprobe ipw2200 returns module not found. I can 't find the instructions for Dummys . Posted by WDef on Jan. 10 2008,15:38
Hi JPsDad,1. Since my post in Feb 2007, dsl v4+ has been released, which uses the 2.4.31 kernel. So you don't have to use dsl2.1b anymore if you don't want to in order to use the ipw2200 extension, you can update to dsl4+ and get the benefit of drag and drop and many other improvements that Robert has implemented. 2. Extension installs don't normally persist between boots when running from livecd. You need to load the extension again everytime you boot, and configure your wireless again. If manually loading extensions every boot is tedious for you, you can put your favourite extensions on a vfat or linux partition (say hda2), and use the mydsl=hda2 boot option - those extensions will get loaded automatically during boot. [EDIT: Try reading the "Getting Started" page when dsl first boots!] I run a little script as root to make starting my ipw2200 easy, which is basically a tidied-up combination of the 2 scripts referred to in the ipw2200 extension info file. It looks like this:
I guess you've worked out that the key for the above needs to be in hex. If entering an ascii key, try putting s: before the key string. If that doesn't work, you can convert an ascii key to hex using on e of the overabundance ;=) of conversion scripts I posted here: < http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=19098 > Posted by myotisman on Jan. 16 2008,02:27
Hi guys I hope I'm posting this in the right area. I have a new Gateway laptop model ML6714 which I believe has integrated wireless. Does DSL support integrated wireless? I installed the latest DSL to CD and then used the Pendrive build option. I booted DSL from my Pendrive but obviously I need to do something extra to get wifi to work. Can you recommend a procedure to find out what I should do to get this working? When I boot up under windows it found my wireless connection instantly on the first try. Even if it takes a few steps with DSL I'd like to give it a whirl. Thank you so much...
Posted by Juanito on Jan. 16 2008,03:30
I think the first step is to find out exactly what device your integrated device is - could you post the results of lspci (if it is a pci device) or lsusb (if it is a usb device). This will help figure out if the device is natively supported or not.
Posted by WDef on Jan. 16 2008,11:37
Or if that's hard to follow, just do (in the first instance):right click on dekstop -> System ->System Stats and click on the "pci" tab. Read through the goobledegook and look for something that mentions wireless or similiar and post that line here. |