On Thu, Mar 23, 2006 at 07:11:12PM +0100, Noèl Köthe wrote: > The monitor mode doesn't need newer firmware. Its available since 2.2 > firmware: ipw-2.4-sniffer.fw > > "May 17 2005 Changes in 1.0.4 > ... > -Updated the firmware requirement from 2.2 to 2.3 which supports monitor > mode. > ..."
yes but buggy in 2.4 http://www.google.com/search?q=ipw2200%3A+Firmware+error+detected.+Restarting.&sourceid=mozilla&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 > So the ipw220 v 1.0.8 in the kernel is enough. no do a better research. > Ah, I looked into patch-2.6.16-git6 and the Kconfig addition is there. indeed and with a better firmware loading implementation. regards -- maks
