Frank> you need to unload and reload the module (rmmod iwl4965; Frank> modprobe iwl4965), in order to use the new firmware. (But that Frank> should not be needed, if you use Debian stable [Lenny]).
This gets even easier if ones hardware is supported by the stuff that ships with one of the available .debs ,----[ apt-cache search --names-only firmware | grep wireless ] | atmel-firmware - Firmware for Atmel at76c50x wireless networking chips. | firmware-ralink - Binary firmware for Ralink RT2561, RT2571, RT2661 and RT2671 wireless cards | libertas-firmware - Firmware for Marvell's 8388 (libertas) wireless chips | zd1211-firmware - Firmware images for the zd1211 and zd1211rw wireless drivers `---- http://sunoano.name/ws/public_xhtml/ggm.html#wifi_and_debian
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