On Fri, Dec 06, 2013 at 11:21:45AM +0000, Lisi Reisz wrote: > I am having trouble with a Wireless Controller Intel PRO/Wireless > 2200BG in a Dell Inspiron 9300 running a freshly installed Wheezy. > It is not successfully creating a wireless connection. lsmod reveals > that the module ipw2200 is there. > > I use an access list for wireless appliances on my router, and the > correct MAC code for the laptop in question is there. (I just > checked!) Ifconfig -a finds the card. > > I have googled, with a singular lack of success. I have installled a > backported kernel. Nada. Though, of course, with this card one > might expect an older kernel to be what is needed. Would it be a > good idea to find and install an _old_ kernel? > > I had this card working in Squeeze, without, so far as I can remember, > problems. >
I have this working in Wheezy on a machine that I can't get to right now; if the problem is still unsolved in about ten hours, I'll be able to look at it. As I recall, I didn't do much special for it. firmware-ipw2x00 is needed. -dsr- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20131206145045.gj4...@randomstring.org
