On Friday 06 December 2013 14:50:45 Dan Ritter wrote: > 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.
Thanks, Dan. The way things are going, it probably will still be unsoved. :-( It Just Worked in Squeeze. :-( Lisi -- 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/201312061524.39412.lisi.re...@gmail.com
