On Mon 04 Jul 2016 at 17:58:58 +0100, Lisi Reisz wrote: > On Monday 04 July 2016 17:21:29 deloptes wrote: > > > > I've been using the ipw2200 for few years on one siemens-fujitsu notebook > > with out issues. There was first debian and then ubuntu on it. Strange that > > you can not suddenly connect. > > If the card has died it would explain it!! n It has been running fine for > years, but things do, sadly, die.
True. > > Perhaps you can try with a live ubuntu just to see if it works > > Trying now - will send this now and report back again in a while after I have > loaded something as heavy as Ubuntu-anything onto such an old laptop!!! A featherweight five minute test could be run with a netinst image. No need to go beyond configuring the network stage. Unlike a full install netcfg is used. If the wireless card is not detected you have a very big problem. But why shouldn't it be? iwconfig managed it after all! If it doesn't get configured and connected the problem becomes tractable.
