Installation on Established Systems
The ipw2100 and ipw2200 drivers are included in the mainline Linux kernel since 2.6.14 and 2.6.15 respectively. They are included as modules in Debian kernel images.
Firmware is required to be installed prior to driver operation.
Lenny, Squeeze
- Add a "non-free" component to /etc/apt/sources.list for your Debian version, for example:
# Debian Lenny/5.0 deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian lenny main contrib non-free
or# Debian Squeeze (testing) deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian squeeze main contrib non-free
aptitude update aptitude install firmware-ipw2x00 wireless-tools
- As the driver may already be loaded, reinsert the relevant driver module to access installed firmware:
modprobe -r ipw2100 ; modprobe ipw2100
ormodprobe -r ipw2200 ; modprobe ipw2200
- Verify your device has an available interface:
iwconfig
- Raise the interface to activate the radio, for example:
ifconfig eth1 up
- Configure your wireless interface as appropriate.
Hacer todos esos pasos y deberia funcionar sin problemas.