Intel 2100 wireless firmware (ipw2100-1.3.fw) for Lenny installation
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From: Arthur Machlas on 19 Jan 2010 14:20 On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Mark <mamarcac(a)gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a > Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just > not the firmware). According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200(note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian installer should be able to > read the tarball file during the installation; I tried last night but the > installer needs the .fw file not the tar.gz file. Every link I've tried, > including this one http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is > either a tar.gz or .deb file. I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any > ideas or help out there? I suppose I can install the firmware after getting > Lenny installed by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since > the installer prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd > like to get it installed at that time. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > Mark > Actually, I've experienced problems with setting up wifi connnections after installing the firmware during the installation phase. You're much better off installing the firmware via aptitude after installing. Arthur
From: Marcelo Chiapparini on 19 Jan 2010 14:20 2010/1/19 Mark <mamarcac(a)gmail.com> > Hello, > > I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a > Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just > not the firmware). According to this page http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200(note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the Debian installer should be able to > read the tarball file during the installation; I tried last night but the > installer needs the .fw file not the tar.gz file. Every link I've tried, > including this one http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is > either a tar.gz or .deb file. I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any > ideas or help out there? I suppose I can install the firmware after getting > Lenny installed by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since > the installer prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd > like to get it installed at that time. > > Thanks in advance for any ideas. > > Mark > Hi Mark, try this link: http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php regards Marcelo
From: Marcelo Chiapparini on 19 Jan 2010 14:40 Hi Mark, In fact, I have the same problem as you in the past. And I received help from this list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/01/msg02130.html read this message, because it has important information about the installing of the firmware. It worked like a charm for me. regards Marcelo 2010/1/19 Mark <mamarcac(a)gmail.com> > Awesome, thanks Marcelo! > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:14 AM, Marcelo Chiapparini < > marcelo.chiappa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >> >> >> 2010/1/19 Mark <mamarcac(a)gmail.com> >> >> Hello, >>> >>> I am trying to install the firmware for an Intel ipw2100 wifi card on a >>> Dell Latitude D800 laptop (the driver is supported in the Lenny kernel, just >>> not the firmware). According to this page >>> http://wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 (note bold text by Steve McIntyre) the >>> Debian installer should be able to read the tarball file during the >>> installation; I tried last night but the installer needs the .fw file not >>> the tar.gz file. Every link I've tried, including this one >>> http://packages.debian.org/lenny/firmware-ipw2x00 is either a tar.gz or >>> .deb file. I can't seem to find a download for .fw...any ideas or help out >>> there? I suppose I can install the firmware after getting Lenny installed >>> by adding "contrib non-free" to /apt/sources.list, but since the installer >>> prompts for "ipw2100-1.3.fw" file during installation, I'd like to get it >>> installed at that time. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any ideas. >>> >>> Mark >>> >> >> Hi Mark, >> >> I downloaded the firmware from this link: >> >> http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php >> >> regards >> >> Marcelo >> >> > -- Marcelo Chiapparini http://sites.google.com/site/marcelochiapparini
From: Mark on 19 Jan 2010 16:10 >On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Marcelo Chiapparini < marcelo.chiappa(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >Hi Mark, > >In fact, I have the same problem as you in the past. And I received help > from this list: > >http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2008/01/msg02130.html > > > >read this message, because it has important information about the > installing of the firmware. It worked like a charm for me. > Thanks Marcelo, is it correct to assume the Debian Lenny installer places the .fw files in /lib/firmware when it prompts for it during installation? I downloaded the .fw files from your link and placed on the usb stick I install from, so I will try tonight and report back results. I know aptitude can handle it after installing but this intrigues me - the less work to do after installation, the better for me. >On Tue, Jan 19, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Marco Vaschetto < m.vaschetto(a)snservice.net> wrote: >Sorry, before I misunderstand you, >if you want extract the firmware from the *.deb file do you can use "dpkg-deb --extract name-package.deb /destination/folder" >of course if you have another machine whit Linux , if is possible extract the *.deb files under windows this I didn't know. >If you need some body can extract for you and send by attachment whit e-mail. Thank you Marco. I will attempt to use the .fw file downloaded by the link Marcelo provided; if for some reason that does not work I will use your suggestion. I have several Lenny computers at home available to extract the firmware per your suggestion. Mark
From: Mark on 19 Jan 2010 23:40
Well, I got the .fw file to load and the wireless device appears loaded but cannot connect to my WPA personal wireless network. I am running another Lenny laptop that connects fine, almost identical hardware except it has a Broadcom wireless NIC. All wireless networks are sniffed by the device, which means the driver and firmware are both functioning correctly, right? Here is my iwconfig and lspci -nn output, any ideas why it won't connect? debian-latd800:/home/mark# iwconfig lo no wireless extensions. eth0 no wireless extensions. eth2 unassociated ESSID:off/any Nickname:"ipw2100" Mode:Managed Channel=0 Access Point: Not-Associated Bit Rate:0 kb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off Encryption key:off Power Management:off Link Quality:0 Signal level:0 Noise level:0 Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0 Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0 debian-latd800:/home/mark# lspci -nn 00:00.0 Host bridge [0600]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to I/O Controller [8086:3340] (rev 03) 00:01.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82855PM Processor to AGP Controller [8086:3341] (rev 03) 00:1d.0 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #1 [8086:24c2] (rev 01) 00:1d.1 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #2 [8086:24c4] (rev 01) 00:1d.2 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) USB UHCI Controller #3 [8086:24c7] (rev 01) 00:1d.7 USB Controller [0c03]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-M) USB2 EHCI Controller [8086:24cd] (rev 01) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge [0604]: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge [8086:2448] (rev 81) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge [0601]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) LPC Interface Bridge [8086:24cc] (rev 01) 00:1f.1 IDE interface [0101]: Intel Corporation 82801DBM (ICH4-M) IDE Controller [8086:24ca] (rev 01) 00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller [0401]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Audio Controller [8086:24c5] (rev 01) 00:1f.6 Modem [0703]: Intel Corporation 82801DB/DBL/DBM (ICH4/ICH4-L/ICH4-M) AC'97 Modem Controller [8086:24c6] (rev 01) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: nVidia Corporation NV28 [GeForce4 Ti 4200 Go AGP 8x] [10de:0286] (rev a1) 02:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5705M Gigabit Ethernet [14e4:165d] (rev 01) 02:01.0 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI7510 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac47] (rev 01) 02:01.1 CardBus bridge [0607]: Texas Instruments PCI7510,7610 PC card Cardbus Controller [104c:ac4a] (rev 01) 02:01.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394) [0c00]: Texas Instruments PCI7410,7510,7610 OHCI-Lynx Controller [104c:802b] 02:01.3 System peripheral [0880]: Texas Instruments PCI7410,7510,7610 PCI Firmware Loading Function [104c:8204] 02:03.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter [8086:1043] (rev 04) Thanks! Mark |