On Thu, Nov 23, 2006 at 08:57:26PM -0700, Kevin Kempter wrote: > On Thursday 23 November 2006 18:58, Matthew Saltzman wrote: > > On Thu, 23 Nov 2006, Erik Hemdal wrote: > > >> On 23/11/06, Cecilia Lunardini <cecilialunardini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >>> So, my question is: is there a step by step, guide on how to > > >>> set up the wireless? It has to be very detailed, because I am > > >>> an absolute beginner and even the most obvious aspects of > > >>> Linux are not obvious to me. > > >> Try this guide (for Fedora Core 6) and see if you can follow it > > >> through (I think the only missing element from a Fedora > > >> installation to get Centrino wireless working is the Intel > > >> firmware that needs to be downloaded): > > >> > > >> http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml > > >> > > > The Clemson instructions are very good and step by step. Take a > > > few minutes to read over all of it to get an idea of what you're > > > in for, because it's very detailed. There are several steps you > > > need to do before you can simply check for the detection of the > > > card. > This worked for me. > > 1) download the v3.0-9 firmware from > http://atrpms.net/dist/common/ipw2200-firmware/ > > 2) download the driver (ipw2200-1.2.0-45.fc6.at.i386.rpm ) and the appropriate > kernel module (such as > ipw2200-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2849.fc6-1.2.0-45.fc6.at.i686.rpm ) from here: > http://atrpms.net/dist/fc6/ipw2200/ > > 3) run "yum install ieee80211-kmdl-2.6.18-1.2239.fc5-1.2.15-14.fc5.at" as root > to satisfy dependancies before you install the rpm's (or try and install the > RMP's and yum the module it gripes about) > > 4) install the rpm's you downloaded in steps 1 & 2 Hi, steps 1)-4) can be simply abbreviated with yum install ipw2200 if you have ATrpms activated as a repo. > 5) reboot, then go to Administration --> network (or the gnome equivelant) and > create a new wireless device. Your ipw2200 centrino device should now show > up. > Hope this helps... > -- Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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