[CLUG] intel 2200 wireless on Mandrake 10.1

[justin flavin]

got it working. posted the details to my blog - http://linuxnotes.blogspot.com

turns out that the Intel firmware isnt in the download edition - it's
in the PowerPack pay version (silly software patent issues -
aargh....)

here's my notes on how i got it working:

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1. Fresh 10.1 Official install
Set /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and ifcfg-eth1 ONBOOT=no

This will prevent eth0 and eth1 confusion if you have eth0 network
card set to run off your work ethernet and eth1 to run off wireless at
home.

note: su root when doing console level stuff.

2. Install kernel source via urpmi ( doing uname -r will tell you what
mandrake kernel you are using.)

3. Download Buchan Milne ipw2200 dkms rpm
http://plf.zarb.org/~bgmilne/dkms/ipw2200-dkms-0.15-1mdk.noarch.rpm

4. Download latest firmware from
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
Select 0.17 current firmware - download the gzipped tar file

tar -xvzf firmware file.

6. copy firmware files ( they end in .fw) to /lib/hotplug/firmware
(create firmware dir if it doesnt exist) and /etc/firmware (read
somewhere that this can solve some problems)

7. now urpmi ipw2200-dkms-0.15-1mdk.noarch.rpm
Buchan Milnes ipw2200 package will install and do a bunch of perl stuff.

8. Go to Mandrake Control Center - Services - check that hotplug is
set to start at boot - turn it on as well.

9 Reboot.

10. ifup eth1
11. Browse - you are now wireless.

NOTE: your own DHCP, static, gateway etc settings need to be set in ifcfg-eth1
If you dont want to use DHCP, /etc/resolv.conf is where you put your
DNS server settings.

Here's my ifcfg-eth1 (home, wireless)
DEVICE=eth1
BOOTPROTO=static
IPADDR=192.168.1.46
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
ONBOOT=no
HWADDR=00:0e:35:7a:16:19
METRIC=10
MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=no
WIRELESS_MODE=Managed
WIRELESS_ESSID=any

UPSHOT is this is all you need to get an Intel 2200 working:
1. buchan milne rpm 2. kernel source 3. firmware 4. hotplug enabled
5.dkms enabled.

(dkms and hotplug are enabled as default in fresh mandrake 10.1
install - just saying this in case you have switched them off)