CentOS - Aug 2007 - ipw220 wireless firmware for CentOS 5

OK, I've downloaded and unzipped the firmware files in
ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz - so I have 4 files: ipw2200-bss.fw, ipw2200-ibss.fw,
ipw2200-sniffer.fw and LICENSE.ipw2200-fw, all of which I've placed in
the /lib/firmware directory. Unfortunately, the instructions in
README.ipw2200 and INSTALL are not clear as to what to do next. I'm
using CentOS 5 on my (Dell) laptop so setting-up wireless networking should
be
reasonably straightforward - shouldn't it? Any help much appreciated -
I'm a real linux fan, but it grieves me to say that, in this case,
"wireless works much
better in Windows XP!"

Andy


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On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 05:33 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> OK, I've downloaded and unzipped the firmware files in
> ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz - so I have 4 files: ipw2200-bss.fw, ipw2200-ibss.fw,
> ipw2200-sniffer.fw and LICENSE.ipw2200-fw, all of which I've placed in
> the /lib/firmware directory. Unfortunately, the instructions in
> README.ipw2200 and INSTALL are not clear as to what to do next. I'm
> using CentOS 5 on my (Dell) laptop so setting-up wireless networking should
> be
> reasonably straightforward - shouldn't it? Any help much appreciated -
> I'm a real linux fan, but it grieves me to say that, in this case,
> "wireless works much
> better in Windows XP!"
Use the ipw2200-firmware rpm from the RPMForge repo (see
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories)  .... Then you'll be able to
use/configure the ipw2200 device . You can use for example
NetworkManager to automatically configure your network if you have a
laptop ...

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Thanks Fabian,
There seem to be a number of different ways of installing the ipw2200
firmware and as I've said already I've tried puttting the .fw files into
the firmware directory - why doesn't this work? What is actually the
best/recommended way of installing the firmware in CentOS 5 please? - not
too complicated please as I'm a linux enthusiast but not a great expert!

Andy

Original Message:
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From: Fabian Arrotin fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2007 12:57:28 +0200
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] ipw220 wireless firmware for CentOS 5


On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 05:33 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> OK, I've downloaded and unzipped the firmware files in
> ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz - so I have 4 files: ipw2200-bss.fw, ipw2200-ibss.fw,
> ipw2200-sniffer.fw and LICENSE.ipw2200-fw, all of which I've placed in
> the /lib/firmware directory. Unfortunately, the instructions in
> README.ipw2200 and INSTALL are not clear as to what to do next. I'm
> using CentOS 5 on my (Dell) laptop so setting-up wireless networking
should
> be
> reasonably straightforward - shouldn't it? Any help much appreciated -
> I'm a real linux fan, but it grieves me to say that, in this case,
> "wireless works much
> better in Windows XP!"
Use the ipw2200-firmware rpm from the RPMForge repo (see
http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories)  .... Then you'll be able to
use/configure the ipw2200 device . You can use for example
NetworkManager to automatically configure your network if you have a
laptop ...

-- 
Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net>
Solution ? 
echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlbxq' | dc


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Thanks Phil,
I think I'll use RPMforge - the only thing is, I'm a bit confused about
how
I should install the rpm. Do I use yum - I think I have to modify something
to get yum to access the right repository don't I? Or do I just download
the appropriate rpm from RPMforge and install using rpm on the command
line? Also, do I need to install anything else (module dependencies?) or
will yum or rpm take care of that?

Andy


Original Message:
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From: Phil Schaffner Philip.R.Schaffner at NASA.gov
Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:50:57 -0400
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] ipw220 wireless firmware for CentOS 5


On Tue, 2007-08-07 at 07:20 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net
wrote:
> Thanks Fabian,
> There seem to be a number of different ways of installing the ipw2200
> firmware and as I've said already I've tried puttting the .fw files
into
> the firmware directory - why doesn't this work? What is actually the
> best/recommended way of installing the firmware in CentOS 5 please? - not
> too complicated please as I'm a linux enthusiast but not a great
expert!
I have successfully used both the RPMforge and ATrpms packages for
IPW2200 on my laptop.  If you are using packages from either repo
already, sticking with that one is probably the best bet.  If using both
or neither, depends on whether you want to go with Axel's (ATrpms) kmdl
approach (may have to wait for him to build new packages after a new
kernel arrives) or with Dag's (RPMforge) dkms approach (rebuilds kernel
modules on-the-fly - requires development environment to be present).

Either is likely to be less complicated than trying to use the tarball,
and both have the advantage of having the package manager handle updates
to new firmware or drivers.

Phil


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Thanks Akemi,
How exactly do I get yum to access the RPMForge repository though?

Andy

Original Message:
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From: Akemi Yagi amyagi at gmail.com
Date: Wed, 8 Aug 2007 07:33:46 -0700
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] ipw220 wireless firmware for CentOS 5


On 8/8/07, andy.allen at virgin.net <andy.allen at virgin.net>
wrote:
> Thanks Phil,
> I think I'll use RPMforge - the only thing is, I'm a bit confused
about
how
> I should install the rpm. Do I use yum - I think I have to modify
something
> to get yum to access the right repository don't I? Or do I just
download
> the appropriate rpm from RPMforge and install using rpm on the command
> line? Also, do I need to install anything else (module dependencies?) or
> will yum or rpm take care of that?
>
> Andy
Always use yum because it takes care of dependency. See

http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories

for setting up 3rd party repos. For rpmforge

http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge

Akemi
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Thanks Steve,
It's been a struggle, but I think I'm getting the picture now!

Andy

Original Message:
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From: Steve Huff shuff at vecna.org
Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2007 12:38:41 -0400
To: centos at centos.org
Subject: Re: [CentOS] ipw220 wireless firmware for CentOS 5



On Aug 9, 2007, at 12:29 PM, andy.allen at virgin.net wrote:
> Thanks Akemi,
> How exactly do I get yum to access the RPMForge repository though?
Akemi already answered this question.  did you read the second wiki  
link?
> Always use yum because it takes care of dependency. See
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories
>
> for setting up 3rd party repos. For rpmforge
>
> http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories/RPMForge
-steve

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