Thinkpad T42 wireless card dosen't work under FC4

[Michael Brandt]

On my T42 the wireless works perfectly. You don't have to compile and
install the ipw2200 driver since it is included.

I just put the firmware in /lib/firmware and it works.

See http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/klee/nix/thinkpad-t42/#wireless

2005/9/8, Linuxer Wang <linuxerwang at gmail.com>:
> Hi, all
> 
> I am using FC4 on a Thinkpad T42. I download the ieee80211 and
> ipw2200, compile and install succeed. I also put the firmwire to
> /lib/firmware. And after reboot the system I load the driver with
> "./load" in ipw2200 src directory, it seems successful, here is the
> dmesg output:
> 
> ieee80211_crypt: unregistered algorithm 'NULL' (deinit)
> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
> ieee80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP'
> ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, 1.0.3
> ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno at linux.intel.com>
> ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.6
> ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
> 
> But I noticed there is no messages for loading the ipw2200 firmware
> and there's no device eth1, so I can't use the wireless. The command
> "iwlist scan" list no device eth1, only a LAN device eth0 which can
> work well with a normal LAN network.
> 
> Can anyone tell me what's the problem/
> 
> Thank you very much,
> Yours,
> 
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