Wireless Fix for IPW 2200's on Laptops after upgrade to 2.6.17-1.2139

[wwp]

Hello Matthew,


On Fri, 30 Jun 2006 13:40:07 -0400 (EDT) Matthew Saltzman <mjs at ces.clemson.edu> wrote:

> On Fri, 30 Jun 2006, Ed Gurski wrote:
> 
> > My Intel Pro Wireless 2200BG required the latest firmware drivers to be
> > installed. (http://www.ces.clemson.edu/linux/fc2-ipw2200.shtml).
> >
> > Just follow the instructions, reboot and it will be working...
> >
> > Note: You may not see the wireless indicator lit, but as soon as you
> > connect through Network Manager, it will light-up...
> 
> Note that the initscripts update referred to on that page is still in 
> updates-testing, not yet in updates.  Hopefully that will change soon.

Is it safe to update the firmware package to ipw2200-firmware 3.0-2 even if
not yet using the latest kernel? Or should both be updated at the same time?

Here:
ipw2200-firmware-3.0-1.lvn5
kernel-2.6.16-1.2122_FC5 (customized)


Regards,

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wwp
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