Intel Pro Wireless BG 2200 11.0 issues

wdmeadows · #1 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 11:21

I upgraded a openSUSE 10.3 on my laptop with a Intel Pro Wireless BG 2200 built-in card (Gateway M460) and it worked sometime but was mostly broken (as compared to oS 10.3) so I installed a clean network install (KDE 3.5.x) and now the wireless does not work at all...
Help!
TIA
David

ghostwind · #2 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 13:05

what kernel version are you using? have you tried to compile the wireless drivers yourself?

wdmeadows · #3 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 18:32

no, I have not. The only driver I can find is a generic one from Intel. Does openSUSE 11 not build the kernal correctly as it did in 10.3. ?

supertimorplusfort · #4 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 19:04

for me It worked out of the box with openSUSE 11 and KDE 3.5. Do you see the interface with "ifconfig"? If not check, if you have ipw-firmware installed by typing "zypper info ipw-firmware" or look for it in Yast. Then, if your lsmod looks like mine try "iwlist scan" as root. Maybe there you find some networks. Here it is:

Code:

 lsmod | grep ipw
ipw2200               158792  0
ieee80211              48456  1 ipw2200
firmware_class         25984  3 microcode,pcmcia,ipw2200

I hope my late-night post helped a little and you don't find it too bad...

wdmeadows · #5 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 19:22

using zypper info command. I find that ipw-firmware is not installed. I will try to install it in yast.

wdmeadows · #6 (**permalink**) 30-Jun-2008, 19:43

just installed ipw rebooted, can see networks but when trying to connect KNetwork crashed...

wdmeadows · #7 (**permalink**) 05-Jul-2008, 12:50

does anyone have a step by step process to delete/ reinstall/ and reconfig this wireless card in openSUSE 11?
tia

Loki657 · #8 (**permalink**) 13-Oct-2009, 11:08

Quote:

Originally Posted by supertimorplusfort

for me It worked out of the box with openSUSE 11 and KDE 3.5. Do you see the interface with "ifconfig"? If not check, if you have ipw-firmware installed by typing "zypper info ipw-firmware" or look for it in Yast. Then, if your lsmod looks like mine try "iwlist scan" as root. Maybe there you find some networks. Here it is:

Code:

 lsmod | grep ipw
ipw2200               158792  0
ieee80211              48456  1 ipw2200
firmware_class         25984  3 microcode,pcmcia,ipw2200

I hope my late-night post helped a little and you don't find it too bad...

Very sorry for bringing this very old thread back to life, but just wanted to say that on a Compaq nc6220, running OpenSUSE 11.2 milestone 8, I had to do a

Code:

zypper install ipw-firmware

for wifi to work! Thanks for the tip, saved my day!

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