I had a similar experience with the ipw2200. It works well (in testing) as long as you are willing to compile a custom kernel and move (or delete if you like to live dangerously) the module directory when you recompile.
MS On 3/16/06, Bill Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 16 Mar 2006 10:40:11 +1100 > Paul Dwerryhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2006 at 03:20:23PM -0800, Bill Thompson wrote: > > > I have tried the built-in kernel modules and the source packages for > > > ieee80211-modules v.1.1.6-2 and ipw2100-modules v.1.1.3A. > > > Has anyone been able to get WEP working with the Debian packaged > > > ipw2100 driver? > > > > Yep, it works fine for me; it accepts the exact command that you > > specific without any errors: > > For the archives, I found where my problem was. An earlier version of > the 2.6.15 kernel package had a problem with the ieee80211-module that > prevented WEP use. As newer versions of the linux-image package were > installed I forgot to move the module directory. Although I was running > linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 v.2.6.15-8, the module directory I was using > was from linux-image-2.6.15-1-686 v.2.6.15-2. Once I moved the module > directory and reinstalled the kernal package WEP began working fine. > > The moral of the story is to ALWAYS move your module directory before > upgrading the kernel. > > -- > Bill Thompson > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
