> Dell Inspiron 6000 wireless network card
I've the same laptop, may be i can help.
The first time i've boot p:d, i've no wireless connection. I did this to fix
it, I think it will be fine for you too.
1. edit /etc/network/interfaces
I've a standard Linksys router, so i added this line "wireless-essid lynksys"
to find the network
2. install the ipw220 firmware
$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto eth0
iface eth1 inet dhcp
wireless-essid lynksys
ifup eth1
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$ iwconfig
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lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
eth1 IEEE 802.11g ESSID:"linksys"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.462 GHz Access Point: 00:12:17:07:C8:F9
Bit Rate:54 Mb/s Tx-Power=20 dBm Sensitivity=8/0
Retry limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=73/100 Signal level=-55 dBm Noise level=-87 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:13
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$ dmesg | grep -i wireless
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[ 15.615630] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver,
1.2.2kmprq
[ 15.635731] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
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$ lspci | grep -i wireless
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03:03.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2]
Network Connection (rev 05)
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Download the firmware : http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
A useful website (in french) to find drivers : http://kmuto.jp/debian/hcl/
Decompress the archive of the firmware
Move all files.fw "*.fw" to /usr/lib/hotplug/firmware.
Reboot the computer
$ iwconfig (see if it's ok now)
$ knetworkmanager (i don't remember if it was useful ...)
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Jérôme Abel
http://abel.jerome.free.fr
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