Hi All- I am trying to learn how to setup wireless on one of my old Dell C610 laptops with an Intel IPW2200 wireless card using command line only. I have a fresh install of 7.0 Wheezy (3.0), all updated, and the ipw firmware loaded. According to the Debian Reference Manual I need to configure wpa_supplicant as a next step. When I try to invoke it I get a message saying the ipw driver isn't supported, although the man page for wpa_supplicant states that ipw _is_ supported...(for now I am running all these as root):
root@eve:~# wpa_supplicant -Dipw -c/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -ieth0 -d Initializing interface 'eth0' conf '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' driver 'ipw' ctrl_interface 'N/A' bridge 'N/A' Configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' -> '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' Reading configuration file '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf' ctrl_interface='DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=root' Priority group 0 id=0 ssid='gojo1985' Unsupported driver 'ipw'. Failed to add interface eth0 Cancelling scan request Cancelling authentication timeout Here's wpa_supplicant: root@eve:~# cat /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf ctrl_interface=DIR=/var/run/wpa_supplicant GROUP=root network={ ssid="gojo1985" scan_ssid=1 key_mgmt=WPA-PSK psk="secret_password" } Here's: root@eve:~# lsmod | grep ipw ipw2200 114371 0 libipw 26111 1 ipw2200 cfg80211 112970 2 ipw2200,libipw lib80211 12870 2 ipw2200,libipw So what's going on here? Am I missing a step or misunderstanding something? BTW, direct Ethernet connection works fine (uses eth1). Thanks, Keith -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/7dfe3d3a752103e70677e57e1bc3b27a.squir...@webmail.strucktower.com