On Mon, 2007-08-06 at 05:33 -0400, andy.allen at virgin.net wrote: > OK, I've downloaded and unzipped the firmware files in > ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz - so I have 4 files: ipw2200-bss.fw, ipw2200-ibss.fw, > ipw2200-sniffer.fw and LICENSE.ipw2200-fw, all of which I've placed in > the /lib/firmware directory. Unfortunately, the instructions in > README.ipw2200 and INSTALL are not clear as to what to do next. I'm > using CentOS 5 on my (Dell) laptop so setting-up wireless networking should > be > reasonably straightforward - shouldn't it? Any help much appreciated - > I'm a real linux fan, but it grieves me to say that, in this case, > "wireless works much > better in Windows XP!" Use the ipw2200-firmware rpm from the RPMForge repo (see http://wiki.centos.org/Repositories) .... Then you'll be able to use/configure the ipw2200 device . You can use for example NetworkManager to automatically configure your network if you have a laptop ... -- Fabian Arrotin <fabian.arrotin at arrfab.net> Solution ? echo '16i[q]sa[ln0=aln100%Pln100/snlbx]sbA0D4D465452snlbxq' | dc -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: This is a digitally signed message part URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20070806/892ed92a/attachment-0005.sig>