Enabling the Intel Pro wireless Lan 2100 Mini PCI Adapter in Linux.

Operating System: (Red Hat) Fedora Core 2 Linux

Hardware: IBM R40 ThinkPad laptop.  Intel Pro wireless Lan 21000 802.11b.

First read this document:
http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/

download the latest atrpms drivers from http://atrpms.net/  and install in this order:

atrpms-package-config-65-1.rhfc2.at.noarch.rpm
atrpms-54-1.rhfc2.at.noarch.rpm

download the latest firmware for the wireless LAN card.  Install the firmware.

ipw2100-firmware-1.1-2.at.noarch.rpm

download the latest hostap drivers and install in this order:

kernel-module-hostap-2.6.5-1.358-0.1.3-3.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm
hostap-driver-0.1.3-3.rhfc2.at.i386.rpm

download the latest ipw2100 drivers. and install in this order:

kernel-module-ipw2100-2.6.5-1.358-0.45-4.rhfc2.at.i686.rpm
ipw2100-0.45-4.rhfc2.at.i386.rpm

Reboot your laptop.  Your wireless should be detected.

 

Last updated May 30, 2004.