Wireless Connection in Etch

[Abenenati]

Hey all, I installed Etch through a full install cd ISO. Anyways, In the network configuration, it doesn't give an option for a wireless network.
What I have is:
Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection.

I'm currently on a Dell Inspiron 6000. Would anyone know how I could connect to my Wireless connection?

[antidrugue]

There is really not much to do.

Just download the firmware here (version 3.0, as IPW2915 use the same firmware as IPW2200) :
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

And untar it in /lib/firmware/ :

tar zxf ipw2200-fw-3.0.tgz
cd ipw2200-fw-3.0/
sudo mv *.fw /lib/firmware/

[Abenenati]

Hey, thanks for the help.

I did what you instructed and I just end up with this error message when I type
debian:~/ipw2200-fw-3.0# sudo *.fw /lib/firmware/:


sudo: ipw2200-bss.fw: command not found


Would you know how to fix this?

[antidrugue]

Hey, thanks for the help.

I did what you instructed and I just end up with this error message when I type
debian:~/ipw2200-fw-3.0# sudo *.fw /lib/firmware/:

Oups sorry.

The command is :

sudo mv *.fw /lib/firmware/

[Abenenati]

Thanks, there were no problems now, but all that did was copy files from /lib/firmware/ipw2200-fw-3.0/ directly into /lib/firmware. It still doesn't give me the option to connect to a wireless connection in my network configuration.

Am I doing something wrong?

[antidrugue]

Try :

modprobe -r ipw2200
modprobe ipw2200

Then verify that it works correctly :

dmesg | tail

Also, make sure the interface is correctly associated with the driver :

iwconfig

If everything seems ok, then I guess you only need a connection manager. NetworkManager does a great job at this :
http://technowizah.com/2007/02/debia...orks-with.html

[Abenenati]

Thank you so much.
I first downloaded the Parser, then installed NetworkManager and it worked! Thanks so much for your help.