ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 18, Issue 125

[Alain Muls]

On Monday 13 February 2006 02:04, ubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Even if Ubuntu came with ndiswrapper, you still need the Windows drivers
> for your card, which Ubuntu can't legally distribute.
>
> ndiswrapper is not a great solution - try to get a natively supported
> card, like an Intel IPW2100 or IPW2200 chipset, or one of the old
> Prism54 devices.  The next best choice is something that works with
> MadWifi - it's a native driver but requires a proprietary kernel module.
> The last choice is ndiswrapper - a hack to allow running Windows drivers
> under linux.

Hi,

I have a ipw2200 in my dell notebook, but it is not working. dmesg gives the 
following messages:

[4294700.834000] ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 
1.0.6
[4294700.834000] ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2004 Intel Corporation
[4294700.836000] ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network 
Connection
[4294701.091000] ipw2200: Radio Frequency Kill Switch is On:

but the card is not coming up. How can I adjust this?

Tx/Alain
>
> Sorry I can't list a specific device, you'll have to Google to find an
> exact make and model with one of the above chipsets.
>
> Lee

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