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Setup on 2008-11-22.
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Setup on: 2008-11-22
  
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# '''Hardware Installation'''
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== Hardware Installation ==
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## Update to 2.6.27 Kernel <br />{{cmdroot|apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-2.6-sidux-686 linux-headers-2.6-sidux-686}}
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# Update to 2.6.27 Kernel <br />{{cmdroot|apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-2.6-sidux-686 linux-headers-2.6-sidux-686}}
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## Get the Firmware microcode from the Intel Website <br />{{cmduser|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz}} and unpack it <br />{{cmduser|tar -zxvf iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz}}
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# Get the Firmware microcode from the Intel Website <br />{{cmduser|wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz}} and unpack it <br />{{cmduser|tar -zxvf iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz}}
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## Copy the Microcode into the firmware dirctory <br />{{path|/lib/firmware/}} <br />for example by <br />{{cmdroot|cp iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode /lib/firmware/}}
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# Copy the Microcode into the firmware dirctory <br />{{path|/lib/firmware/}} <br />for example by <br />{{cmdroot|cp iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode /lib/firmware/}}
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## Reload the Kernel Module <br />{{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn && modprobe iwlagn}}
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# Reload the Kernel Module <br />{{cmdroot|modprobe -r iwlagn && modprobe iwlagn}}
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## Done.
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# Done.
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# '''Test of Hardware Installation'''
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== Test of Hardware Installation ==
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## Interface should be in the list now:<br />{{cmduser|nicinfo}}
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# Interface should be in the list now:<br />{{cmduser|nicinfo}}
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## Scan for Networks, this should work now:<br />{{cmdroot|iwlist scanning}}
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# Scan for Networks, this should work now:<br />{{cmdroot|iwlist scanning}}
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# '''Establish a WLAN link with ''ceni'''''
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== Usage Example: Establish a WLAN link with ''ceni'' ==
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### Update ''ceni'' with ''wpagui'' {{cmdroot|apt-get update && apt-get install ceni wpagui}}   
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# Update ''ceni'' with ''wpagui'' {{cmdroot|apt-get update && apt-get install ceni wpagui}}   
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### Start ''ceni'' {{cmdroot|ceni}}   
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# Start ''ceni'' {{cmdroot|ceni}}   
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### Configure Wlan Interface within ''ceni''
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# Configure Wlan Interface within ''ceni''
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### Use ... and then ''scan'' or ''roam''.
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# Use ... and then ''scan'' or ''roam''.
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### With ''scan'' you should see wireless networks and be able to connect to them.
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# With ''scan'' you should see wireless networks and be able to connect to them.
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# '''Further Usefull commands'''
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== Additional Notes ==
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## {{cmduser|dmesg}}
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# {{cmduser|dmesg}}

Revision as of 16:13, 22 November 2008

download linux kernel 2.6.26

download linux kernel prepatch 2.6.27-rc5

(http://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/testing/patch-2.6.27-rc5.bz2)

make menuconfig

Device Drivers => Network device surppot => wireless LAN

CONFIG_WLAN_80211=y

CONFIG_IWLWIFI=y

CONFIG_IWLCORE=y

CONFIG_IWLWIFI_LEDS=y

CONFIG_IWLWIFI_RFKILL=y

CONFIG_IWLWIFI_DEBUG=y

CONFIG_IWLAGN=y

CONFIG_IWLAGN_SPECTRUM_MEASUREMENT=y

CONFIG_IWLAGN_LEDS=y

CONFIG_IWL5000=y

make && make modules_install

cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/kernel-2.6.27-rc5

install wpa_supplicant

now enjoy your new wireless card :)

alternative if you want to use your stock < 2.6.27 Kernel

http://ubuntu-virginia.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=5710211&postcount=4

sidux 2008-03

Setup on: 2008-11-22

Hardware Installation

  1. Update to 2.6.27 Kernel
    # apt-get update && apt-get install linux-image-2.6-sidux-686 linux-headers-2.6-sidux-686
  2. Get the Firmware microcode from the Intel Website
    $ wget http://intellinuxwireless.org/iwlwifi/downloads/iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz and unpack it
    $ tar -zxvf iwlwifi-5000-ucode-5.4.A.11.tar.gz
  3. Copy the Microcode into the firmware dirctory
    /lib/firmware/
    for example by
    # cp iwlwifi-5000-1.ucode /lib/firmware/
  4. Reload the Kernel Module
    # modprobe -r iwlagn && modprobe iwlagn
  5. Done.

Test of Hardware Installation

  1. Interface should be in the list now:
    $ nicinfo
  2. Scan for Networks, this should work now:
    # iwlist scanning

Usage Example: Establish a WLAN link with ceni

  1. Update ceni with wpagui # apt-get update && apt-get install ceni wpagui
  2. Start ceni # ceni
  3. Configure Wlan Interface within ceni
  4. Use ... and then scan or roam.
  5. With scan you should see wireless networks and be able to connect to them.

Additional Notes

  1. $ dmesg
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