28 Sep 2006
ipw2200 wireless on linux
Useful link http://www.de-brauwer.be/wiki/wikka.php?wakka=LinuxTecraS2
Most importantly – how to deal with wireless hardware switch
$ cat /sys/bus/pci/drivers/ipw2200/0000:06:02.0/rf_kill
This code has the following meaning: 0 = RF kill not enabled (radio on) 1 = SW based RF kill active (radio off) 2 = HW based RF kill active (radio off) 3 = Both HW and SW RF kill active (radio off)
To fix
- sudo rmmod ipw2200
- press hardware radio switch
- sudo insmod /lib/modules/./ipw2200.ko
- cat /sys/./rf_kill – should have a value of 0