Configure inter 2200 wireless network card for centos 5

Configure the Inter 2200 wireless network card in three steps

1. Install the wireless network module and Protocol ipw2200 ieee80211 *
2. Install a wireless network card
3. configure a wireless Nic

1. install wireless network modules and protocols
This step is to install the ipw2200 ieee80211 * module and Protocol
Download the driver and firmware

Http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/#downloads

Http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php

After the driver is downloaded, make and make install (this requires the kernelSource code)
The content of firmware must be copied to/lib/firmware.

When I upgraded to 2.6.28, the kernel has been compiled.

You can use lsmod to check whether the required modules have been loaded.

2. Install a wireless network card
Run the following command to automatically install the Intel PRO 2200bg NIC:
Rmmod ipw2200
Modprobe ipw2200
In this case, a new network device (eth1) is generated)
Enable this network device
IFUP eth1

3. configure a wireless Nic
Start the NetworkManager and networkmanagerdispatcher services
Service NetworkManager start
Service networkmanagerdispatcher start

After successful start, click the signal icon in the upper-right corner of the screen to enable the wireless network configuration.
Enter the network SSID, encryption method, and password.

 

 

After countless errors, I finally configured the encrypted wireless network. I hope you don't have to work that hard.