Just like rawhide, my instructions can flush your pc down the drain so if it breaks you can only blame your self since you hit <enter>.....
mkdir -p ~/downloads/ipw2200
cd ~/downloads/ipw2200
http://ieee80211.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
wget -c http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ieee80211/ieee80211-1.1.6.tgz
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
wget -c http://internap.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/ipw2200/ipw2200-1.0.8.tgz
http://ipw2200.sourceforge.net/firmware.php
grab the 2.4 firmware and drop it in your dir
su -
cd /lib/firmware/
tar xvf /home/justin/downloads/ipw2200/ipw2200-fw-2.4.tgz
exit
tar xvzf ieee80211-1.1.6.tgz
cd ieee80211-1.1.6
chmod +x remove-old
su -c ./remove-old
Password: <root>
Above files found. Remove? [y],n y
Above definitions found. Comment out? [y], n y
cd ../
tar xvf ipw2200-1.0.8.tgz
cd ipw2200-1.0.8
chmod +x remove-old
su -c ./remove-old
Password: <root>
Above definitions found. Comment out? [y], n y
cd ../ieee80211-1.1.6
make
su -c "make install" <--with quotes
cd ../ipw2200-1.0.8
make
su -c "make install"
reboot ---make sure the modules get loaded and you can see your device
Check dmesg
dmesg | grep ipw
ipw2200: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200/2915 Network Driver, 1.0.8
ipw2200: Copyright(c) 2003-2005 Intel Corporation
ipw2200: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection
ipw2200: Unknown notification: subtype=40,flags=0xa0,size=40
ipw2200: Unknown notification: subtype=40,flags=0xa0,size=40
ipw2200: Unknown notification: subtype=40,flags=0xa0,size=40
Not sure what the Unknow's are, but I'm typing right now, so I assume my network is running ;)
setup your wireless how ever you normally do it.
system-config-network
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