Intel Pro Wireless 2100 Bg Driver

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November 15, 2012

Atheros, OS, Driver version. Broadcom Wireless LAN Driver, Windows XP, 5.60.48.35. Intel PRO/Wireless 2100, XP 32 / 2000, 1.2.4.41, Download.

Wireless_15.3.1_x32.exe
37.2 MB
29,541
Networking
Windows XP

Intel recommends that you obtain and use the software provided via your laptop manufacturer.
Hardware support is included only for the

  • Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
  • Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN
  • Intel WiFi/WiMAX Link 5350
  • Intel WiFi Link 5100 AGN
  • Intel WiFi Link 5300 AGN
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection
  • Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG Network Connection

Issue resolved in this release

  • This issue does not occur when the Power Management setting is set to Highest.
  • This issue might occur if the Power Management setting is set to Use default value or any setting other than Highest.
  • Power Save Poll (PSP) mode allows the adapter to go to sleep for pre-defined intervals to save battery power.
  • The default Power Management setting for the adapter automatically selects the mode according to the computer's power source. PSP mode is used when your computer is using battery power. Depending upon the manufacturer of your computer, your adapter might or might not use PSP mode when plugged into the power adapter.
Here's other similar drivers that are different versions or releases for different operating systems:
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    • Windows 2000/XP
    • 12,953 downloads
    • 16.3 MB
    • July 31, 2009
    • Windows XP
    • 6,280 downloads
    • 4.6 MB
    • January 5, 2009
    • Windows XP/Vista
    • 12,339 downloads
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    • January 10, 2007
    • Windows Vista
    • 11,409 downloads
    • 3.6 MB
    • September 28, 2006
    • Windows 2000/XP
    • 5,018 downloads
    • 52.1 MB

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Wireless support

The kernel shipped with CentOS is not the latest and greatest kernel, it is a known, stable and proven kernel that may be a few years old (depending on the release). Because of this, newer drivers may not be available for this kernel, even though Red Hat does backport newer wireless drivers to their stable kernel.

You can find more information of your wireless hardware from the Linux Wireless website to get more information about the driver and the hardware support. We have listed some hardware that is supported, but would welcome more information to improve this wiki. Although this page concentrates on laptops, much of the material is applicable to any wireless connection, regardless of platform.

Wireless firmware

Some modern laptops require firmware to make the wireless network connection work on CentOS. The main reason for this is that wireless device manufacturers do not allow the free redistribution of the firmware that is required to make the device work.

For this reason CentOS does not ship it by default and your wireless network does not work out of the box. However, the solution is simple.

Intel Pro Wireless 2100 (ipw2100)

If you have a working network connection and you have RPMforge configured in yum, then it is really simple, just install ipw2100-firmware by doing:

If you don't have a network connection, simply download the firmware RPM packages named ipw2100-firmware from RPMforge at http://packages.sw.be/ipw2200-firmware/ on another system and transfer the file using a USB stick. Then install the package manually using: rpm -Uhv <filename>

Then just reload the ipw2100 module:

Your wireless device should be working now. Enable NetworkManager to use it.

Intel Pro Wireless 2200 (ipw2200)

If you have a working network connection and you have RPMforge configured in yum, then it is really simple, just install ipw2200-firmware by doing:

If you don't have a network connection, simply download the firmware RPM packages named ipw2200-firmware from RPMforge at http://packages.sw.be/ipw2200-firmware/ on another system and transfer the file using a USB stick. Then install the package manually using: rpm -Uhv <filename>

Then just reload the ipw2200 module:

Your wireless device should be working now. Enable NetworkManager to use it.

Intel Pro Wireless 3945 (iwl3945)

The iwl3945 driver replaces the now deprecated ipw3945 driver. It is included in the CentOS-5 kernels (5.3 or newer, >= kernel 2.6.18-128).

If you are running an older kernel (for some reason), this driver is disabled. Use the CentOSPlus kernel instead. Better yet, update the kernel.

This device requires firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then downloaded the package here and install it manually using: rpm -Uhv <filename>

Then just reload the iwl3945 module:

Your wireless device should be working now. Enable NetworkManager to use it.

Intel Pro Wireless 3945 (ipw3945)

Please note that the ipw3945 driver has been deprecated in favor of the iwl3945 driver (see above).

You need a network connection to make this easy. Configure RPMforge in yum so that you can use yum to install the dkms-ipw3945 packages:

That will pull in dkms and a bunch of other dependencies required to build the ipw3945 kernel module. (So this is not just the firmware, but a complete driver). If this worked out fine, you can enable NetworkManager to use it.

Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN (iwl4965 and iwlagn)

This device requires firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then downloaded the package here and install it manually using: rpm -Uhv <filename>

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Then just reload the iwlagn module (on older CentOS 5.1/5.2 the module was called iwl4965):

Your wireless device should now be working. Enable NetworkManager to use it.

Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN 5100, 5300 and 5350 (iwlagn)

Starting from CentOS 5.3 (kernel 2.6.18-128) the iwlagn kernel module supports Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link AGN 5100, 5300 and 5350 devices.

This device requires firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then download the package here and install it manually using: rpm -Uhv <filename>

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Then just reload the iwlagn module:

Your wireless device should now be working. Enable NetworkManager to use it.

Atheros AR5210, AR5211, AR5212 (ath5k)

For the Atheros ath5k driver that ships with CentOS you don't need any special firmware to make the device work. The only thing you need to do is load the ath5k driver on your system.

And then you can enable NetworkManager to use it.

For the Atheros AR5212 device, the driver shipped with the CentOS-5.3 kernel (2.6.18-128.el5) causes an oops and does not work correctly. With CentOS-5.4 (kernel-2.6.18-164.el5 and upwards), these wireless devices operate correctly.

Atheros AR9485 (ath9k)

For the Atheros ath9k driver that ships with CentOS 6 you don't need any special firmware to make the device work. The only thing you need to do is load the ath9k driver on your system.

And then you can enable NetworkManager to use it.

Atheros (madwifi)

You need a network connection to make this easy. Configure RPMforge in yum so that you can use yum to install the madwifi package:

This will pull in dkms and a bunch of other dependencies required to build the madwifi kernel module. (So this is not just the firmware, but a complete driver). If this worked out fine, you need to load the modules:

And then you can enable NetworkManager to use it.

The Atheros AR5007EG (AR242x 802.11 abg) card is a special case. Using lspci will show it as AR5006EG or AR242x 802.11abg and the drivers are not yet in the main MadWifi releases. See the wiki page about the card for information about getting and installing its drivers.

ZyDAS ZD1211(b) 802.11a/b/g USB WLAN / Atheros AR5007UG (zd1211rw)

The ZyDAS ZD1211 chipset is very popular in consumer USB wireless devices (e.g, AOpen/D-Link WL54). ZyDAS was acquired by Atheros in April 2006, and the ZD1211 chipset was rebranded as AR5007UG. These devices are supported by the zd1211rw kernel driver.

This device requires firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then the package may be downloaded here

To use, disable the network and wpa_supplicant services and enable NetworkManager to control the device.

RaLink RT61/RT2561 PCI Wireless LAN (rt61pci)

Ralink RT2561 series chipsets are supported by the rt61pci kernel driver. A typical supported device is the Linksys WMP54G 802.11g Wireless PCI Network Adapter. This device requires the rt61pci firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then the package may be downloaded here

To use, disable the network and wpa_supplicant services and enable NetworkManager to control the device (tested on CentOS 5.3).

Ralink RT73/RT2500 USB Wireless LAN (rt73usb/rt2500usb)

Ralink RT2500 series chipsets are supported by the rt73usb/rt2500usb kernel drivers. A typical supported device is the Belkin Wireless G USB Network Adapter (RT2571F chipset). This device requires the rt73usb firmware which is currently available from http://elrepo.org

or if you do not have a working internet connection then the package may be downloaded here

To use, disable the network and wpa_supplicant services and enable NetworkManager to control the device. Tested on CentOS 5.3 with WPA2 encryption.

Broadcom Corporation BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322 based chipsets

Go to HowTos/Laptops/Wireless/Broadcom page for manual to install and configure Broadcom Corporation BCM4311, BCM4312, BCM4321, and BCM4322 based chipsets

Using Windows drivers - ndiswrapper

You may have some luck with ndiswrapper. This kernel module allows you to load Windows drivers under Linux. In general this works but since the wireless driver will not be a native Linux kernel version, it may not have all the required functionality available.

To install ndiswrapper, set up the ELRepo repository and:

Then load the ndiswrapper module into the kernel:

Loading your Windows drivers can then be done using the commandline (as root):

or by using the ndisgtk graphical frontend (which is available from the RPMforge repository):