[root@nb-namran doc]# dmesg | grep ipw2100
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
ipw2100: eth0: Firmware ‘ipw2100-1.3.fw’ not available or load failed.
ipw2100: eth0: ipw2100_get_firmware failed: -2
ipw2100: eth0: Failed to power on the adapter.
ipw2100: eth0: Failed to start the firmware.
ipw2100Error calling register_netdev.
ipw2100: probe of 0000:02:03.0 failed with error -5




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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackDownload Intel 2100 firmware ( http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/firmware.php?fid=4 ). Extract downloaded file and place firmware ( ipw2100-1.3.fw ) into /lib/firmware
Remove module and insert it again. ( rmmod ipw2100 ; modprobe ipw2100 ).
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rpm -Uhv http://apt.sw.be/packages/rpmforge-release/rpmforge-release-0.3.6-1.el5.rf.i386.rpm
yum install ipw2100-firmware
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