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WiFi connection - Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

Hello having some issues with getting the wireless up and running

its a: Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

what do i need to do to get it up and running?

mojo

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Registered: 2011-03-29

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Re: WiFi connection - Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

Find the vendor:product id for the chipset.

If the adapter is attached to pci :

lspci -nn

If the adapter is attached to USB:

cat /proc/bus/usb/devices

grep -i V(4 digit vendor)P(4.digit.product) /lib/modules/[c]uname -r[/c]/modules.alias

The result is the module to load for the adapter.

If you get no result google vendor:product id

You'll have to try to compile an external module with source from the chipset manufacturer.

To compile an external kernel module install slitaz-toolchain , linux-source , linux-module-headers. All these tazpkgs must come from the same repo as the kernel your loading the module on,ie.stable(2.6.30.6),or cooking(2.6.37)

Firmware: most of the wireless chipsets require firmware which has to be installed to /lib/firmware

There are a few firmware tazpkgs available, the others you have to track down using google.

Firmware for iwlwifi 4965:

http://mirror.slitaz.org/packages/cooking/firmware-iwlwifi-4965-20110227.tazpkg

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Re: WiFi connection - Intel(R) Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN

works great thanx m8!