System :: ipw2200 testing

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I'll test 4.0rc1 within a few days.

/Multitudes

Only the 4.0 alphas will work, since they used the newer 2.4.34.1 kernel

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Do these modules support wpa? In my testing with the old 2.4.31 modules they did not support wpa (or maybe I'm just doing something wrong.)

EDIT: I see now that only 1.0.2 and greater work with WPA, and there is no backport for versions newer than the ones present here.

Is wpa really necessary? I have heard wep/wpa/wpa2 are pretty much easily 'crackeable'... I wonder if anyone did attempt to backport any newer version though.

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Did you have trouble compiling these, or ..?

Not really... the most time was spent trying to figure out which patches/versions I could readily obtain. If you want a step by step procedure, just ask (hopefully I can reproduce them).

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Have you tried doing 2.4.26 - I've been unable to compile ipw2200 for 2.4.26 on dsl (as I've posted a few times). Be nice if someone could.

No. I think the maker of the 2.4.31 mydsl extensions had reported success on compiling them, but having fatal errors upon usage.

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I have heard wep/wpa/wpa2 are pretty much easily 'crackeable'.

Sorry, but only wep is. Wpa is impossible with current power, it has pretty much no weak spots (uses AES!). Wpa2 is even stronger. Wpa/2 are only crackable with trying passwords, a dictionary attack, which makes them impossible to crack even with a short pass like "comp#uter".

this all is of course in the sense I've never used, tried nor heard anything about it

I would be happy to test a module for DSL-4.1RC3, which I have just installed, (frugal) on my Centrino laptop, with IPW2200.
Just tell me what to do, noob style.

JPsDad.

Sorry, it doesn't use the 2.4.34.1 kernel.

Only the 4.0 alpha1 and 2 had the 2.4.34.1 kernel... which I don't think is going to be used again.

Anyways, for the 2.4.26 kernel (i.e. DSL 1.x, 3.x, etc. series), the thread is http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....35;st=0

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