Download Driver For Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 0.62

The open source Linux drivers for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 network card are being worked on hard. Ten days ago we reported version 0.58 and now we are already four versions further. The special thing about this project is that it is supported and sponsored by Intel. The drivers are made for Linux with kernel version 2.6.4 or higher. In addition, the Wireless Tools required for Linux and must have the firmware have a certain minimum version. The driver changelog since the last entry in the junk tracker looks like this:

Changes in 0.62

• Fixed #361: After set to monitor, can’t unload
• Fixed #351: Lockup/Panic/etc. on rmmod/modprobe looping
• Fixed compilation problems if legacy firmware loader enabled
• Fixed compilation problems if CONFIG_PM is not defined

Changes in 0.61

• Fixed problem with AdHoc networks not being created after the channel and essid were provided
• Added support to reactively set the Cstate limit in the ACPI core (requires cstate patch to ACPI core)

Changes in 0.60

• Fixed problem with adapter not shutting down on module unload (thanks to Stefan Rompf)
• Added additional printks during the pci probe function to isolate initialization errors.
• Fixed #327 – noise level always 256dBm. iwconfig will no longer report the Noise level (we don’t have access to that value)
• Changed delay for the wireless event (after association) to 1/10th second (vs 2. seconds) in an attempt to correct WPA problems (thanks to Pedro Ramalhais and Stefan Rompf)
• Fixed race condition during reset (thanks to Benjamin Osheroff)
• Reworked how context is tracked across monitor/managed/adhoc mode
• Added status, cfg, and capability sysfs entry
• Changed the security policy back to how it was in 0.58 to re-enable WPA
• Changed iwconfig output back to how it was in 0.58 to fix compatability with waproamd and any scripts that rely on /proc/net/wireless entries existing even when not associated
• Cleaned up the fatal_error and pci sysfs reporting function
• Removed cardmem, txqueue, and rxqueue sysfs entries
• Fixed potential bug with printk being passed a non-null terminated string
• Changed delay for the wireless event (after association) to 1/10th second (vs. 2 seconds) in an attempt to correct WPA problems.
• Fixed problem with the driver not loading if RF kill is active
• Added a KERN_INFO printk in net_dev->init indicating if RF kill is active.
• Fixed #340 – changing authentication mode resets the wep key
• Fixed #339 – txpower values ​​are inverted
• Fixed problem where POWER_DOWN command was not being sent to card on shutdown (possibly fixes #76)
• Fixed #192 can’t switch over to new AP if you turn off a previously associated AP

Changes in 0.59

• Fixed problem with version number not displaying on driver load
• Changed security policy change logic to reconfigure security subsystem on capability change vs. forcing a dissociate
• Added IEEE80211_DL_EAP for debugging EAP packet transfers
• Partial transition to unified status, config, and capability bit-fields vs. multiple variables
• Significant changes to key management routines, especially in regard to multiple WEP key support.
• Reworked how the HW/SW RF Kill state is reported via sysfs. See README.ipw2100 for details.
• Changed iwconfig output to not defined undefined wireless stats while not associated (ie., Link Quality)
• Fixed problem with compiling on 2.6.10 (thanks to Yi Zhu)