Debian Wireless problems

[TechDude]

Ok I have recently converted from Vista to Debian and I love it! The only problem is I have lost my wireless internet. I go to the network options and the only card I see is the ethernet card, so were is my wireless card? How can I install it and why wasn't it installed upon installation? I will most likely need a pretty quick guide or tutorial seeing I am new to linux.

I have a IBM Thinkpad R52 with 28 gig HD if that helps.

Thanks for help in advance.

 

[Ewc1307]

What is the make of wireless card?

28 gigs of RAM! - Whoooooa!

 

[TechDude]

What is the make of wireless card?

28 gigs of RAM! - Whoooooa!

Whoops not RAM My mistake I'll fix that.

I did a quick google search and came up with this
"Intel Wireless 2200BG (802.11 b/g) Wireless Lan or IBM 802.11a/b/g WiFi card"

I hope that is it, and I can't figure out why it didn't install with the OS. It worked fine in Vista/XP This is what it looks like and its specs

 

[Ewc1307]

Have you got the right driver files for your card and is it even compatible with Debian...i'm trying to find out if it is...

 

[Ewc1307]

Found the drivers...Download Search Results

Try that and see how you get on.

Good Luck!

 

[TechDude]

Found the drivers...Download Search Results

Try that and see how you get on.

Good Luck!

AWSOME so do I hard wire my comp in and download it? Im relitivly new to Linux so...Anyways I owe you a big thanks!


Ok now that I got it, how do I install it?

 

[Nitestick]

check out the readme on Intel's page http://downloadmirror.intel.com/11780/ENG/ipw2200_Install_and_Support_Notes.txt

 

[TechDude]

check out the readme on Intel's page http://downloadmirror.intel.com/11780/ENG/ipw2200_Install_and_Support_Notes.txt

I found that NDIS Wrapper should work Im just having problems installing it :/

 

[Nitestick]

NDIS wrapper or the driver?

 

[TechDude]

NDIS wrapper or the driver?

Ndis, I get a "bash: cd: ndiswrapper-1.52: no such file or directory."

Ideas?

Now I get a " *** Cannot find kernel version in /lib/modules/2.6.18-6-686/build, is it configured?. Stop.

Leaving Directory '/home/ska/ndiswrapper-1.52-drive'
make : *** [clean] error 2"