[HowTo][Linux/Debian] wireless zepto 3215W

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[HowTo][Linux/Debian] wireless zepto 3215W

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This short howto will describe how you can get the wireless card on a zepto 3215W to work with Debian/Lenny. Will of course work with other iwl3945 and iwl4965 cards.

If you are running Lenny, you will have to add an entry in the sources.list file for aptitude.

So do

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nano /etc/apt/sources.list
and add

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deb http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ etch main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.se.debian.org/debian/ etc main contrib non-free
save with CTRL + O and exit with CTRL + X.

The last line isn't really needed, but I thought it might as well be there for future purposes.

Anyway, start with downloading the firmware package

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apt-get install firmware-iwlwifi
Then all you have to do is to modprobe the right driver for your card. if it's the iwl 3945 you do

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modprobe iwl3945
and if it's the iwl4965 you do

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modprobe iwl4965
There, your card should be working now. Now when you restart, you would have to modprobe it again, so to avoid this you have to add it to your modules file.

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nano /etc/modules
if it's the iwl 3945 you add

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iwl3945
and if it's the iwl4965 you add

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iwl4965
save with CTRL + O and exit with CTRL + X.



There, that's all. Enjoy your wireless :)
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