ipw2200 driver has some issues that may be fixed by update

[Tim Hull]

Currently, I have been having a couple of issues with my ipw2200 wireless card,
both which are somewhat intermittent.
First of all, when I do a software suspend, I get many errors from ipw2200, mostly
ipw2200: failed to send TX_POWER command.
Also, my card tends to drop the connection every so often (even within good
range of the hotspot), and I have to ifdown
and ifup the interface even though I have auto DHCP enabled on that interface.

These issues may be solved with a driver upgrade - 0.11 is a little old. I've
had good experience with 0.12, better than
later versions (which seem to have more problems with dropped connections - but
in slightly different ways than 0.11).

[Fabio Massimo Di Nitto (fabbione)]

Fixed in 2.6.10 that will be available anytime soon.

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

*** Bug 17126 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

[Matt Zimmerman (mdz)]

*** Bug 17436 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***