Comment 25 for bug 322867

LeeU, what wireless drivers are you using? Mine are the madwifi drivers that I compile manually. I think if you're using some type of built in wireless than someone else should probably suggest a workaround for that, as I think the drivers get migrated automatically somehow from kernel version to kernel version so you don't have to worry about recompiling when the kernel image changes (as I do currently). However, you should be able to get the madwifi drivers to work in Hardy fine if you decide to compile them from source (I personally couldn't stand the drivers in the backports for Intrepid, and it actually led to me downgrading my system back to Hardy). But my wireless worked fine as soon as I booted into the previous image because they had already been compiled for that version.

In summary, if you are using a built in package for wireless then I'm not sure how you migrate that back to the previous package, otherwise if you recompile the driver it should work. I'm also assuming that you are running Hardy, because I've had no luck getting the madwifi drivers to work in Intrepid.