iwi firmware doesn't load

[Don Wilde]

Enclosed are the relevant portions of my dmesg. I've resolved my arp
conflicts (turns out the @#$%!!  DSL modem won't give out more than ONE DHCP
address!!!), but I still have the firmware loading problem. Thanks in
advance for looking at this, folks.

Don Wilde


[snip]
iwi0: <Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2200BG> mem 0xdfcfd000-0xdfcfdfff irq 17 at
device 3.0 on pci3
iwi0: Ethernet address: 00:13:ce:79:f8:65
[snip]
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
iwi0: not found
[snip]
iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
    ether 00:13:ce:79:f8:65
    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
    status: no carrier
    ssid unwired channel 1
    authmode SHARED privacy ON deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit txpowmax 100
    protmode CTS
[snip]
Starting devd.
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
firmware_get: failed to load firmware image iwi_bss
iwi0: could not load firmware
iwi0: not found

exiting.
iwi0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
    inet 0.0.0.0 netmask 0xff000000 broadcast 255.255.255.255
    ether 00:13:ce:79:f8:65
    media: IEEE 802.11 Wireless Ethernet autoselect
    status: no carrier
    ssid unwired channel 1
    authmode SHARED privacy ON
    deftxkey 1 wepkey 1:40-bit txpowmax 100
    protmode CTS
[snip]
iwicontrol:
Can't load firmware to driver
:
Invalid argument
.
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