Information about the package, ipw2200-firmware, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The ipw2200-firmware package is designed for, Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 network adaptors.
Package Name:
ipw2200-firmware
Summary:
Firmware for Intel® PRO/Wireless 2200 network adaptors
Description:
This package contains the firmware files required by the ipw2200 driver for Linux. Usage of the firmware is subject to the terms and conditions contained in /lib/firmware/LICENSE.ipw2200. Please read it carefully.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
3.1
Release:
4.el6
Size:
130 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
Redistributable, no modification permitted
Control the ipw2200-firmware package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install ipw2200-firmware
This command will install ipw2200-firmware on the server.
yum remove ipw2200-firmware
This command will un-install ipw2200-firmware on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipw2200-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove ipw2200-firmware
This command will un-install ipw2200-firmware on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipw2200-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum update ipw2200-firmware
This command will update ipw2200-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove ipw2200-firmware, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update ipw2200-firmware
This command will update ipw2200-firmware to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove ipw2200-firmware when using the -y flag.
yum info ipw2200-firmware
This command will show you core information about the ipw2200-firmware package.
yum deplist ipw2200-firmware
This command will show you the dependencies for ipw2200-firmware. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update ipw2200-firmware
This command will check if there is an update waiting on ipw2200-firmware. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.