ipw2200 Driver ABAT Results

Many thanks to the ipw community members who have contributed ABAT results

Please be sure to download the latest version of the ABAT.txt script as new changes are regularly made to it.

Build (click for abat results) Laptop Manufacturer/Model Linux Distribution Kernel Version Results Contributed by Notes
0.22 Dell-Inspiron-8600 Novell-Linux-Desktop 2.6.5-7.111.19-default Robert Bertram ABAT Passed where applicable
While the driver works well there is an warning printed when compiling.
WARNING: Symbol version dump
/usr/src/linux-2.6.5-7.111.19-obj/i386/default/Module.symvers is missing,
modules will have CONFIG_MODVERSIONS disabled.
0.22 Dell-Inspiron-8600 FC3 2.6.10-1.741-FC3 Robert Bertram ABAT Passed where applicable.
NetworkManager works much better now.
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=-50 dBm Noise level=-83 dBm
reported as 58%
0.22 Toshiba-Tecra-M2 Debian 2.6.8 Simon Males ABAT Passed where applicable.
0.22 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.9 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable.
0.21 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.9 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable
0.21 Acer-292-Lci Debian-unstable 2.6.8 François Delaby ABAT passed where applicable.
0.21 IBM-Thinkpad-R51 Debian-3.1 2.6.10 Mitko Rurup  
0.21 Acer-TravelMate-4001-WLMI Debian-Sid-17.01.05 2.6.10 Antoni Villalonga ABAT passed where applicable.
0.19 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.19 Toshiba-Tecra-A2 FC3 2.6.10-1.737 Mark Chandler ABAT passed where applicable.
0.19 Dell-Inspiron-8600 Novell-Desktop 2.6.5-7.111.5-default Robert Bertram ABAT passed where applicable.
0.19 Averatec-5110H SuSE-professional-9.2-RC2 2.6.8-22-default Salwan Searty ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.19 Acer-TravelMate-4001-WLMI Debian-Sid-17.01.05 2.6.10 Antoni Villalonga ABAT passed where applicable.
0.18 Averatec-5110H SuSE-professional-9.2-RC2 2.6.8-22-default Salwan Searty ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.18 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.17 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.17 Averatec-5110H SuSE-professional-9.2-RC2 2.6.8-22-default Salwan Searty ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.17 Asus-M6Ne Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.9-ck3 Stijn Tintel ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.16 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.16 Averatec-5110H SuSE-professional-9.2-RC2 2.6.8-22-default Salwan Searty ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.15 Averatec-5110H SuSE-professional-9.2-RC2 2.6.8-22-default Salwan Searty ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.15 Fujitsu-Siemens-7400 Debian-Sarge 2.6.8 Marcin Pyla ABAT Passed where applicable (Monitor mode is not implemented yet.)
0.15 Fujitsu-FMV-Biblo-Loox-T70H Debian-testing-sarge 2.6.8-debian-patched Eun Sang Lee Driver unload failed.
0.14 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan Monitor mode is not supported in 0.14.
0.13 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.13 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan Monitor mode and RTS/CTS is not supported in 0.13.
0.12 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 Debian-unstable 2.6.9-rc4-bk1 Shawn Starr 3 failures (root cause to be determined):
- Fragmentation - Tx
- Fragmentation - RTS/CTS Tx
- Ad-Hoc setup
0.12 Xeron-Sonic-Pro-X55S Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.8-1-686 Oliver Arafat ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 Compaq-X1000 FC2 2.6.8.1 Yan Nan Monitor mode is not supported in 0.12, but it no longer causes system hangs.
0.12 Toshiba-Satellite-M30-742 SUSE-Linux-9.1 2.6.5-7.111-default Javier Segura ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 Acer-Aspire-2012-WLMi FC2 2.6.8-with-Debian-patches Joachim ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 Debian-unstable 2.6.8.1 Dasapich Thongnopnua ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 IBM-Thinkpad-R51 Suse-9.1 2.6.5-7.108-default Matthias Pronold ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.12 Sony-Viao-VGN-S150 FC 2.6.8-1 Jerry Dunmire ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.11 IBM-Thinkpad-T42-series-2378 FC3-test2 2.8.1-1.590 John Maclean ABAT Passed, where applicable (monitor mode still not implemented.)
0.11 Acer-Travelmate-292-LMi-M11 Gentoo 2.6.8-gentoo-r7 Martin Bertheau ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.11 Toshiba-Satellite-M30-951 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7er Frederick Reiss iwpriv tests failed. Under investigation to see whether it's related to the fact that this is a 2.5 kernel.
0.11 Dell-Inspiron-8600 RHEL4-beta 2.6.8.1-1.528.2.10 Robert Bertram ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.11 Compaq-X1000 FC2 2.6.8.1 Yan Nan Monitor tests will cause system hang. So comment out the monitor tests and get other tests passed.
0.11 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Lars Heer ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.11 Dell-Inspiron-8600 FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Robert Bertram ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet.)
0.11 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Matt Kosem ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.11 Dell-D800 FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Jeff Sutherland ABAT passed, where applicable (monitor mode not implemented yet)
0.10 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.8 Lars Heer ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, and monitor mode are not supported yet.)
0.10 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Bill Moss ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, and monitor mode are not supported yet.)
0.10 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Matt Kosem ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, and monitor mode are not supported yet.)
0.10 Acer-Travelmate-803-LCi SuSE-Linux-9.1 2.6.5-7.108-default Sebastian Henrich ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, and monitor mode are not supported yet.)
0.10 HP-Pavilion-zt3200 FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Alex Ackerman ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, and monitor mode are not supported yet.)
0.9 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 Debian-Unstable 2.6.9-rc2-mm3 Shawn Starr Test analysis TBD
0.9 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan ABAT passed, although power management, fragmentation are not supported.
0.9 Samsung-P35-XVM-1800 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.8 Lars Heer ABAT passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation are not supported.) NOTE: First test case (Driver load) invalid since ABAT.txt was configured to run ipw2100 instead of ipw2200 by mistake.
0.8 Dell-Inspiron FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Robert Bertram ABAT Passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.)
It associates first time everytime for me so far.
0.8 IBM-Thinkpad-R51 SuSe-9.1 2.6.5-7.108-default Matthias Pronold ABAT Passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.)
0.8 HP-Pavillion-zt3200 FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Alex Ackerman ABAT Passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.)
0.8 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi FC2 2.6.8-1.521 Matt Kosem Result Analysis TBD
0.8 Acer-TravelMate-8004LMi Debian-SID-Experimental 2.6.8 Bruno Pelaia ABAT Passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.)
0.8 Toshiba-Satellite-M30-951 Debian-Sarge-testing 2.6.7 Frederick Reiss ABAT Passed, where applicable (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.)
0.8 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan ABAT passed, although power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc are not supported.
0.8 Thinkpad-T42 Debian-Unstable 2.6.9-rc2-bk2 Shawn Starr NOTE: Driver now reports better signal rates as the 802.11b AP near me now shows maximum 11Mbit whereas before 1Mbit/s only.
0.7 Sony-PCG-Z1XSP FC2 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 Miles Sabin ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet. WEP was not tested.
0.7 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 Debian-Unstable 2.6.8 Dasapich Thongnopnua ABAT Passed (where applicable.) AP was not using WEP, so the WEP test is not applicable.
0.7 Toshiba-Satellite-M30-951 Debian-Sarge-(testing) 2.6.7 Frederik Reiss ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.
0.7 Samsung-P35-XVM1800 Debian-Sarge-(testing) 2.6.7-1-M Lars Heer ABAT Passed, where applicable, (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode not fully supported yet.) The known test association failure occured here.
0.7 Thinkpad-T42 Debian-Unstable 2.6.9-rc1-bk7 Shawn Starr 1. Driver now does adjust Bit Rate, but maximum seen is 5Mbit (on my particular AP im connected to though it reports maximum is 11Mbit 802.11b only)
2. Known issue about association (using wep) sometimes failing has shown up in this test run.
0.7 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Xiong Crystal ABAT passed, although power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc are not supported. Sometimes, the association fails due to bug #206
0.7 Acer-Travelmate-292-LMi-(German-Model) Gentoo 2.6.7-gentoo-r11 Martin Bertheau ABAT Passed, where applicable, (power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode not fully supported yet.) The known test association failure occured here.
0.7 Sony-VAIO-PCG-V505EX Debian-SID 2.6.8.1 Martin Willis Monroe ABAT Passed (where applicale.) Test was run using an AP with no WEP, so the 'Association with WEP test is Not Applicable.)
0.6 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi Debian-SID 2.6.8 Koos Meijering After building version v0.6 of the ipw2200 driver I was nt able te use wep, the ieee80211_crypt_* modules are not loaded or assiociated with the driver.
0.6 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Xiong Crystal ABAT passed, although power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc are not supported.
0.6 Thinkpad-T42 Debian-Unstable 2.6.9-rc1-bk7 Shawn Starr 1. Driver has better sensing of access points. Significant speed increases noticed and a lot less duplicate packets than 0.5.
2. Known issue about association (using wep) sometimes failing has shown up in this test run.
0.5 IBM-Thinkpad-T40 Debian-Sid-unstable 2.6.8 Alejandro Bonilla Ran using an Intel 2915ABG card with the abg.patch.

ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.

0.5 Acer-Travelmate-TM8004LMi Debian 2.6.8 Bruno Pelaia About module load/unload I cannot install ipw2200 0.5 in /lib/modules but I had to use
insmod ./$DRIVER.ko

0.5 Dell-Latitude-D800 Debian-Linux-3.1-(sarge) 2.6.7 Alexander Keller ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.
0.5 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan power management and fragment failed, since it is not supported yet.
0.5 Acer-Travelmate-662LCi Gentoo 2.6.8.1 Werner Macho  
0.5 IBM-Thinkpad-T42 Debian-unstable 2.6.9-rc1-bk7 Shawn Starr ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet. Also, the known issue about association (using wep) sometimes failing has shown up in this test run.
0.5 Dell-Inspiron-8600 FC2 2.6.7 Anthony Brockwell ABAT Passed, as power management, fragmentation, ad-hoc, and monitor mode are not fully supported yet.
0.4 Thinkpad-T42 Gentoo 2.6.8-rc4-bk2 Shawn Starr  
0.4 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi Debian-SID 2.6.8 Koos Meijering  
0.4 Dell-Latitude-D600 FC2 2.6.7-1.494.2.2 Jeppe R Andersen WEP not turned on in AP.
0.4 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan The basic WEP test now passes (results from Yan Nan, tested on Dell D505, 2.6.7 kernel, Fedora 2)
0.3 Dell-D505 FC2 2.6.7 Yan Nan The basic functions work now, such as Infrastructure Mode, driver load, scanning (results from Crystal Xiong, and Yan Nan, tested on Dell 505 with Intel 2200 BG, with kernel 2.6.7, Fedora core 2.)
0.3 unspecified Gentoo 2.6.7 Werner Macho  
0.2 Dell-Latitude-D600 Gentoo 2.6.7 Richard Samme  
0.2 Acer-Travelmate-662LCi Gentoo 2.6.7 unknown  
0.2 Dell-Latitude-D600 Gentoo 2.6.7 Paul Collins  
0.2 Acer-Aspire-2012WLCi Debian 2.6.7 Koos Meijering  
0.2 Asus-W1N Gentoo 2.6.7 unknown  
0.2 Dell-600M FC2 2.6.7 unknown  
0.2 Acer-Travelmate-TM8004LMi Debian 2.6.6 Bruno Pelaia  
0.2 HP-Pavilion-3215EA Debian-Sarge 2.6.7 Francisco Yuste Garcia  
0.2 HP-Pavillion-zt3200 FC2 2.6.6 unknown  
0.2 unspecified Gentoo 2.6.7 Kai Reicher  
0.2 Dell-Latitude-D600 FC2 2.6.7 unknown  
0.2 unspecified RedHat 2.6.7 unknown  
1.1.4 Dell SuSE 2.6.15 MiJun ABAT PASSED
1.1.4 AcerTravelmate Debian unstable AndreaBrenci 28 Passed, 4 Failed
1.0.4 Averatec-5110H SuSE-9.2 2.6.8-24.10 Salwan Searty ABAT Passed
1.0.0 Acer-292-lci Debian-unstable 2.6.10 Francios Delaby ABAT Passed where applicable.
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