I'm using the ipw2200 version 1.0.3, intels official linux wlan driver. It works like a charm - except that the orange LED at the laptop front does not work.

Before ipw2200 was usable, I used the ndiswrapper to use the windows driver. This had the advantage that the LED worked, but also caused the laptop to hang once a two days (windows drivers..).

Here is my wlan-startup script as it is not started during boot:

/sbin/modprobe ipw2200

/etc/racoon/setkey.conf
/usr/sbin/racoon

/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 mode Managed
/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 nickname "bogo"
/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 key restricted ########################
/usr/sbin/iwconfig wlan0 essid "####################"

/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx broadcast xxx.xxx.xxx.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
/sbin/ifconfig wlan0 up

/sbin/route add default gw xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx

To shut it down, just make a

rmmod ipw2200

or press the wlan-button at the laptop front - this works nice.