I remembered I had an old toshiba with intel wifi, here's what I get, albeit for wpa2 instead of wep: $ lspci
01:0a.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
$ sudo cp /mnt/hda2/conf/wpa_jnet_configure.conf /etc/wpa_configure.conf
$ tce-load -i /mnt/hda2/tce_3x/optional/ipw2100_firmware.tcz
$ tce-load -i /mnt/hda2/tce_3x/optional/wireless_tools.tcz
$ tce-load -i /mnt/hda2/tce_3x/optional/wpa_supplicant.tcz
$ sudo modprobe lib80211_crypt_tkip
$ sudo modprobe lib80211_crypt_wep
$ sudo modprobe lib80211_crypt_ccmp
$ sudo iwconfig eth1 essid "jnet"
$ sudo wpa_supplicant -B -Dwext -i eth1 -c/etc/wpa_configure.conf
$ sudo udhcpc -b -i eth1
udhcpc (v1.18.3) started
Sending discover...
Sending select for 192.168.1.112...
Lease of 192.168.1.112 obtained, lease time 86400
deleting routers
route: SIOCDELRT: No such process
adding dns 195.229.241.222
adding dns 213.42.20.20
$ dmesg | tail -20
...
cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: 00
(start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
(2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(2457000 KHz - 2482000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(2474000 KHz - 2494000 KHz @ 20000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(5170000 KHz - 5250000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
(5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2000 mBm)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain
lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'NULL'
ieee80211: 802.11 data/management/control stack, git-1.1.13
ieee80211: Copyright (C) 2004-2005 Intel Corporation <jketreno@linux.intel.com>
ipw2100: Intel(R) PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Driver, git-1.2.2
ipw2100: Copyright(c) 2003-2006 Intel Corporation
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] enabled at IRQ 11
ipw2100 0000:01:0a.0: PCI INT A -> Link[LNKG] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
ipw2100: Detected Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection
ipw2100 0000:01:0a.0: firmware: requesting ipw2100-1.3.fw
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'TKIP'
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'WEP'
lib80211_crypt: registered algorithm 'CCMP
perhaps you don't have the correct firmware?