Intel PRO/Wireless ipw2100 v1.1.0 Driver for the IPW2100
for Puppy Linux with kernel 2.4.29 - versions 1.0.4 and 1.0.5
from http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net
2.4 kernel patch from http://dellaric.home.cern.ch/dellaric/ipw2100/
compiled by tempestuous, September 2005.
Not tested.
No guarantees.  No support.

The ipw2100 driver relies on certain utilities and support files on the host system, like firmware_class module.  Puppy has this module, but is missing some other files (especially /sbin/hotplug) so this driver package provides them.

WEP encryption is supported by included arc4 module.
WPA encryption is supported by included michael_mic module.

WPA client encryption support is available with the addition of the wpa_supplicant package, as a separate download.


INSTRUCTIONS
## uncompress the driver package from the uppermost directory
cd /
tar -zxvf ipw2100-1.1.0.tar.gz
## map the new modules
depmod

## load the driver
modprobe ipw2100
## if no error messages, this should create a network interface, eth0
## can check this by running ifconfig -a
## now set up the wireless network
iwconfig eth0 essid MY_ESSID key 1234567890 mode Managed
## for automatic IP
dhcpcd -t 20 -h puppypc -d eth0
## or for static IP
## modify /etc/resolv.conf to include your nameservers
#ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.xx broadcast 192.168.0.255 netmask 255.255.255.0
#route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0   # or whatever your router's IP is


MAKING IT PERMANENT
If this driver works with your hardware, you will want to have it available every time you boot up.
Save the driver tarball to your /root directory, which is persistent if you use a pupfile.
Add the uncompress and depmod commands to /root/.etc/rc.d/rc.local

cd /
tar -zxvf /root/ipw2100-1.1.0.tar.gz
depmod

This will install the driver every time you boot up, ready to load and configure as explained above.
A script for this purpose, "ipw2100-connect" is available.  Just modify the script to include your wireless settings.