Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG

Device driver iwl3945
Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG needs the iwl3945 driver aka iwlegacy. Search ( in ) shows where to find it:

Set it as a module  as shown here. After changes on kernel configuration do not forget to rebuild the kernel.

The help ( h in ) function on the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG/BG ... line will show more details about the driver:

Firmware
Also firmware iwlwifi-3945-ucode-15.32.2.9.tgz or later is needed. It is available in.

Check the setup
should return nothing:

Most information about the driver module can be obtained by

Dmesg
After reboot, grep the dmesg output for 08:00.0, iwl3945 and wlp8s0, and get: