[ltp] Re: [lwlan-user]: thinkpad 770x dlinkdwl650, ker 2.2.17 & pcmcia3.1.18

[Harry Mangalam]

Thanks for the hint Robert,

I got it working (albeit dang slow) with the newest pcmcia and wlan drivers:

> The latest PCMCIA modules(pcmcia-cs-3.1.24) with kernel 2.2.17 and the
> latest wlan linux-wlan-ng-0.1.8-pre5 solved this for me.  Using a prism2
> card (D-Link650), I can connect to the AP and get about 15KB/s thru.
> /var/log/messages still logs messages about an improper driver, but it
> DID work; 

I should be getting 400-600KB/s according to Mark Matthews, but I'm hoping that we can debug this and load the correct prism2 drivers to load.

hjm


Robert Hollis wrote:
> 
> Harry,
> I think the 3.1.18 PCMCIA drivers are the ones which were changed from
> 16-bit calls to 32-bit calls.  They were recalled (broke a lot of cards)
> and replaced by 3.1.19 but I would recommend the latest PCMCIA drivers.
> 
> Robert Hollis
> 630-573-7383 (T/L 677)
> e-mail - vdrlholl@us.ibm.com
> 
> IBM
> 2707 Butterfield Rd.
> Oak Brook, IL.  60523
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Cheers,
Harry

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