[ltp] r40 without built-in wireless

[Norbert Wojtowicz]

>Crispian:
>I am running Libranet 2.8.1 (Debian-based, I 
>heartily recommend it! www.libranet.com) on a
>ThinkPad T21 and have had excellent success
> using the wlan-ng drivers.

Thanks for the info, and for the specific models. The smc looks really nice, but the extra antenna seems like overkill. :)

I'll look into the smc and the netgear ones if I go with pcmcia. Also, has anyone had experience with the other smc card (SMC2635W) based on ADMtek? Since I was at the smc site, I looked it up. It has a pretty good range for a built-in antenna, and seems pretty good for power usage. But I wonder about the different driver.... ADMtek claims to have linux drivers. Anyone work with these?

>Mark:
> I'm having good results with using the madwifi drivers in my R40 with
> built-in wireless and the IBM tri-mode mini-PCI card. The driver's 
> stillbeta, but is actively developed.

Did the card come preinstalled? From what I've heard it's sort of a pain to install a mini pci in the thinkpads. Since I haven't owned one, I don't know from personal experience. Also does it void your warranty? Anyone had experience with this?

Except for that, I'm still looking for differences between pcmcia and built-in. And yes, I guess minipci has the advantage at durability.

Thanks for the help,
Norbert.