[ltp] T42 wireless (ndiswrapper)

Cougar linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 5 Dec 2004 22:49:23 +0200 (EET)


madwifi works with Cisco card but looks like he has Interl chip. I propose 
to use ipw2100 or ipw2200 driver. I used ipw2100 bewore and now using 
ipw220 and it works quite well.

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Cougar / http://wiki.version6.net/T42

On Sun, 5 Dec 2004, Justin Lintz wrote:

> What made you choose to use ndiswrapper instead of the madwifi driver?
>  I currently have the a/b card and use madwifi but I am curious to any
> advantages of the ndiswrapper driver.
> 
> 
> On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:52:03 -0500, morpheus <morpheus@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > > > I am trying to get wireless working on a T42 laptop. I have followed the
> > > > instructions on http://www.stanford.edu/~sanjiv/thinkpad/ndis.html and
> > > > http://web.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~kuobin/linux/wireless.html.
> > >
> > > Are you sure that you are using the correct driver for the wireless
> > > card in your laptop? I'm not sure what the T42 uses (it might even have
> > > multiple options for the wireless card, when you order?)
> > >
> > 
> > I've got a T42p with wireless working fine under ndiswrapper.  My unit
> > has the a/b/g card with Atheros chipset, and my driver is not the one
> > you mentioned.  Try the following driver:
> > http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
> > uid=psg1MIGR-52527&rs=0&cs=utf-8&context=HWM94&dc=D43T5&loc=en_US&lang=en&cc=US
> > 
> > If that doesn't work, go to the following URL and enter your model
> > details, choose "drivers" -> "more" -> "wireless" and try the ones there
> > too.
> > http://www.ibm.com/products/finder/us/en/finders?
> > oldC2=5000037&Ne=5000000&oldC1=5000002&collectionN=4294967280&sid=823747241102240118506&tmpl=%2Fproducts%2Ffinder%2Fus%2Fen%2Ffinders&pg=ddfinder&collection=dblue&rsLst=on&finderN=1000100&cc=US&lc=en&C1=5000002&C2=5000036&prodSelect=-1
> > 
> > -m
> > 
> > 
> > 
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> 
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> - Justin
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