[ltp] wireless with ipw2100

Jan Girlich linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 30 Dec 2004 12:25:41 +0100


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Hi Allen,

Allen Knutson schrieb:
> Anyway, the two ways to find out are with lspci, and your eyes.
> 
> % /sbin/lspci
>  ...
> 02:00.2 FireWire (IEEE 1394): Ricoh Co Ltd R5C552 IEEE 1394 Controller (rev 02)
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

I got this:

0000:02:02.0 Network controller: Intel Corp. PRO/Wireless LAN 2100 3B 
Mini PCI Adapter (rev 04)
0000:02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82801BD PRO/100 VE (MOB) 
Ethernet Controller (rev 81)

The first obne is my wireless-device and the other one is my built-in 
ethernet-nic. So, are you sure you didn't mix up your ethernet-nic with 
a "half-built-in" wireless-device?

> I think I've got the 2100 software all set up with no place to go.
> Before I order the Intel PRO 2100 for myself, does anyone here have
> a particularly good argument why I might get a different card? (Other 
> than "you mustn't use a card with a closed source, albeit free, driver!")

I'm not sure, but I can't get the versions 1.0.* working and the older 
ones like 0.56 have some problems on my r51. Sometimes the firmware 
crashes and needs several tries (10-12) to get restarted and I just can 
wait for about 45 Seconds until my connection is up again.
On the other hand I never heard of someone else talking about the same 
problems.

good bye
Jan

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