[ltp] Cisco firmware again

[Mike Evans]

Just to add my 2 cents...

I also use Fabrice's driver under Linux and have the 5.00.03 firmware. 
Recently (in the last couple weeks) I started noticing the same behavior 
under Win XP.  My network usually drops out within 20 minutes of booting 
into windows.  At first I was able to get it back (for another 20 
minutes) by disabling the device through the hardware manager, then 
re-enabling it but now that results in a blue screen.

I find that the odd thing is I've been using the wireless card under 
windows successfully for the past 2 months... my problem just started 
recently.

Mike

Joel Ebel wrote:
> I've got a problem with my Cisco wireless card.  It works ok in Linux 
> using firmware 5.00.03, and it works great in Windows XP using newer 
> firmwares, but as many of you know, the newer firmwares don't work with 
> Linux.  My problem is that the older firmwares aren't working well in 
> Windows.  I've even tried installing older drivers to match the 5.00.03 
> firmware in Windows, but still, every few hours, my wireless will stop 
> working, and if I don't shutdown on my own very quickly, I will actually 
> get a blue screen.  I realize this is an issue with Windows, and a 
> Windows driver, and this is a Linux list, but only Linux users would 
> respect the need to use the older firmwares.  Anyone else would just say 
> "Upgrade your firmware."  And don't tell me to stop using Windows.  I'd 
> like to.  I respect Linux just as much as the rest of you, but I still 
> have reasons I must use Windows on occasion.
> 
> My question is just if anyone else has experience this, and what you did 
> about it?  Have other people not had problems using 5.00.03 in Windows 
> XP?  It seems like a pretty serious problem, so I'm surprised Cisco 
> would have a released firmware that does this.  I guess I just wish 
> Cisco would provide more details so we could have good linux drivers 
> that work with the newer firmwares.
> 
> Joel