[ltp] Which wireless network card?

[Moritz Heiber]

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On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 12:40:08 -0800
Evan Leibovitch <evan@lpi.org> wrote:

> I recently took delivery of an X31, model 2672-PBU, which comes with
> the Intel wireless card.
> 
> I am aware of the Centrino issues, and am trying to determine the best
> 
> strategy for running this system under Linux (Mandrake 9.2).
> 
> Apparently my choices are:
> 
> 1) Do nothing, use Windows for wireless, and wait for the Intel Linux
> driver
> 
> 2) Get the $20 Linuxant solution for using the Windows driver under
> Linux
> 
> 3) Get the open source NDISwrapper package to use the Windows driver 
> under Linux
> 
> 4) Spend $85 on the IBM a/b/g replacement card (part 31P9701) which
> uses the Atheros chipset and is supported under Linux by the "madwifi"
> driver.(Some people on this list seem to have had some problems with
> this card)

Solution 5332343a/12g:

Wait for Intel to release linux drivers for the wireless lan chipset.
Since this is very unlikely to happen until you buy a new laptop I
suggest you use one of the other solutions though ;-)

Regards,

Moritz
(R40 owner)

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Moritz Heiber

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