[ltp] Cisco firmware again

[Joel Ebel]

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