[ltp] My Cisco wireless issue

Morris, Joseph C linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 21 Mar 2004 20:02:27 -0500


Indeed, I double checked and it is running 5.00.03, but thanks for the =
response!

Joe


-----Original Message-----
From:	linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org on behalf of Greg Meyer
Sent:	Sun 3/21/2004 7:45 PM
To:	linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Cc:=09
Subject:	Re: [ltp] My Cisco wireless issue

On Sunday 21 March 2004 07:29 pm, Morris, Joseph C wrote:
> Hi everybody! I'm new to this list, and I'm a new owner of an R40.
> Everything from power management to the finest details work =
beautifully,
> except wireless. I ordered this laptop with a Cisco wireless card
> (mini-pci). I've wrestled with this thing quite a bit, and my ability =
to
> connect to my university's wireless network is touchy.  Sometimes, I =
can
> get a connection, sometimes dhcpcd just hangs for a while and =
connects, and
> sometimes it just doesn't get a connection at all.  Under Windows =
things
> work beautifully every time.  I noticed that when I'm in places where =
there
> are multiple access points (such as this school), that is has trouble
> connecting to any one of them despite specifying an essid. In areas =
where
> there is only one access point, things connect nicely. Sometimes =
putting
> the system into suspend and reinserting the airo module makes the =
thing
> work beautifully.  Anybody have any suggestions? I'm running kernel =
2.6.4,
> but i've tried a variety of 2.6 kernels.  Thanks!
>
> Joe
Sounds to me like your cards firmware has been updated in Windows.  You =
need=20
to be running the 5.00.03 firmware on the card to make it work with the =
airo=20
kernel module.
--=20
/g
--=20
The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad