[ltp] Wireless Card

[Vijay Garla]

Hi,

madwifi for 2.4 requires kernel 2.4.22 or higher (I believe).  Check 
your kernel version before deciding on madwifi (i'm lazy - i prefer to 
use stock kernels from a distro, as opposed to building them myself).  I 
started out with suse 8.2, and madwifi wouldn't compile (I believe 
kernel 2.4.20).

The wlan works ok; it sometimes takes ages to find an access point and 
get a dns address.  In public places  with a lot of noise, i don't find 
the ap, let alone get an ip.

I would go for wlan supported by the very mature prism modules.

cheers,

vijay

Noah Dain wrote:

>On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 19:30:49 -0800, obi <graziano@cs.ucsb.edu> wrote:
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>>On Wed, Mar 09, 2005 at 04:17:19AM +0100, Adrian Pantea wrote:
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>>>Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG just works, but it's a pain in the ass. Iwspy
>>>doesn't work (function disabled by firmware) and WPA/TKIP should work, but i
>>>can't get it to run. In order to use WPA with shared key auth and TKIP you
>>>have to dl and configure wpa_supplicant (another pain-in-the-ass software).
>>>Other people also have problems with these functions. I'd take a look at
>>>Prism adapters as it is now.
>>>Adrian
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>>I'm using ipw2200 1.0.1 and wpa_supplicant 0.3.8-1 (from Debian sid) and
>>wpa works nicely. Indeed, iwspy doesn't work for me.
>>
>>graziano
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>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org
>>>[mailto:linux-thinkpad-admin@linux-thinkpad.org] On Behalf Of Alejandro
>>>Bonilla
>>>Sent: den 9 mars 2005 03:43
>>>To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>>>Subject: Re: [ltp] Wireless Card
>>>
>>>Chris Brotherton wrote:
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>>>>I am thinking about getting a mini PCI wireless card from my T41.  Here
>>>>are my
>>>>choices:
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>>>>    Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 11 b/g mPCI Adapter from IBM
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>>>This one is awesome. ipw2200.sf.net and has full support. its cool
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>>>>    IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II
>>>>    IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI adapter
>>>>
>>>>Can anyone give me advice as to which one will work the best with linux?
>>>>
>>>>Chris.
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>
>just dropped an atheros a/b/g card in my r40 last week, upgrading from
>a cisco b.  The madwifi drivers work quite well, and are easy to build
>(just make,make install).
>
>no iwspy yet support yet.
>
>I'm running a 2.6 kernel, but there appears to be plenty of madwifi
>rpms out there for 2.4 kernels (googled for "madwifi kernel 2.4")
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>also, I paid 20 bucks for it off ebay.  Brand new.  The only drawback
>is the wifi led doesn't work (oh, dear!), and you have to run a little
>program from dos to hack the cmos (not bios, so it's safe).  If you
>upgrade your bios or do a cmos clear you would have to run it again
>(oh, dear! part ii).
>
>the little program is called "no1802.com".  It's named after the error
>code an ibm bios will show if you install a non-ibm mini-pci card (as
>well as preventing the machine from booting).  It's all due to some
>silly fcc dorking rule.
>
>this program will have the same effect on an intel, or other type of
>card as well, so no need to get buggered by ibm prices either way you
>go.
>
>http://madwifi.sourceforge.net/
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>oh, and supposedly it's possible to run it as an access point  :-D
>(insert evil-overload laughter here)
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