[ltp] Thinkpad T60p Wireless card Advice

Glenn linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:20:57 +0930


Greg Sieranski wrote:
>    I currently have a t60p with an  Atheros Communications, Inc. 
> AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Express Adapter that I have had very 
> minimal luck getting to work. The madwifi drivers are just not working 
> consistently enough for me to even bother turning on my wireless. I am 
> ready to swap the card for either the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 
> or the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. I was just looking for some 
> advice on which card I should go with. I would really like to be able 
> to just put the card in, install the firmware drivers and have it 
> work. What do you guys think? I am running F8 on an x86_64 system.
>
> Merry Christmas,
> gs
If the current atheros card is an n card, then I guess you should go for 
the 4965, as you should already have the three antenna in the computer.

Cheers

Glenn