[ltp] Does anyone know a good source for this in Canada?

James Knott linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 30 Jan 2007 07:41:38 -0500


John Shane wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:06:44 -0500
> James Knott <james.knott@rogers.com> wrote:
> <snip>  
>   
>> Well, I got one of these off ebay and it works fine in Linux on my
>> R31. Even Kwifimanager appears to work.  Can't say the same for
>> under XP though.  I downloaded & installed the Windows driver from
>> Lenovo, but it doesn't work.  So much for Windows being so much
>> easier to use!  ;-)
>>
>> Only downside is I had to give up my dial up modem.  :-(
>>     
>
> Yep, I had the same problem, but at least our wireless works.  What
> about finding a cheap PCMCIA modem?  I'm planning on using a 3Com
> that I have laying around but haven't gotten around to installing and
> configuring it. John
>   
I suppose I could, but I don't use the modem much.  The last time it got
a significant amount of use, was when we had that big power failure back
in '03.  I was sitting out on my balcony with my ThinkPad & dial up
internet access.

At least now I have 802.11g and KWiFiManager actually works!!!