[ltp] Wireless with T60p and Fedora 7

Ted linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 28 Sep 2007 09:42:40 -0700


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With ipw3945, and using NetworkManager I could connect to my home using WPA
Personal2 + tkip, but surprisingly unable to connect to any open wireless.
So, for that, I got a script to stop networkManager and switch to
wpa_supplicant, which always works.

Any idea what I may have mis-configured?

thanks in advance

-tg-

On 9/28/07, Jeffrey Franc-Law <jfl@voltarace.com> wrote:
>
> I worked on this for several days....finally gave up and replaced the
> mini-pci card with the Intel 3945.  I contacted the salesperson I had
> bought the machine from, and they actually sent me the pci card for
> free.  I installed it myself with minimal trouble and moderate anxiety.
>
> Google search seemed to reveal that a few people had got the 5418
> working with madwifi:  apparently this is the same as one of the Apple
> "airport" (or whatever they are called): however, it appears that most
> people were not able to get this to work.
>
> madwifi does NOT list this as a compatible card when I last checked.
>
> Under the 32 bit systems it appears it will work with ndiswrapper,
> however, i could not get the 64 bit ndiswrapper to work with the 64 bit
> windows drivers for vista.
>
> ciao,
> jfl
>
>
> Wayne Topa wrote:
> > Greg Sieranski(greg.sieranski@quoininc.com) is reported to have said:
> >> I have a  Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless
> PCI
> >> Express Adapter (rev 01) on my Thinkpad T60p running Fedora 7. I have
> been
> >> unable to get the wireless up and running. I have tried the madwifi
> driver
> >> with minimal success and most attempts ending with the driver causing a
> >> Kernal error. Has anyone been able to get wireless working under F7
> with
> >> the AR5418 card?
> >>
> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
> >
> > Have you checked the madwife Compatability page to see if it is listed
> > as working with Linux?
> >
> > Wayne
> >
>
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With ipw3945, and using NetworkManager I could connect to my home using WPA Personal2 + tkip, but surprisingly unable to connect to any open wireless. So, for that, I got a script to stop networkManager and switch to wpa_supplicant, which always works.
<br><br>Any idea what I may have mis-configured? <br><br>thanks in advance<br><br>-tg-<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/28/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Jeffrey Franc-Law</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:jfl@voltarace.com">
jfl@voltarace.com</a>&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">I worked on this for several days....finally gave up and replaced the
<br>mini-pci card with the Intel 3945.&nbsp;&nbsp;I contacted the salesperson I had<br>bought the machine from, and they actually sent me the pci card for<br>free.&nbsp;&nbsp;I installed it myself with minimal trouble and moderate anxiety.<br>
<br>Google search seemed to reveal that a few people had got the 5418<br>working with madwifi:&nbsp;&nbsp;apparently this is the same as one of the Apple<br>&quot;airport&quot; (or whatever they are called): however, it appears that most
<br>people were not able to get this to work.<br><br>madwifi does NOT list this as a compatible card when I last checked.<br><br>Under the 32 bit systems it appears it will work with ndiswrapper,<br>however, i could not get the 64 bit ndiswrapper to work with the 64 bit
<br>windows drivers for vista.<br><br>ciao,<br>jfl<br><br><br>Wayne Topa wrote:<br>&gt; Greg Sieranski(<a href="mailto:greg.sieranski@quoininc.com">greg.sieranski@quoininc.com</a>) is reported to have said:<br>&gt;&gt; I have a&nbsp;&nbsp;Atheros Communications, Inc. AR5418 
802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI<br>&gt;&gt; Express Adapter (rev 01) on my Thinkpad T60p running Fedora 7. I have been<br>&gt;&gt; unable to get the wireless up and running. I have tried the madwifi driver<br>&gt;&gt; with minimal success and most attempts ending with the driver causing a
<br>&gt;&gt; Kernal error. Has anyone been able to get wireless working under F7 with<br>&gt;&gt; the AR5418 card?<br>&gt;&gt;<br>&gt;&gt; Any help would be greatly appreciated.<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Have you checked the madwife Compatability page to see if it is listed
<br>&gt; as working with Linux?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; Wayne<br>&gt;<br><br>--<br>Jeffrey Michael Franc-Law, MD, CCFP.EM, D Sport Med, EMDM<br>Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine, University of Alberta<br>Disaster Plan Coordinator, Dept of Emergency Med, University of Alberta
<br>Email: <a href="mailto:jfl@disastermed.ca">jfl@disastermed.ca</a><br>Phone (Canada): +780-266-9653<br>Phone (Italy): +39 339 390 13 62<br>Phone (Netherlands):+31 062 550 53 11<br>Fax:&nbsp;&nbsp;+780-437-9673<br>SMS: <a href="mailto:jfl-sms@disastermed.ca">
jfl-sms@disastermed.ca</a><br><br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad
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