[ltp] T40 Wifi Card

[Joel Ebel]

There are only 3 cards that will work at all in teh T40, and the orinoco 
is not one of them.  Any card other than those three will be locked out 
by the BIOS and the computer will not boot at all.  The workign ones are 
the intel that you have, which does not work at all in linux, the IBM 
Dual Band wireless, which is the card that all the madwifi driver buzz 
is about, so apparently it is beginning to work ok with linux.  I 
haven't tried the latest drivers myself.  And third, the cisco card, 
which seems to be the best supported overall.  You can either use the 
drivers directly from cisco, or Benjamin Reed's driver.  I've been using 
cisco's driver without too many issues.  You do have to be careful about 
what version of the firmware you use, and I've had problems getting it 
working after a suspend.  The cisco driver does require that you use 
their configuration tools rather than the linux wireless extensions. 
Benjamin Reed's would not, but I haven't taken the time to try it.  I'd 
definitely recommend the cisco card if you're looking to buy one.  I had 
the IBM dual band card, and chose to purchase the cisco to replace it, 
but that was before the working drivers came out.  I haven't gone back 
to try them though.

Good luck,
Joel

Dan Borello wrote:

> I have then intel WLAN card in my T40.  Despite all my research it
> appears there are no drivesr for it.  
> 
> I am going to buy another internal card.  What do you guys recommend? 
> Is it true that only the Cisco will work?  They seem to be in short
> supply (any good places to get them besides ebay?).  Will an Orinoco
> Mini PCI work?  
> 
> Thanks,
> db