[ltp] ndiswrapper or ipw2100 vs madwifi

Jeffrey Taylor linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Apr 2004 08:46:52 -0500


Quoting Brad Langhorst <brad@langhorst.com>:
[snip]
> I'm not sure that the ndiswrapper will work with my card (ar5211 a+b
> card) since it's pci id is not listed in the "supported" list.  I'm also
> not sure if the ipw2100 is for my card or not - they don't seem to list
> pci ids.
> 
> Has anybody with a T40 had success with one of these?
> 

The ipw2100 driver is just for the Intel Pro 2100 mini-pci card.  This
is a 802.11b only card.   The driver works adequately for Managed
mode.  People's experience is mixed with WEP.  It is improving
rapidly.

Jeffrey