[ltp] T42 wireless (ndiswrapper)

[Justin Lintz]

What made you choose to use ndiswrapper instead of the madwifi driver?
 I currently have the a/b card and use madwifi but I am curious to any
advantages of the ndiswrapper driver.


On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 04:52:03 -0500, morpheus <morpheus@post.harvard.edu> wrote:
> > > I am trying to get wireless working on a T42 laptop. I have followed the
> > > instructions on http://www.stanford.edu/~sanjiv/thinkpad/ndis.html and
> > > http://web.bii.a-star.edu.sg/~kuobin/linux/wireless.html.
> >
> > Are you sure that you are using the correct driver for the wireless
> > card in your laptop? I'm not sure what the T42 uses (it might even have
> > multiple options for the wireless card, when you order?)
> >
> 
> I've got a T42p with wireless working fine under ndiswrapper.  My unit
> has the a/b/g card with Atheros chipset, and my driver is not the one
> you mentioned.  Try the following driver:
> http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?
> uid=psg1MIGR-52527&rs=0&cs=utf-8&context=HWM94&dc=D43T5&loc=en_US&lang=en&cc=US
> 
> If that doesn't work, go to the following URL and enter your model
> details, choose "drivers" -> "more" -> "wireless" and try the ones there
> too.
> http://www.ibm.com/products/finder/us/en/finders?
> oldC2=5000037&Ne=5000000&oldC1=5000002&collectionN=4294967280&sid=823747241102240118506&tmpl=%2Fproducts%2Ffinder%2Fus%2Fen%2Ffinders&pg=ddfinder&collection=dblue&rsLst=on&finderN=1000100&cc=US&lc=en&C1=5000002&C2=5000036&prodSelect=-1
> 
> -m
> 
> 
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- Justin