[ltp] wireless with ipw2100

[Steven Marcotte]

I picked up an IBM IPW2200 802.11b/g card for my R40 on eBay for about
$35.  I applied the CMOS hack before I installed the card so I can't say
whether it was locked out of the BIOS or not but it works fine.  I'm
using the ipw2200 drivers from ipw2200.sf.net on a Fedora Core 3
installation.  

Check this site if you need more information on the CMOS hack.

http://www.srcf.ucam.org/~mjg59/thinkpad/wireless.html

Steve

On Thu, 2004-12-30 at 07:06 -0800, Ken Firestone wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2004, Allen Knutson wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>    I think I've got the 2100 software all set up with no place to go.
>    Before I order the Intel PRO 2100 for myself, does anyone here have
>    a particularly good argument why I might get a different card? (Other
>    than "you mustn't use a card with a closed source, albeit free, driver!")
>    								Allen K.
> I ordered my X31 without the wireless card, and then bought the intel
> 2100 on ebay for under $30 including shipping. If you can try to get
> one that was made for IBM. It will prevent additional hassles.
> 
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