[ltp] Cisco firmware again

[Joel Ebel]

I could be wrong, but I'm thinking that maybe some critical windows 
update has caused this old firmware to no longer work properly with 
Windows.  I'm not sure what else would interact with the firmware in 
such a way as to cause it to crash the computer.  And I don't think 
Cisco or IBM would have ever released it if it had this behavior from 
the beginning.  It's too bad,  I really wish I could use the same 
firmware in windows and linux.  I have an pcmcia linksys card that I 
might just start using in one of the OSes.  Probably linux since it's 
easier to make it ignore the cisco card.

Joel

Mike Evans wrote:

> Just to add my 2 cents...
> 
> I also use Fabrice's driver under Linux and have the 5.00.03 firmware. 
> Recently (in the last couple weeks) I started noticing the same behavior 
> under Win XP.  My network usually drops out within 20 minutes of booting 
> into windows.  At first I was able to get it back (for another 20 
> minutes) by disabling the device through the hardware manager, then 
> re-enabling it but now that results in a blue screen.
> 
> I find that the odd thing is I've been using the wireless card under 
> windows successfully for the past 2 months... my problem just started 
> recently.
> 
> Mike
> 
> Joel Ebel wrote:
> 
>> I've got a problem with my Cisco wireless card.  It works ok in Linux 
>> using firmware 5.00.03, and it works great in Windows XP using newer 
>> firmwares, but as many of you know, the newer firmwares don't work 
>> with Linux.  My problem is that the older firmwares aren't working 
>> well in Windows.  I've even tried installing older drivers to match 
>> the 5.00.03 firmware in Windows, but still, every few hours, my 
>> wireless will stop working, and if I don't shutdown on my own very 
>> quickly, I will actually get a blue screen.  I realize this is an 
>> issue with Windows, and a Windows driver, and this is a Linux list, 
>> but only Linux users would respect the need to use the older 
>> firmwares.  Anyone else would just say "Upgrade your firmware."  And 
>> don't tell me to stop using Windows.  I'd like to.  I respect Linux 
>> just as much as the rest of you, but I still have reasons I must use 
>> Windows on occasion.
>>
>> My question is just if anyone else has experience this, and what you 
>> did about it?  Have other people not had problems using 5.00.03 in 
>> Windows XP?  It seems like a pretty serious problem, so I'm surprised 
>> Cisco would have a released firmware that does this.  I guess I just 
>> wish Cisco would provide more details so we could have good linux 
>> drivers that work with the newer firmwares.
>>
>> Joel
> 
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