[ltp] Which wireless network card?

Dan Sawyer linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Fri, 30 Jan 2004 09:59:36 -0800


I am in a simular situation, with a standard 600x.

1. this did not work for my use

2. I am using this now on a temp license. The solution appears to be a 
'B-'. Suspend resume is not seamless and DHCP does not work.

3. I do not know what this is; is all Linuxant did was to comercialize 
this??

4. I tired this but lacked the skills to install it. I have an Atheros 
based card from a local retailer that will be returned.

5. I have purchased an SMC card that is purported to work under the 
Prism chip-set. It is 'in the mail'. I will let you know if it works.

Dan

Evan Leibovitch wrote:

> I recently took delivery of an X31, model 2672-PBU, which comes with 
> the Intel wireless card.
>
> I am aware of the Centrino issues, and am trying to determine the best 
> strategy for running this system under Linux (Mandrake 9.2).
>
> Apparently my choices are:
>
> 1) Do nothing, use Windows for wireless, and wait for the Intel Linux 
> driver
>
> 2) Get the $20 Linuxant solution for using the Windows driver under Linux
>
> 3) Get the open source NDISwrapper package to use the Windows driver 
> under Linux
>
> 4) Spend $85 on the IBM a/b/g replacement card (part 31P9701) which 
> uses the Atheros chipset and is supported under Linux by the "madwifi" 
> driver.
> (Some people on this list seem to have had some problems with this card)
>
> Any experiences or suggestions on the best approach are greatly 
> appreciated, even if it's not one of the above options.
>
> - Evan
>
>