[ltp] Cisco Aironet wireless mini pci card w/ Mandrake 10 and linux kernel 2.6.7

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Thanks Fabrice, that's good to know.  The wireless tools seem to work just fine so I'll stick with those until the mainline kernel gets the update.

Shaw


> Hello,
> 
> On Thu, Jun 24, 2004 at 09:44:42PM -0700, Shaw Vrana wrote:
> > 
> > I have been unable to change the SSID by echoing a string to SSID or Config..?
> > 
> > Any information that you could provide would be greatly appreciated!
> 
> Yes. airo.c from stock 2.6.7 is broken when writing commands via the
> proc fs interface (commands are simply ignored by the driver). You
> should try airo.c from 2.6.7-bk4 or newer, which is supposed to solve
> this issue.  If you don't want to upgrade the whole kernel, just
> replacing and recompiling the new airo.c should be fine too.
> 
> Best wishes,
> -- 
> fabrice
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