[ltp] My Cisco wireless issue

[Greg Meyer]

On Sunday 21 March 2004 07:29 pm, Morris, Joseph C wrote:
> Hi everybody! I'm new to this list, and I'm a new owner of an R40.
> Everything from power management to the finest details work beautifully,
> except wireless. I ordered this laptop with a Cisco wireless card
> (mini-pci). I've wrestled with this thing quite a bit, and my ability to
> connect to my university's wireless network is touchy.  Sometimes, I can
> get a connection, sometimes dhcpcd just hangs for a while and connects, and
> sometimes it just doesn't get a connection at all.  Under Windows things
> work beautifully every time.  I noticed that when I'm in places where there
> are multiple access points (such as this school), that is has trouble
> connecting to any one of them despite specifying an essid. In areas where
> there is only one access point, things connect nicely. Sometimes putting
> the system into suspend and reinserting the airo module makes the thing
> work beautifully.  Anybody have any suggestions? I'm running kernel 2.6.4,
> but i've tried a variety of 2.6 kernels.  Thanks!
>
> Joe
Sounds to me like your cards firmware has been updated in Windows.  You need 
to be running the 5.00.03 firmware on the card to make it work with the airo 
kernel module.
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/g