[ltp] Wireless on T40p using Fedora Core 2

[Loic Minier]

Christian Hauser <c.hauser@active.ch> - Wed, Sep 01, 2004:

> I have a Thinkpad T40p (2373-G1G) and installed Fedora Core 2 (dualboot 
> with WinXP). Now I'd like to get my wireless card up and running. I 
> already updated the system to kernel 2.6.8 (using yum).
> When I checked under Windows what kind of WLAN Mini PCI Adapter I have I 
> got the following Info (from Device Manager):
> Dual-band Wi-Fi Wireless Mini PCI Adapter
> Provider: Philips Electronics North America, Inc.
> File version: 2.1.10.0

 I've got the *same* model as you (T40p 2373-G1G), and I don't recall
 what windows was saying.  May be you took a different wifi option than
 the standard one?

 Anyway, I had success with a fresh CVS of madwifi.sf.net, patched with
 Volker Braun's patch (see madwifi-users archive).

    Regards,

-- 
Loïc Minier <lool@dooz.org>