[ltp] Wireless Card

[Paul Yoshimune]

Michael Perry wrote:

> Chris Brotherton wrote:
>
>> I am thinking about getting a mini PCI wireless card from my T41.  
>> Here are my
>> choices:
>>
>>      Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG 11 b/g mPCI Adapter from IBM
>>     IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Adapter II     
>>     IBM 11a/b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI adapter
>>
>> Can anyone give me advice as to which one will work the best with 
>> linux? 
>> Chris.
>>
>
> I'm using a intel pro/wireless 2200bg card and it works very well.  
> The ipw2200.sf.net drivers seem to work very well here for me; but 
> I've also used the linuxant drivers.  I have only found one minor 
> issue here with the card.  I get disconnects at random times which are 
> not associated as far as I can tell with interference; but truth be 
> told, that happened with orinoco cards here as well.
>
> I'm happy with my choice and the drivers are maturing very quickly. 
> There are kernel compile requirements around the ipw2200 driver for 
> wep to be aware of.  Its all written up pretty well on the driver 
> resource site (ipw2200.sf.net).
>
> The other point when I bought the card was a price point.  I ended up 
> buying two of them for around $40 each.  Seems like a good price point 
> to me.
>
>
The ipw2200 driver on SourceForge requires a 2.6 kernel.  What would you 
recommend for someone still running a 2.4 kernel (i.e., RedHat 9)?

-Paul