[ltp] Wireless Card

[Michael Perry]

Paul Yoshimune wrote:
> 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
> 

Hi Paul-

I profess ignorance on 2.4 kernel support for the other pci wireless 
cards.  You could use linuxant with the 2200bg card on a 2.4 kernel. 
I've used linuxant on both versions of kernels if memory serves.  Right 
now I use linuxant drivers for some linksys wpc54g cards and the systems 
used to run a 2.4 kernel at some point; but the linuxant drivers also 
work with the 2200bg cards I believe.


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