[ltp] Thinkpad T60p Wireless card Advice

[John Jason Jordan]

On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 13:20:57 +0930
Glenn <gsaberton@foomagic.org> dijo:

> Greg Sieranski wrote:
> >    I currently have a t60p with an  Atheros Communications, Inc. 
> > AR5418 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless PCI Express Adapter that I have had very 
> > minimal luck getting to work. The madwifi drivers are just not working 
> > consistently enough for me to even bother turning on my wireless. I am 
> > ready to swap the card for either the Intel Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN 
> > or the Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card. I was just looking for some 
> > advice on which card I should go with. I would really like to be able 
> > to just put the card in, install the firmware drivers and have it 
> > work. What do you guys think? I am running F8 on an x86_64 system.
> >
> > Merry Christmas,
> > gs
> If the current atheros card is an n card, then I guess you should go for 
> the 4965, as you should already have the three antenna in the computer.

Under no circumstances get the 4965. My T61 came with the 4965 and it
hangs up randomly. It does appear to work OK on 32-bit Linux, but why
buy something with problems? Google on 4965 and you will see what I
mean about the problems.