4965AGN (was Re: [ltp] Call to T61 owners)

[Glenn]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> Tim, 
>
> I've never installed a new driver before. Generally I just let Ubuntu figure out when an update is needed. I'm also not very savvy about installing from source, although I have done it a couple times when I had detailed instructions to follow. I went to sourceforge.net but couldn't find the instructions you mentioned. Can you give me the URL?
>
>
> On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:21:46 -0500
> n8tm@aol.com dijo:
>
>   
>> John,
>>
>> In addition to a recent enough kernel, which you have already, you need the current 4965AGN bits.? If your updates don't have the current version, you would have to follow steps shown on sourceforge.
>> As I said, it works only?with 802.11g access points, as far as I can determine.? It can see a,b,g,n but won't connect to b.? I have doubts about a and n as well, although I hever had the credentials to connect to any of those.
>> I don't know any data on marginal signal performance, or whether antenna improvements could be applied to the 4965AGN in T61.? I see access points over 5 miles from my home on the list, not strong enough to connect, and I?don't have the problem?with my neighbors' strong access points interfering that I did with the T40 Intel 802.11b wireless.? g access points are only now beginning to show up in my residential neighborhood.?? I have tried to connect to Starbucks at various distances, but I think they are linux unfriendly.
>>
>> Tim
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>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Jason Jordan <johnxj@comcast.net>
>> To: linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
>> Sent: Tue, 15 Jan 2008 9:03 am
>> Subject: Re: 4965AGN (was Re: [ltp] Call to T61 owners)
>>
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>> On Mon, 14 Jan 2008 06:35:48 -0800
>> Tim Prince <n8tm@matrix.de> dijo:
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>>     
>>> John Jason Jordan wrote:
>>>       
>>>> My dim understanding is that the Intel 4965AGN
>>>> won't work right on x86_64 until there is a kernel update, so a BIOS
>>>> update won't fix it. 
>>>>         
>>> True, it's not a BIOS issue.  I'm on 4965AGN right now, with no BIOS
>>> updates.  I'd find a desire to use an old kernel a less than compelling
>>> reason to remove it.  I believe kernels from 2.6.18 are claimed to be
>>> sufficient.
>>>
>>>  uname -a
>>> Linux tim-t61 2.6.22.13-0.3-default #1 SMP 2007/11/19 15:02:58 UTC
>>> x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>>       
>> Evidently with Gutsy (kept up to date) I have a later kernel than you
>> do:
>>
>> jjj@Devil7:~$ uname -a
>> Linux Devil7 2.6.22-14-generic #1 SMP Tue Dec 18 05:28:27 UTC 2007
>> x86_64 GNU/Linux
>>
>> Yet I still have the "hanging up" problem with the 4965AGN. Maybe it
>> was fixed in your kernel and broken again in mine. Who knows?
>>
>>     
>>> As mentioned before, I had to get an 802.11g hub, as the driver doesn't
>>> support 11b.
>>>       
>> My house is wired for gigabit ethernet, so I never use the wireless at
>> home. I use it only when away from home, mostly at the university. The
>> 4965AGN does work there, but I get random disconnects, especially if
>> I'm in an area with poor (less than 50% or so) signal strength.
>> Unfortunately, that pretty much describes the entire library building.
>> And as a mere student I have no control over what kind of wireless
>> equipment the university decides to use.
>>
>> For a workaround I just use a Netgear WG511 v.A PCMCIA card and leave
>> the 4965AGN turned off in the BIOS. And push come to shove, the library
>> does have a limited number of private study rooms with ethernet jacks.
>> I'd love to help the open source community fix the problem, but I know
>> nothing of how these things work and I don't have time to learn right
>> now. I'll just contribute in other ways and wait and watch for a fix.
>>
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Depending on your kernel version, you may need to patch the kernel and 
remake for mac80211. The intel site for these cards is not on 
sourceforge, but here.

http://intellinuxwireless.org/

Cheers