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<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I thought I'd let y'all know that, courtesy of <A =
HREF=3D"http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/"; =
TARGET=3D"_blank">http://ipw2100.sourceforge.net/</A>, the Intel =
PRO/Wireless 2100 (IPW2100) mini PCI adapter on my ThinkPad R40 now =
works under CentOS. I had to compile and install the hostap =
driver, the Wireless Extension and Tools, and the IPW2100 driver =
itself. You do not need to compile a new kernel - the stock =
kernel works fine though you do need to: a. install the kernel source =
b. generate a '.config' file, and c. make a single, small change to =
'.config'. The docs as provided by the project website provide =
all the cooking instructions you'll need.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>I had tried to use ndiswrapper previously but it =
caused X to freeze anytime an application tried to use anti-aliased =
text. No problems with ipw2100 thus far, but I'm not very =
familiar with the actual use of the tools yet.</FONT></P>
<P><FONT SIZE=3D2>The laptop does not restore from suspend successfully =
with the ipw2100 driver loaded.</FONT>
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