In talking with various tech support people,
I've come to the conclusion that the Intel
wifi chipset, notably 2915bg, works; there
are reported problems with the atheros
chipset. The ThinkPad Z series has the
intel stuff, the ThinkPad T series has the
atheros stuff.
I'll probably buy the ThinkPad Z, although
HP seems to have a better commitment to
Linux at this point (Lenovo techies sound
like Linux testing is coming their way, and
they sound glad about it).
On May 26, 2006, at 6:54 AM, Phil Schaffner wrote:
On Thu, 2006-05-25 at 11:20 -0400, Max H. wrote:
Rodrigo Barbosa wrote:
Anything without an Atheros based Wifi. Mine is Intel IPW2200, and
works
nicely. Everyone I know with atheros based is having problems.
I have an IBM Thinkpad R40 with an Atheros based wifi chipset, running
on CentOS 4.3 (it's been running on it since 4.0) without any
problems.
I have to load the driver set from a seperate RPM, though.
<http://atrpms.net/dist/el4/madwifi/>
Without loading the Madwifi drivers, however, I was never able to get
CentOS to see my wireless. The only annoyance I have is every kernel
update, I have to update the RPM. But if that's all it takes to have
it
working, I'm not going to complain.
Have been using CentOS on a Lenovo (Chinese outfit that bought out IBM
PC business) ThinkPad T42p for some time (with a Netgear WG511T PCMCIA
-
no built-in WiFi in this model), and concur with the above except that
madwifi seems to be incompatible with the proprietary Cisco VPN module
I
have to use to connect to work when out of the office. Wireless works
until an attempt is made to start the VPN at which point the machine
hangs hard - as in nothing works but holding down the power button for
several seconds to power down. The open source VPN clients don't seem
to be compatible with our server. Cisco module works fine on
hard-wired
Ethernet.
(Am going to be ordering another card to replace the Atheros-based one.
Any recommendations appreciated.)
Next laptop I buy will likely have the Intel WiFi.
Phil
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