DJA wrote:
> Steve Wickert wrote:
>> Lan Barnes wrote:
>>
>>> I'm frustrated. FC4 broke wireless for me on every box that used it. I
>>> can't get it to work with different HW, different chip sets, ndiswrapper
>>> or madwifi.
>>>
>>> I have no assurance that FC5 will fix things. I'm tempted to try another
>>> distro ... maybe SUSe.
>>>
>>> Who has what wireless working with SUSe? Especially Atheros chips ...
>>
>>
>> I have used SuSE 9.3 and 10 on several recent ThinkPad "R" and "T"
>> series notebooks with built-in Intel PRO/Wireless 2100/2200. It works
>> fine "out of the box", with no problems.
>>
>> SW
> 
> Except the only way for him to switch to PRO/Wireless, AFAIK, is to get
> a new laptop. Not exactly the solution he's looking for.

Yes, probably, but I'm just providing the info in case it might be
useful. I suspect there might be other cards using a similar chipset
(e.g., Intel PRO/Wireless 2225), but Intel does seem to have limited it
mostly to built-in wireless adapters.

SW




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