On Monday 09 February 2009 01:59:56 Michiel van Baak wrote: > On 01:04, Mon 09 Feb 09, Marc Espie wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 08, 2009 at 08:37:43AM -0500, Kenneth R Westerback wrote: > > > On Sat, Feb 07, 2009 at 07:39:24PM -0200, Christiano Farina Haesbaert wrote: > > > > Hello there, I'm considering buying a thinkpad R61, if someone has > > > > any information on the hardware support for it I would appreciate. > > > > > > > > Best Regards. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Christiano Farina Haesbaert > > > > > > We bought a bunch of R61's at work and had nothing but trouble with > > > them, especially the wireless. But this is with Windows and not > > > OpenBSD. They also weigh a ton. > > > > The wireless works under OpenBSD, but it loses network once in a while. > > The best fix so far is some ifconfig iwn0 down; dhclient iwn0 > > That makes it work again... > > ipw in the T61p has the same. > Once a week or something.
I think these iwn problems are machine specific. I have a W500 ThinkPad, and iwn0 is rock stable here. As long as I have a signal, I have a connection, and, its more sensitive than other laptops. --STeve Andre'
